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From intelligence-led policing and a crackdown on organised criminal networks to digital transparency and institutional accountability, Sohail Zafar Chattha's work across Punjab's Crime Control Department and Anti-Corruption Establishment highlights a shift towards specialised enforcement…
Anyone who drives from Peshawar toward Torkham passes through the Khyber Pass, and with it a museum of the Raj: forts, picket towers and a railway line threaded through dozens of tunnels. The pass…
World Bank data show external debt nearly doubling in a decade, while Pakistan's $14.6 billion trade deficit in four months raises fresh questions about the government's strategy for building competitive enterprises, expanding exports and…
Personal diplomacy is no substitute for a constitutional foreign policy
As Punjab's chief minister confronts a federal coalition ally over corruption allegations, The Scoop revisits its earlier Rs150 million Ramazan Negahban advertising investigation and the questions surrounding public expenditure.
The Evidence-Based Revenue Forecasting (EBRF) report has been systematically developed and institutionalized over the past five years under the World Bank–supported project Pakistan Raises Revenue, specifically pursuant to Disbursement Linked Indicator-2 (DLI-2). This reform…
