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Why Pakistan's Embassies Fail Their Own Workers
A peer-reviewed study found Pakistan's Qatar embassy more unwilling to help than Bangladesh's and Nepal's. The budget, the policy, and the cost.
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A peer-reviewed study found Pakistan's Qatar embassy more unwilling to help than Bangladesh's and Nepal's. The budget, the policy, and the cost.
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India deploys a state. Pakistan deploys press releases. The full comparison: budgets, programs, evacuations, and the 22-year gap in diaspora architecture.
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A dedicated 20-year agency for Pakistan's industrial development and diaspora engagement, modelled on Singapore's EDB and South Korea's EPB. The proposal in detail.
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25,000 Pakistani bodies repatriated yearly from the Gulf. Children growing up over WhatsApp. The human cost the state will not put next to the remittance receipt.
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Like Dubai International Financial Centre. English common law inside the zone. International arbitration the default. Why Pakistan needs one to win back the diaspora.
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40-50K Pakistani doctors. 150-200K engineers. 80-120K IT professionals. The full breakdown of the 400-500K skilled diaspora Pakistan has scattered abroad.
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Kafala is the sponsorship-based labour system in the Gulf. 2.6 million Pakistanis live under it in Saudi Arabia alone. Why HRW calls it modern slavery.
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Pakistan loses 80 percent of its trained doctors within five years of graduation. The state subsidises the training; foreign hospitals collect the doctor.
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Pakistan repatriates around 25,000 bodies a year from the Gulf alone. Where the number comes from, what it means, and why most are recorded as "natural causes."
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The Dawood Story: HUBCO, Engro, and the Thar Coal Plants Pakistan's largest private power empire, the family that runs it, and the Rs. 23.2 billion bond settlement that paid them from future Pakistani sovereign debt By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read The largest private power e...
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Who Owns HUBCO? The Dawood Group's Power Empire Pakistan's first major IPP, who controls it today, and what it collects from the Pakistani consumer By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 4-min read The short answer HUBCO, Pakistan's first major independent power producer, is controlled by the...
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Why Does a Fugitive's Power Plant Still Get Paid by the Pakistani State? The Suleman Shehbaz, Chiniot Power Limited story explained, plus what it tells us about how the IPP system actually treats its insiders By Asad Baig · Lahore · April 2026 · Approx. 7-min read The question worth asking out loud...
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