Amer Zafar Durrani
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Amer Zafar Durrani is an acknowledged development expert who is presently involved in renewable energy and community-driven development; transport and logistics, trade facilitation, and connectivity. His experience spans over 33 years in 24 countries, of which 17 years were spent with the World Bank Group. Supported by Enclude, he is working on developing the Village Growth Accelerator Program (VGAP) which looks as accelerating villages’ clusters into conurbations- 100 cities of 100,000 by 2050. For enabling this he has launched IdeaGist Pakistan- bringing the world’s largest virtual incubator to Pakistan’s growing incubation and innovation entrepreneurial eco-system.
National security and Geo-economics: Pakistan’s economy and...
The economic base of a country is a real determinant of national security expenditures, thus national security gets a larger amount with a rapidly growing size of the economic base, even at a constant or decreasing percentage share.
Economy of Afghan Taliban.2: Do they desperately...
Authors who have worked extensively with international financial institutions question if Taliban.2 of 21st century desperately need US and western institutions, or they possess an alternate system of their own? Very interesting and provocative read!
As the year of snakes, ladders and...
2020 has ended, at least by the Gregorian calendar. As always, we are fooled by the time buffoons. Hope springs eternal. This turn of...
Journey ends for “Naya Pakistan”: 2019 year...
2019 - the year of speculation, the MIG of Abhinadhan, the fall of the democratic god, Fizzled Fazlu, exploding trains, and still, Imran. As I...
Naya Pakistan, Imran, chaos, happiness, Saudis, xenophobia,...
Amer Zafar Durrani | Friends, foes, and people! Welcoming 2019 and leaving 2018 behind, I cannot think of a single event that mattered more than...
Fawad Khan still a ‘hot potato’ of...
News Desk | Indian Filmmaker, Shonali Bhose expressed her wish to cast Pakistan's Fawad Khan in her next film but says she cannot...
India mourns Bollywood’s Sridevi after reported bathtub...
AFP | India Monday mourned Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor after her death in Dubai aged just 54, as police in the emirate said...
PML-N cannot remain in the name of...
News Analysis | An application submitted by the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and Advocate Makhdoom Muhammad Niaz Inqilabi to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has...