Finance minister unveils strategic banking sector initiatives
News Desk Karachi – May 20: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb has unveiled strategic initiatives aimed at bolstering support
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Economy
HBL launches pioneering agriculture services
HBL Zarai Services aims to empower farmers and enhance productivity, efficiency, and profitability throughout the agriculture value chain.
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Poverty alleviation: a constitutional obligation
The constitution is the living document and an instrument of social contract between the citizens and the state. It also aims to fulfil people’s aspirations by guaranteeing their fundamental rights.
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Pakistan’s economic crisis: Left’s perspective
Over the past few months, Pakistan’s dire economic situation has garnered considerable attention in the political, media and intellectual mainstream.
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A full-blown crisis: What’s the way forward?
By Khairuddin Shadani As Pakistan prepares for another round of elections later this year, the country’s economic performance is a
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The world & us
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar The world’s richest, most powerful people are gathered for their annual lovefest at the World Economic
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China’s BRI grapples with a mounting debt crisis
Like Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan also has a swelling state debt and took on billions worth of loans over the last decade from China’s Export-Import Bank for a series of infrastructure plans under the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Private charity: just another scam for 1% rich
We were told that the generosity of the rich would make up for cuts to government services. But those at the top are increasingly using dubious “charitable” ventures as vehicles for profit and influence. Institute for Policy Studies’ report Gilded Giving 2022: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy, charitable giving is more dominated than ever by those at the top of the income and wealth pyramid.
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The IMF bailout package and economic survival
By Ashab Baig The situation is so acute on Pakistan’s economic front that a bailout package from IMF has become
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Protestors march against govt’s ‘neo-liberal policies’
By News Desk A large number of working class people, katchi abadi residents, students, trade union activists and progressive political
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Four budgets
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar It is budget season. But the budget that will garner all the attention is, frankly, much
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Pakistan’s neoliberal state is a machine for plunder
Pakistani neoliberalism hasn’t rolled back state intervention in the economy. Building on a predatory tradition that dates back to British colonial rule, it has used state power to enforce the ruthless exploitation of Pakistan’s workers and natural resources.
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Redistribute now
By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar It has been a month since the so-called unity government came to power. It still seems
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A youth-led development agenda for Gilgit-Baltistan
Riaz Akbar spells out a comprehensive youth-led development roadmap for Gilgit-Baltistan, outlining four areas that can kick-start GB’s economy and increase the whole pie of the budget.
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Dadhocha Dam: landowners protest forced eviction
Local people say they will not vacate their ancestral land without a settlement plan or resettlement by Punjab government; They
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