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- 31 May 2023 21:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
IMF should just pay the money and stop talking. TSP is an atami takat. Pakistan slams IMF's 'intervention' in internal matters ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Finance and Revenue Aisha Ghaus Pasha Wednesday slammed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for "intervening" in Pakistan's interna...
- 31 May 2023 21:00
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Gunmen Kill Soldier In Attack On Polio Workers In Pakistan Gunmen killed one soldier and wounded another on May 31 when they opened fire on security forces escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border, p...
- 31 May 2023 18:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
- Replies: 4374
- Views: 1438329
Re: J&K Union Territory-2019
NIA raids at three locations in Kashmir targets newly formed terror offshoots The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 31 carried out searches at three locations in Kashmir in connection with its ongoing crackdown on the newly floated terror outfits, an official said. The daylong raids and se...
- 31 May 2023 16:44
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
There are articles starting to appear in Indian media but most of them are the usual opinion pieces on how 'a failed TSP is bad for India onree'. They are not getting any attention these days.
- 31 May 2023 11:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
50% Ongoing Construction Projects Halted Due to Hike in Steel Prices The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) has claimed that 50 percent of ongoing construction projects have come to a halt due to a hike in steel bar prices by a cartel of large-scale steel manufacturers. The A...
- 31 May 2023 11:49
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Economic outlook report shows 13% drop in remittances ISLAMABAD: The Economic Outlook report showed that the remittances dropped by thirteen percent drop to $22.7 billion in April-July 2022-23, ARY News reported. The Finance Ministry issued the economic outlook report for April, which shows a drop ...
- 31 May 2023 11:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Rupee to fall as IMF urges market rate The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again reminded the government to fulfil three conditions in order to resume its $6.5 billion loan programme. These conditions include reinstating the market-determined exchange rate. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ...
- 30 May 2023 23:05
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3041058
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
India’s economy remains steady, resilient from global shocks: RBI Annual Report 2022-23 India’s growth momentum continues to be steady despite increased turbulence in the global economy, said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its annual report for 2022-23. Even as the global economy faces multiple...
- 30 May 2023 21:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Article is behind paywall but headline gives an idea where things are heading.
IMF Asks Pakistan to Fix Currency Market Before Bailout Resumes
IMF Asks Pakistan to Fix Currency Market Before Bailout Resumes
- 30 May 2023 16:27
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
- Replies: 3327
- Views: 849766
Re: Road to the 2024 Elections in India-1
You have hit the nail on the head Ramanaji. Real mohabbat is not something that can be bought or sold in a shop. This offering from RaGa is right up there with GUBO offered on sale by TSP.ramana wrote:Isnt Brothel a Mohabbat ki Dukhan?
- 30 May 2023 12:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
A hollow achievement? After much dilly-dallying, Pakistan has made its first purchase of Russian crude oil — at a “discounted” price. With Russia looking for new outlets for its crude oils and Pakistan looking for cheaper crude to overcome its acute balance of payments crisis, the deal serves both ...
- 30 May 2023 12:04
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
What happens if Pakistan defaults on debt? We hope that the government will be able to steer the economy out of the crisis and avoid default. However, in the case of a sovereign default, people will lack sufficient money to purchase consumable goods, and the government and private importers will re...
- 29 May 2023 18:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Looks like PAF is worried about those AKs on the loose. PAF seeks ‘record of gun owners’ within 5km radius of Nur Khan base in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI: The Noor Khan Airbase authorities have asked the local police and the commissioner to “maintain and share the data” of individuals possessing weapons ...
- 29 May 2023 15:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
The frustrated awaam can now clearly see that the will of majority is not enough to dismantle the chokehold of TSPA. The frustrated abdul on the street will soon find a lot of appeal in TTP's claim that they are the righteous liberators of the land of pure. Taliban will soon have more home grown sup...
