Report in Dawn, September 27th, 2023PESHAWAR: Law-enforcement agencies have busted one of the largest extortion rackets run by the outlawed militant outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and involving hundreds of Afghan and Pakistani operatives to finance terror operations in the country, revealed the counter-terrorism department on Tuesday. Addressing a news conference at the police lines here, deputy inspector general of police at the CTD’s Counter-Terrorism Finance Unit Imran Shahid said two members of the racket, including Faizullah…
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Daronomics, a unique brand of macroeconomic policies associated widely with finance minister Ishaq Dar is just as quickly losing its oomph as it had made a comeback. The former finance minister flew back to Pakistan last month after a long exile following his disqualification from office five years ago. However, the determination to bring relief to the masses and claims of having what it needed to keep the dollar in check have now been replaced…
The PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz), occupying nearly all economic-related ministries, barring commerce and industries and production – with both highly dependent on finance for launching any programme – have been reiterating since April, that their taking economically extremely challenging decisions, necessitated by the state of the economy they inherited, has cost them considerable popular support. The announcement of the relief package on 28 February 2022 by the then Prime Minister Imran Khan, envisaging a 10…