BY JAMES M. DORSEY A recent 27-year, four million-tonne liquified natural gas (LNG) Qatari export agreement with China, the longest in gas export history, highlights different Gulf state approaches to navigating big power rivalry between the People’s Republic and the United States. Widely seen as giving China a grip on […]
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By Qamar Bashir A renowned anchor of Pakistan in one of his highly rated program disclosed that the army chief soon after assuming the baton, has been meeting with businessmen,agriculturists, economists and imminent persons from many other important sectors to bring in some semblance in the way the country is […]
By James M. Dorsey At first, comparing Palestinian gunmen in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to rioting youth in France may resemble likening apples to pears.In many ways, it is. Youth in France are full-fledged French citizens demanding an end to disenfranchisement, marginalisation, alienation, racism and law enforcement and security force […]
By Qamar Bashir Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has launched its first product, the Livestock and Dairy Modernization and Improvement Support (LIMS) Program, with the support of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank at a cost of $500 million. The purpose of this five-year program is to increase […]
By Qamar Bashir The government of Shahbaz Sharif is considering privatizing the Pakistan Steel Mill (PSM), however before doing so, it appears that the PSM’s books of account have been given a facelift. Interestingly, many unusual entries have been found in the 2021-22 financial statement when compared to the previous […]
JAMES M. DORSEY For the second time in a month, Saudi Arabia has discovered that money buys a lot but not everything. First, there was Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi, who, contrary to Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and several others, turned down a mouthwatering Saudi offer to go to Inter […]
By Qamar Bashir Prime Minister aptly highlighted during his address to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit today (4th July, 2023) that both Pakistan and Afghanistan are pivotal for the success and achievement of the SCO set objectives, which are to: strengthen mutual trust, friendship, and good-neighborly relations among member […]
By Qamar Bashir The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Narendra Modi won the last election in April and May 2019 by spewing venom and animosity against Pakistan as an election rallying cry. This propaganda machinery prompted Modi to accuse Pakistan, albeit without evidence, of being an epicenter of terrorism and […]
JAMES M. DORSEY The sigh of relief in a swath of land stretching from China to Africa’s Atlantic coast was audible when Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch who heads the Wagner Group, a state-funded private military company, called off his mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s military and security establishment. So […]
By Qamar Bashir The people of Pakistan who are struggling to make ends meet due to high fuel prices for both natural gas and petrol products and when rising prices combine with hyperinflation, they create a cocktail that raises the cost of transportation for goods and people, raises food prices, […]