- 29 May 2023 11:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations
- Replies: 1463
- Views: 498735
Re: Turkey News, discussions, India Turkey Relations
Turkey’s lira sinks to near record low as Erdogan is reelected The Turkish lira sank Monday as incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured his victory in the 2023 presidential election, extending his rule into a third decade in power.The currency was trading at 19.97 against the greenback as of Monday 4...
- 29 May 2023 11:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Pakistan agrees to share budget details with IMF to unlock stalled programme Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has revealed that the coalition government has agreed to share details of its upcoming budget details with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to unlock the stalled funds. "They h...
- 28 May 2023 19:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
- Replies: 1784
- Views: 405439
Re: India-EU News & Analysis
Germans making fun of India's population growth have formally announced economic recession in the fatherland. Karma..
- 28 May 2023 19:50
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Pakistan misses investment target Pakistan’s investment ratio has hit a new low of 13.5% of the economy’s size in the outgoing fiscal year, indicating a decline in investor interest due to concerns about sovereign default and uncertain taxation policies. These latest figures follow Prime Minister S...
- 28 May 2023 19:48
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Poorer nation AWAY from the suffocation building on the political front, figures regarding the state of the economy, approved by the National Accounts Committee and released on Thursday by the government, have ignited fresh controversy. Quite a few among the small clique of commentators who keep a ...
- 26 May 2023 14:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
- Replies: 8451
- Views: 3041058
Re: Indian Economy News & Discussion - Nov 27 2017
India’s Q4 FY23 growth pegged at 5.5%, FY23 growth at 7.1%: SBI Ecowrap State Bank of India’s (SBI) latest research report, Ecowrap, mentioned on Friday that India’s growth in the fourth quarter of FY23 is likely to be 5.5 per cent, leading to the country’s growth for FY23 at 7.1 per cent. This is ...
- 26 May 2023 14:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 566698
Re: West Asia News and Discussions
A Second Quad in the Making in the Middle East? The national security advisors (NSAs) of four countries — India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States — met in Saudi Arabia recently. This is potentially a second Quad in the making involving the Middle Eastern states, t...
- 26 May 2023 14:36
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
New PTI has been created and 'surprisingly' it is very TSPA pasand. This has so far been more predictable than a 90s Bollywood movie script. PTI Haqiqi faction emerges out of Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Haqiqi has been formed after a number of PTI leaders left the party over Ma...
- 26 May 2023 14:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
To stop hurting, global economy should waive off the debts and pay TSP $500 billion as compensation for global warming. Pakistan’s debt burden also hurting global economy WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s struggle to service its debt is a disaster for the country, but it’s not very good for the rest of the wor...
- 26 May 2023 14:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Forex reserves fall by $119m to $4.19b KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank fell by 2.7% on a week-on-week basis to $4.19 billion, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On May 19, 2023, the SBP’s foreign currency reserves stood at $4,...
- 25 May 2023 20:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1782
- Views: 636885
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
European council on foreign relations Here be dragons: India-China relations and their consequences for Europe India’s and China’s dispute along the border is illustrative of the growing rivalry between the two countries, which is shaping the security landscape and strategic environment of South Asi...
- 25 May 2023 18:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Along with PTI senior leaders, its supporters in media are also getting the treatment. This is full scale suppression and intimidation of media. Can we even imagine a political party, even a regional party, getting this treatment in India? What a banana republic TSP is. Anchorperson Sami Ibrahim 'mi...
- 25 May 2023 18:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Economy shrinks from 6.1% to 0.3% under PDM govt’s watch ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic growth rate plummeted to 0.3% in the outgoing fiscal year due to severe restrictions imposed on the imports in an effort to avoid sovereign default, leaving the industrial sector crippled with spillovers on the ...
- 24 May 2023 20:20
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
- Replies: 4780
- Views: 1541469
Re: Indian Railways Thread (Dec 2015)
Indian Railways hands over 20 broad gauge locomotives to Bangladesh]Indian Railways hands over 20 broad gauge locomotives to Bangladesh New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen bilateral relations, Indian Railways virtually handed over 20 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives to Bangladesh in a ceremony held at Ra...
