Is this a seminal moment in Pakistan’s long-term decline? Ten days of intense negotiations with a visiting team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
In recent years, reliance on the West has been replaced by dependence on close strategic ally China, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states. This reflects the failure of economic governance.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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