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Friday, March 29, 2024
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

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.