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‘Market Pakistan as great investment destination for durable U.S. ties’
It’s time for Pakistan to market its huge business potential to American investors, a leading entrepreneur says amid expected transition in South Asia from security-focused relations to a scenario of less interdependence, when the U.S. will draw...Apr 11, 2019 1087 0 -
IMF expects Pakistan’s economic growth to be around 3% in 2019
Image: Jhimpir Wind Farm Credit: Muzaffar Bukhari from Islamabad Pakistan’s economic growth will slow down to 2.9 percent of GDP this year, a slump from 5.2% last year as the country faces some...Apr 9, 2019 786 0 -
Pakistani-Americans, a vital connection for both countries
Image: R to L Akbar Khan, Ambassador Asad Khan, Congressman Brad Sherman, Mossadaq Chughtai Credit: Asim Siddiqui As the United States and Pakistan navigate through challenges in the way of South Asian peace and stability, an...Mar 30, 2019 2855 0 -
U.S. steps up diplomacy to contain Pakistan-India crisis
President Trump may have come empty-handed from a meeting with North Korea leader over denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula but his administration is focused intently on containing a crisis between two South Asian nuclear powers Pakistan...Feb 28, 2019 763 0 -
India’s perilous water war against Pakistan
Ravi River Chamba, Image Credit: Vjdchauhan/Wikimedia India has announced a plan to restrict the flow of water to Pakistan by diverting the eastern rivers Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers with an ultimate aim of damaging economy...Feb 24, 2019 761 0 -
Bilawal hopeful for Pakistan despite challenges
Featured Image: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari during interaction with Pakistani journalists in D.C Credit: Views and News PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the Pakistani youth gives him hope for future of the country but emphasized...Feb 12, 2019 1549 0 -
IMF ready to support Pakistan – Christine Lagarde
Photo: Screenshot/Imran Khan (official) Facebook video Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who met with Prime Minister Imran Khan in Dubai on Sunday, has reaffirmed the financial institution’s support for Pakistan, which...Feb 10, 2019 1147 0 -
In regional shift, Pakistan, Russia sign $10 billion gas pipeline project
In a major shift from its West-centered foreign and economic policies, Islamabad has signed an inter-corporate agreement, under which a 1,500 km offshore gas pipeline costing $ 10 billion will transport Russian natural gas from the...Feb 7, 2019 2004 0 -
Graham says Imran Khan offers opportunity to improve US-Pakistan ties
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has said Prime Minister Imran Khan is an agent of change and his being at the helm of Islamabad government offers a unique opportunity to change the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Speaking in Islamabad...Jan 21, 2019 912 0 -
IMF hails Pakistan’s hosting of national economic data on one portal
A view of highways netowrk in Karachi Image: Newsphoto90/suleman sajjad (Nagan Ch, Karachi)/ Wikimedia Commons By hosting data on the economy and national accounts at one portal, Pakistan has taken a step toward transparency and implemented...Jan 16, 2019 959 0