The crash of Pakistan's national flag carrier, in which 97 people were killed and two miraculously survived, is one of the most catastrophic aviation disasters in the country's history.
The cliched claim that Pakistan is a fragile tinderbox which is likely to collapse into civil war is often heard but the ground realities are vastly different.
The Yunus administration has set up a Constitutional Reform Commission to draft a document that will "reflect the aspirations" of the ordinary Bangladeshis.
India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
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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