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Dr. Raania Ahsan is a public policy expert and former Senior Civil Servant of Pakistan, specialising in trade, development governance, and economic policy. She holds a PhD in Management Sciences and has contributed to national policy frameworks related to investment policy and industrial development. Her work focuses on energy transition, investment climate, sustainable economic systems, and institutional reform in emerging economies.

Raania Ahsan

Apr 21 2026

Mineral economic harassment: When state processes become an investor’s biggest risk

Illuminem Voices

Minerals · Mining Tech

Pakistan’s mineral wealth remains trapped not beneath the earth — but within a governance maze that investors struggle to navigate

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Raania Ahsan

Apr 13 2026

Sustainable Finance · Sustainable Investment

Pakistan’s remittance illusion: Why diaspora dollars are financing consumption, not development

Raania Ahsan

Apr 06 2026

Solar · Power Grid

Net-billing, distributed solar, and Pakistan’s energy transition

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