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Posts published in “Day: November 15, 2016

Trump in Modi mode: By Syed Talat Hussain in the News,November 14, 2016

The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV. They mocked the Germans as blinkered, the French as spineless, the British as scheming, the Russians as thugs, the Chinese as regimented, the Japanese as restricted, the Arabs as degenerates, the Iranians as draconian, the Turks as narrow-minded, the Africans as laggards, the Latinos as useless. They lectured the world on political inclusivity. They hectored nations on democratic plurality.…

Demonitisation plans: Editorial in the News,November 14, 2016

Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s announcement about the withdrawal of higher denomination notes seems to have found its admirers in Pakistan. A PPP senator last week submitted a resolution to the Senate asking for the withdrawal of Rs1,000 and Rs5,000 notes from circulation. The logic behind such a move seems to be curbing corruption, money laundering, tax evasion and other black market practices. While India and Pakistan both genuinely have a tax payment problem, forcing…

‘Newsleak issue can’t be swept under the carpet’ : report in Dawn, November 14th, 2016

LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Senator Sirajul Haq says the government has not taken the news leak issue seriously and warns that the matter cannot be swept under the carpet. In a press release issued on Sunday, he said the interior minister’s explanation had given the impression as if it was an insignificant matter that was being raised unnecessarily. He said had the government been sincere in this respect, it would have taken the parliament and…