Federal Minister for Communications and IPP President Abdul Aleem Khan says restructuring administrative boundaries is needed to improve governance and public service delivery.
Sardar Muhammad Yousaf, chairman of the Hazara Province Movement, says smaller provinces would bring governance closer to citizens and improve service delivery.
An opinion article published by Al Jazeera argues that differences in institutional strength, not geography or natural resources, best explain divergent outcomes among countries in the Middle East and Africa.
A review of FIFA President Gianni Infantino's abandoned plan to sell an investment stake tied to the World Cup is set to go before the governing body's Council, according to a report.
Chief executive says the new targeted plan sets binding and anticipatory goals to map out the city's long-term direction.
Social and military psychologist Oleh Pokalchuk argues that proposals for a new social contract in Ukraine remain largely theoretical rather than a practical tool for reform.
A Scientific American article examines archaeological evidence indicating that concentrated power and inequality emerged only when resources could be monopolized, not as an automatic feature of early societies.
A report by Deutsche Welle examines calls to create additional provinces in Pakistan, noting broad agreement on the need for better governance but division over whether redrawing provincial boundaries is the right fix.