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Fund ML-1 partly via railway land commercialisation, says PM Shehbaz

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz construction of Main Line-1 (ML-1) should be undertaken on a commercial basis by utilising the identified lands worth billions of rupees of Pakistan Railways. The development came during a review meeting on reforms in Pakistan Railways was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of PM Shehbaz.

When Compliance Workarounds Backfire

John Holcroft/Ikon Images In 2021, Barcelona-based delivery platform Glovo was faced with a law that threatened its business model. Spain had passed the Rider Law, which introduced a presumption of employment when a digital platform organizes, directs, or controls couriers’ work, including through algorithmic management.

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