Archive for the August 27, 2019
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The year, 2018-19, has come to a close with a very different outcome than was originally anticipated. The budget for the year was presented initially in May 2018 by the outgoing PML(N) Government. This envisaged
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The issue of the reconstitution of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has hit an impasse. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) former Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza on August 23, 2019 refused to administer the oath of
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It is rare that the IMF advises the US economic authorities in a point-blank fashion. On 21st August, 2019, IMF's Chief economist, Gita Gopinath, in a blog titled "Taming the Currency Hype", however, chose to
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As US and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether a pact will mean an end to the insurgents' fight with
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As US and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether a pact will mean an end to the insurgents' fight with
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The government is examining different proposals to deal with the issue of granting permission for clearance of over 1,000 old and used vehicles stuck up at ports, which were imported in violation of import policy
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The government is examining different proposals to deal with the issue of granting permission for clearance of over 1,000 old and used vehicles stuck up at ports, which were imported in violation of import policy
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Sidney Rittenberg, a former American advisor to Mao Tse-tung who spent long spells in prison as he fell in and out of favor with China's communist leaders, has died in the state of Arizona, the
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Sidney Rittenberg, a former American advisor to Mao Tse-tung who spent long spells in prison as he fell in and out of favor with China's communist leaders, has died in the state of Arizona, the
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G7 leaders meeting in France on Monday backed Hong Kong's autonomy as laid out in a 1984 agreement between Britain and China and called for calm in the protest-hit city. "The G7 reaffirms the existence
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