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Fiscal mismanagement will lead to disastrous consequences in Pakistan

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Dr. Simrit Kahlon Pakistan’s economy has been hurtling southwards for more than a decade now. Its present growth rate, hovering around 2-3 percent, makes it one of the lowest growing economies in South Asia trailed only by Sri Lanka and Maldives. Imran Khan won the … [Read more...] about Fiscal mismanagement will lead to disastrous consequences in Pakistan

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India must remain prepared to counter Chinese malevolence

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Jasbir Sarai As the eventful year -2020 comes to an end, one is reminded about a huge public outcry that was triggered by the so-called Chinese intrusions in Eastern Ladakh mid-year.  Suddenly a bevy of self appointed "strategic experts" surfaced to give an impression that … [Read more...] about India must remain prepared to counter Chinese malevolence

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Pakistan’s tryst to move from virtual dictatorship to actual democracy

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Dr. Simrit Kahlon "Politics makes strange bed fellows" - this proverb, meaning that that political alliances in a common cause may bring together those of widely differing views, is today most applicable to Pakistan. Eleven political parties, including the PML (N) and the … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s tryst to move from virtual dictatorship to actual democracy

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Enforced abductions unabated in violence infested Balochistan

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Hardip Bedi Balochistan, the most restive province of Pakistan, has for long remained in the grip of violence. Reports of atrocities being committed on innocent civilians by the Pakistan Army and its sponsored terrorists are received frequently, despite an attempt to keep … [Read more...] about Enforced abductions unabated in violence infested Balochistan

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Gilgit-Baltistan: Imran Khan’s latest blunder

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Jaibans Singh Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has, on November, 01, announced that his government would give "provisional provincial status" to its occupied territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. Gilgit-Baltistan was a part of the pre-Independence princely state of Jammu and … [Read more...] about Gilgit-Baltistan: Imran Khan’s latest blunder

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