by Imran Ayub in Dawn, August 27th, 2023• PPP stands alone on 90-day demand; urges Nawaz, Maryam not to back polls delay• JUI-F unable to grasp rationale behind PPP’s ‘aggressive approach’• ECP invites JI, MQM for consultations on electoral roadmapKARACHI: The ECP’s announcement to initiate fresh delimitation in light of the notification of the latest census results seems to have put the former coalition partners on a collision course. Only a day after the PPP…
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by Zhao Ziwen and Hayley Wong in SCMP, Aug 26, 2023The armed attack this month on a convoy carrying Chinese workers was just the latest in a string of militant strikes in Pakistan. In the attack on August 13, insurgents targeted a convoy of four bulletproof vehicles carrying 23 Chinese engineers on way to Gwadar Port in Balochistan, a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s plan to grow global trade. None of…
report in The Daily Star, July 14, 2023Bangladesh’s domestic and external debt stands at around Tk 16.14 lakh crore, according to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank. As a result, the per capita debt of people stands at Tk 95,019. But income is still higher than per capita debt. The current annual per capita income of the people of the country is USD 2,793, which is around Tk 3.3 lakh in Bangladeshi currency. Though Bangladesh…
report in Prothom Alo, Jan 20, 2023A leading Bangladeshi publisher known for its works by dissident writers said Thursday it had been banned from the country’s leading book fair, in the latest government clampdown on its critics. The Ekushey Book Fair is organised by the Bangla Academy, the government’s state-run literacy agency, and is a major event on the local cultural calendar. Leading Bengali writers gather in the capital Dhaka each February to discuss their…