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Tag: Asad Umar

Posted inPakistan, South Asia

Beginning of the end for artificial political discourse?

by Imad Zafar April 19, 2019February 18, 2020

It only took eight months in power for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf bubble to started bursting. On Thursday, the PTI government’s finance minister, Asad Umar, was sent packing after his dismal performance, as because of his poor policies the country is facing the greatest economic turmoil of recent times. Umar was unaware of his firing until […]

Posted inPakistan, South Asia

IMF loan no long-term solution for PTI govt

by Imad Zafar February 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, World

PTI govt unable to devise a way out of Pakistan’s financial turmoil

by Imad Zafar December 4, 2018
Posted inBeijing, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Aid request tests Sino-Pakistani ‘all-weather friendship’

by Sriparna Pathak November 9, 2018November 9, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Under the guise of friendship, China is looting Pakistan

by Ali Salman Andani October 24, 2018
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Pakistan’s IMF plea a symptom of China’s debt-trap diplomacy

by Ali Salman Andani October 15, 2018
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Turkey, World

Pakistan seeks rejig of economic corridor, trade pact with China

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid September 12, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Hafiz Saeed’s status may undermine anti-terrorism promises

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

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