Al Qadir Trust case against IK perfectly captures venality of ALL our ruling elite - politicians, judges, generals, businessmen & media.
So long as anti-corruption laws are used only for political victimisation instead of true accountability - we can never end corruption. (1/n)
Fauji Foundation is the world's largest military owned conglomerate worth over $20 billion. Read that again: Pakistan's Army owns the WORLD'S LARGEST MILITARY OWNED COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. How did the military of a poor country manage to accomplish such a feat while rest of the...
While Pakistan has struggled mightily to unlock $1B in IMF funds, Bangladesh quietly finalized a new $4.7B IMF package this week. Why did Bangladesh, which is experiencing much less severe economic stress than is Pakistan, get a larger deal inked in relatively rapid fashion? 🧵
The Army chief spoke to then PM Imran Khan about the cipher in March, to which the PM replied that it was not a big deal, says the DG ISPR, adding that they were surprised when a letter was used for political purposes.
I saw two children die of cholera & dehydration within minutes in front of me while reporting on this story. You cant really understand the word devastation until you see it up close. Our children are suffering in Sindh. The tragedy continues.
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Ishaq Dar is never the answer.
He was a bad FM last time around, leaving the country at the gate of the IMF by end of his tenure.
With the current macro environment, the consequence of his typical economic management will be much worse for Pakistan.
The entirety of the economic crisis 🇵🇰 has faced since 2018 can be singularly traced back to Dar.
That he still retains influence and is about to make a comeback as finance minister shows that the PMLN’s leadership has not learnt anything from history.
Pakistan has lost $40 billion in floods. Pakistan already was at the verge of economic crisis and now this will further exacerbate the situation. These floods are wake up call to the world. "First World countries" who have contributed more in the climate change should compensate.
My hometown is devastated, I haven't spoken to my family. There are a lot of homeless people with no electricity, no network, no food, no basic income. This is so disappointing.....
Flood victims need serious assistance but our politicians have shut their eyes to this catastrophe they are busy with their political circus and its high time people make note of this and not get fooled by them.