Why the future of Pakistan’s food system depends on water efficiency, technology, resilient farming and integration of the water-energy-food nexus Agriculture is foundation of the country’s food security, a major source of employment and rural livelihoods, a supplier of raw materials to industry, and an important contributor to exports. According to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26, agriculture accounts for 23.4 percent of national GDP and 33.1 percent of employment. During 2025-26, the sector recorded growth of 2.89 percent, compared with 1.53 percent in the previous year. The fundamental question for this sector is Can Pakistan continue to increase agricultural production…
Author: Prof. Abdul Waheed Bhutto
Can Artificial Intelligence education replace labor migration as Pakistan’s forex lifeline? Higher education worldwide is undergoing a structural transformation driven by rapid advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). Unlike earlier digital technologies that stored or retrieved information, GenAI systems generate original outputs — text, code, simulations, analytical models and designs — through large-scale pattern recognition and dynamic interaction. In only a few years, AI platforms have reached hundreds of millions of users globally, marking one of the fastest technology adoption cycles in history. For Pakistan, this transformation is no longer abstract. It is embedded in national reform. The Government of…