Pakistan’s Current Account Deficit Rises Amid Slowing Remittances, Heavy Imports

Pakistan’s external sector remains under severe pressure as the current account deficit (CAD) for August 2025 reached 245 million US dollars, showing a marginal improvement from July’s 379 million US dollars, but remaining far above last year’s 82 million US dollars in August. The cumulative CAD for July and August FY26 reached 624 million US […]

Civil Society White Paper Exposes ‘Pioneer’s Paradox’ In KP Local Governance

One Year On, No Progress On Climate Change Cell In KP Health Department

PESHAWAR –  The Pakistan Development Alliance (PDA), a coalition of civil society organisations, has warned that local democracy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is being hollowed out by what it calls the “Pioneer’s Paradox” – a system that appears progressive on paper but is subverted in practice. In a newly released white paper titled The Pioneer’s […]