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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicShamshad Akhtar

Topic: Shamshad Akhtar

‘China rolls over $2 bn loan to Pakistan, extends repayment by 1 year,’ says finance minister

Pakistan’s cash-strapped economy is struggling to stabilise from a financial crisis and secured a $3 billion standby arrangement from the International Monetary Fund last summer.

Resurfacing of Islamist parties is meant to stop Nawaz Sharif from coming back to power

The extensive participation by religious parties in this election will only make things difficult for Pakistan in the longer run.

Global terror finance watchdog puts Pakistan on grey list

Financial Action Task Force grey listed Pakistan despite Islamabad's 26-point action plan to choke terror funding.

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UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.