At the same time, Ishaq Dar Tuesday said his country would respond effectively & decisively to all ill-considered military adventures by 'Hindutva driven dispensation in New Delhi'.
The budget is being closely watched by the International Monetary Fund as the South Asian country seeks further bailout money during an economic and balance of payments crisis.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was scheduled to attend meetings from 10 April and see top IMF officials and multilateral creditors in a bid to secure stalled funding.
In all fairness to Dar, fixing fundamental problems such as high indirect taxation and heavy consumption of imported luxury items is beyond his pay scale.
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results, Albert Einstein said. But Paksitanis don't get it--Dar's been appointed FM for the fifth time.
Dar will steer Pakistan’s finances at a time when his country is struggling with an economic crisis worsened by deadly floods and is marked by high inflation.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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