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Posts published in “Day: May 29, 2017

Chinese footprint on the Pakistani budget:

by Nasir Jamal in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, May 29th, 2017 The Nawaz Sharif government’s last budget is more or less an extension of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative. It is an effort by the government to complete the energy and road development projects before going into the 2018 elections to give something to the voters in an election-year. The job of distributing relief and goodies (in the ruling party’s vote base in…

WannaCry hackers ‘were likely from southern China’

by Stephen Chen in South China Morning Post, May 28, 2017 at 11:26pm The authors of the WannaCry malware, which infected computers in 150 countries two weeks ago, are probably from the southern mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore, according to a US intelligence company. Forensic linguistic analysis on the malware suggested it was written by native Chinese-speaking people with southern accents, said Flashpoint. In a report on its website, Flashpoint, which provides global business-risk…

B’desh: 2.6 million jobless despite labour gains

by Senior Correspondent in bdnews24.com, May 28, 2017 at 19:39 BdST As many as 2.6 million people are still jobless despite new job creation, according to a survey by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics or BBS. The labour force participation rate that sheds light on the economic activity of a nation rose to 58.5 percent in 2015-16 from 57.1 percent in 2013 in signs of an improvement in the job market, according to the survey released…

Hefazat-e-Islam chief dumbfounded by reinstallation of Lady Justice

Dhaka Tribune report,May 29, 2017 by Anwar Hussain in Chittagong & Manik Miazee in Dhaka Terming the re-installation of the statue of Lady Justice a matter of grave concern and disappointment, Hefazat-e-Islam chief Shah Ahmed Shafi has said they along with the masses were taken aback by the move. “Despite my long illness, I became happy and expressed gratitude when the statue of the Greek goddess was removed [from the Supreme Court premises]. However, only…