Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has announced plans to establish a 100-acre, $80 million Seafood Processing and Export Zone at the Korangi Fisheries Harbour Authority (KoFHA), aimed at boosting the blue economy and global seafood trade. In a statement on Saturday, the minister said the proposed project was aimed at developing, […]
Pakistan and Indonesia have strengthened economic partnership with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the establishment of the Joint Trade Committee (JTC), creating an institutional platform to enhance trade dialogue. The MoU was signed following high-level talks held on Friday, led by Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan and visiting Indonesian […]
Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), announced that Pakistan will exit the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme by June next year. Addressing a diaspora gathering in London on Saturday, he said Pakistan was steadily moving towards economic self-reliance and would no longer require IMF support by mid-2026. He added […]
Cabinet members have suggested that half of telecom spectrum auction proceeds should be deposited with the Universal Service Fund (USF), the entity responsible for developing digital infrastructure in the country. The suggestion came in a recent meeting of the cabinet, chaired by the prime minister. While discussing the upcoming spectrum auction, the cabinet members suggested […]
The Monroe Doctrine was all about the protection of American interests in the Western Hemisphere. It was about not allowing any distant power to put forces in the Western Hemisphere or allying with any country in the Western Hemisphere. A classic example is how the United States reacted when the Soviet Union tried to put […]
Everyone is talking about talks but no one wants to talk. The glaring contradiction measures the difference between optics and hard reality. Within the optics domain everyone desires to look and sound reasonable. The hard reality, on the other hand, is based on cold and calculated assessment of the situation and the advantage that accrues […]
Deaths from hits by heavy vehicles continue to occur in Karachi – with a young female motorcyclist and a seven-year-old boy being the latest victims, losing their lives on the road in Landhi and Manghopir, respectively. These untimely deaths are a heartbreaking reminder of the devastation that poorly-operated large commercial vehicles cause on our roadways […]
Every now and then, we come across pragmatic speeches, columns and academic discourses — not necessarily from the beneficiaries of the system — that echo the idea that we, as a nation, seldom learn from historical follies. This might, for many, sound like mere blunders or thoughtless insanity; yet the unapologetic pursuit of these common patterns across […]
There is a situation in Iran, and it warrants a political solution. Protesters seem to be losing their patience. Well, the government too. Thus the Islamic Republic faces an existential crisis. Nonetheless, it is a given that any moves for a ‘regime change’ as maneuvered at the behest of external forces, especially the US, would […]
Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan (TTAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday said the military must remain within its constitutional framework, warning that if it wished to engage in politics, it should relinquish its security role and seek power through elections. Speaking at a press conference at the Lahore Press Club, Achakzai said no country could function […]