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  • NA body endorses AJK, GB’s uplift projects under PSDP

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    • Feb 1st, 2018
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    The National Assembly's Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit-Baltistan endorsed the proposals of Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan on developmental projects with remarks that all projects should be completed effectively and efficiently. The

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  • Big cut in US aid likely as Trump asks Congress to pass law in this regard

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    • Feb 1st, 2018
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    Pakistan may face considerable cut in US assistance after President Donald Trump asked Congress to pass legislation to ensure that US aid is not provided to countries which voted against his decision to recognize Jerusalem

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  • Banknotes with Bajwa’s signature from February 2

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    • Feb 1st, 2018
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    The State Bank of Pakistan will start issuing banknotes bearing the signature of SBP Governor Tariq Bajwa with effect from February 2, 2018 from the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation. The banknotes bearing

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  • Afghan envoy denies report on Ghani’s refusal to take Prime Minister’s call

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    • Feb 1st, 2018
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    Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal on Wednesday denied an Afghan TV channel's report claiming that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly refused to take a condolence phone call on late Tuesday night from Prime

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  • Proposed PIA sell-off

    This is apropos a Business Recorder news item "Senate body against PIA sell-off" carried by the newspaper yesterday. According to it, the government has been warned of stiff resistance in case of privatisation of Pakistan

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  • Crumbling bridges? Fret not America, it’s not that bad

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    • Feb 1st, 2018
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    In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump called out the nation's crumbling infrastructure and called for more spending on bridges and roads. "Together, we can reclaim our great building heritage.

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  • Rabble-rousing harangues

    Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, disqualified in a corruption case arising out of the Panama Papers revelations obviously believes, like in love and war, everything is fair in fighting corruption cases. If that undermines the

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  • Problem is not FTAs but structural fragility: Manufacturing sector

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    • Feb 1st, 2018
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    Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are the favourite whipping boys of our industry leaders. The constant refrain has been that FTAs are 'damaging' the manufacturing sector. They want existing ones to be renegotiated and the proposed

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  • Turkey ramps up Syria incursion

    According to reports, Turkey and allied Syrian rebels have pressed on with Operation 'Olive Branch' in the Kurdish-controlled Afrin enclave in Syria. As if the seven-year long bloody conflict in Syria was not complicated enough,

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  • The FO tweet

    The Foreign Office spokesman, Dr Muhammad Faisal, chose a novel way to make a major revelation when he tweeted that Pakistan had handed over 27 Afghan Taliban and Haqqani Network suspects to Kabul in November

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