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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicMiftah Ismail

Topic: Miftah Ismail

‘We’re desperately poor,’ ex Pakistan finance minister on country’s economic crisis

Speaking at a webinar Wednesday, Miftah Ismail — finance minister from April-September 2022 — said Pakistanis ‘bemoan’ the fact that they can't export IT services like India.

Ishaq Dar back as Pakistan FM but it’s outgoing Miftah Ismail who did the ‘dirty’ work

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.

‘Trade with India would be opened if need be’, says Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail

Amid devastating floods, Ismail said the natural calamity in Pakistan is likely to affect the supply of fruits and vegetables and that he would 'keep a watch on the situation of farmers'.

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Charlie Kirk’s killing has America at war with itself. Foreigners & visa-seekers ‘warned’

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, gunned down this week, was no ordinary influencer. He helped bring the Trump administration to power. His death has deepened America’s Left-Right divide.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.