- 24 May 2023 20:19
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh News and Discussion
- Replies: 2752
- Views: 541184
Re: Bangladesh News and Discussion
Indian Railways hands over 20 broad gauge locomotives to Bangladesh]Indian Railways hands over 20 broad gauge locomotives to Bangladesh New Delhi: In a bid to strengthen bilateral relations, Indian Railways virtually handed over 20 Broad Gauge (BG) locomotives to Bangladesh in a ceremony held at Ra...
- 24 May 2023 20:15
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
- Replies: 5266
- Views: 1801669
Re: India's Border Security with China and Pakistan-2020 - Part 2
The Wire is claiming that buffer zones are being carved out from Indian territory. China Wants 15-20 km Buffer Zone Inside India-Claimed Lines for Depsang Disengagement New Delhi: In the strategically significant area of Depsang plains in Ladakh, China’s People’s Liberation Army has demanded the cre...
- 24 May 2023 18:07
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Meanwhile TTP is marching ahead with IEd mubaraks. Soldiers among four killed in northwest Pakistan suicide bombing A suicide bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing two soldiers, a policeman and a civilian, security officials said. It was the second attack to hit...
- 24 May 2023 18:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Govt considering banning PTI: Khawaja Asif ISLAMABAD: The government is considering banning former prime minister Imran Khan's political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Wednesday. The move comes amid political instability in the nuclear-armed nation ...
- 24 May 2023 14:41
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Fear tactics It is a familiar story. A political party, thinking it can take on the country’s all-powerful establishment, crosses a red line and quickly finds itself losing a ruthless, one-sided war of attrition. One by one, its leaders are picked out and isolated. They may find themselves being su...
- 23 May 2023 21:39
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
- Replies: 1782
- Views: 636885
Re: Geopolitics/Geoeconomics Thread - June 2015
Why Does the G7 Need India? First, with a GDP of $2.66 trillion, India’s economy is larger than three member countries of the G-7 – France, Italy, and Canada. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is expected to grow at 5....
- 23 May 2023 19:40
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
- Replies: 7956
- Views: 2253951
Re: Pakistani Economic Stress Watch
Pakistani Diplomatic Missions Abroad Ask Govt to Immediately Clear Pending Payments A number of Pakistani diplomatic missions abroad have asked the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to make pending payments to the Information Attaches without further delay. Sources told ProPakistani that t...
- 23 May 2023 19:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
The Impact of Political Instability on Pakistan’s Internal Security Terrorist groups are byproducts of conflicts and instability. They thrive in such conditions and exploit them to further their narratives, and draw recruits and funding. Terrorist groups also use anarchy as a cover to undermine the...
- 23 May 2023 14:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Islamist militants kill six at energy plant in Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 23 (Reuters) - Islamist militants stormed a natural gas and oil extraction plant in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing four police and two private guards, police said. The attack by up to 50 militants took place at ...
- 22 May 2023 18:15
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Terrorists blow up two girls' schools in North Waziristan In another extremist act, terrorists blew up two girls' schools in the Mir Ali sub-division of North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), it emerged on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Rehan Gul Khattak on Sunday night confirmed an exp...
- 22 May 2023 13:46
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
- Replies: 4426
- Views: 1346909
Re: Terroristan - March 31, 2022
Five Iranian border guards killed in clashes with terrorists TEHRAN: Five Iranian border guards were killed on Sunday during clashes with an armed group in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, state media reported. The guards were killed in Saravan, near Iran’s border with Pakis...
- 19 May 2023 11:42
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Internal Security Watch
- Replies: 6211
- Views: 1802036
Re: Internal Security Watch
Operation Dhvast: NIA's mega crackdown on terrorist- gangster nexus in 8 states In a massive multi-state operation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in coordination with Punjab Police and Haryana Police, raided 324 locations and seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition, besides other incr...