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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicPakistan aid

Topic: Pakistan aid

Pakistan claims its X handle was hacked after a post seeks ‘more loans’ from international partners

Pakistan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs appeared to post a call for loans on its official X handle 'amid escalating war'. The ministry later denied making the appeal.

‘We cook once, eat it thrice… we even travel less,’ say Pakistanis battling extreme inflation

A report in the country’s newspaper Dawn tries to gauge the mood at the ground level, and reveals astonishing tales of struggle.

‘US to look at Pakistan’s role in last 20 years’, Blinken says bilateral ties under review

US lawmakers Monday asked the Biden administration to reassess Pakistan's status as a non-NATO ally given its longtime support for the Taliban and harbouring the group's leaders.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.