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The export sector is in the doldrums, and according to a meeting organised by the Sustainable Policy Development Institute entitled ‘Achieving export competitiveness in Pakistan’ a joint effort is needed from all government and private sector stakeholders in order to meet the challenges that are daily faced by the country’s exporters. In many ways this …
October 21, 2017 | by Raheel‘The Taliban’ has become a catch-all term that encompasses a broad range of groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The many iterations of the Taliban have been led by iconic figures, with Mullah Omar of the Afghan Taliban being the first of a long and diverse line. Many have been assassinated, and the latest to die …
October 21, 2017 | by RaheelThese are hard times to be a Muslim in America. President Donald Trump regularly makes non-inclusive comments such as “Islam hates us,” even though ‘a religion’ does not hate. As a consequence of right-wing attitudes ordinary people suffer: a young 14-year-old African American school boy named Ahmed Mohamed was arrested and thrown out of school …
October 21, 2017 | by RaheelThe political and governance impasse continues to tighten its grip on Islamabad. As political uncertainty grows it seems to have got the better of PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who appears shackled and cannot act on his own initiative. The decision-making toolkit hitherto remains with the ousted PM who has centralised control to a point where …
October 21, 2017 | by RaheelISLAMABAD: Senator Farhatullah Babar of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), who is known for posing critical questions to the security establishment, has been replaced with Farooq H Naik in the Senate Standing Committee on Defence. Talking to The Express Tribune, Babar confirmed that he had resigned from the 12-member Senate panel, headed by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid’s …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelSecurity has been tightened after intelligence agencies issued a warning of a possible terrorist attack at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) and adjoining National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi. According to Express News, police have been warned about the threat through a letter that states that al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelWASHINGTON DC: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will pay his maiden visit to Pakistan this month during which he would discuss joint efforts against terrorism and expanding economic ties between the two countries, a State Department spokesperson announced on Thursday. The visit to Pakistan is part of Secretary Tillerson’s first visit to Asia, which will …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelPollution beats arch-rivals wars and violence and even hunger and natural disasters, when it comes to causing death, not only in Pakistan but also the world at large. It brings more deaths than any single disease – way more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. World-wide pollution claimed the lives of 9 million people in …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelHours after an accountability court on Friday indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in third corruption case, his daughter Maryam Nawaz took to the microblogging website, saying “fire tests gold, adversity tests brave men”. “Fire tests gold, adversity tests brave men. Allah is Sufficient for us,” twitted Maryam who is widely tipped to be the …
October 20, 2017 | by RaheelPESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court rejected on Friday the bail application of Taimur Ahmad, who is accused of creating a fake Facebook account of a girl and posting her photographs online without her permission. Justice Roohul Amin Khan heard the case and rejected the bail application, ordering police officials to send the accused to jail. The …
October 20, 2017 | by Raheel