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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicAsad Umar

Topic: Asad Umar

Pakistan’s new finance minister isn’t afraid of taking risks

People who know Asad Umar say he's brilliant, has a good team and is the right man to fix the problems Pakistan faces.

Pakistan economic advisers work towards avoiding IMF bailout

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Imran Khan seeks advice from friend on housing, and Maryam Nawaz says Shehbaz has a different way of dealing with politics.

Imran Khan’s finance minister pick falls off horse at event to celebrate win, injured

Here’s what is happening across the border: The mobile app that helped Imran Khan win, and journalist alleges ‘press censorship in Naya Pakistan’. Victory reception...

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.