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DESPARDES — The PTI-government’s Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) on Tuesday took off the table five unused state properties from the ongoing privatization initiative. Three of the properties will be
DESPARDES — The government has reportedly received statements of qualification (SOQs) from three foreign parties for the sale of two power plants worth $2 billion. These Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
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“What the agency does not report, does not take place” INSIGHT — It is one of the most important aspects of our media system, and yet hardly known to the
Terrorism and over sensationalized media coverage by private TV channels behind the rise in psycho-social toxicity in Pakistan DESPARDES Report: How and to what extent the fallout of terrorism affect
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DESPARDES — State-run public utility Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGCL) has failed to attract competent professionals who meet the criteria and standards for becoming its permanent managing director. SSGCL and
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China had asked the UN Military Observer Group posted along the border areas between Pakistan and India to brief the UNSC on the ground realities of the area. DESPARDES —
Continue readingSecurity Council Meets Today to Discuss Occupied Kashmir Lockdown
Overarching such initiatives are Prime Minister Imran Khan’s statement — after being elected — that “We want to ally with the US for peace, not war”, and Army Chief Gen.
DESPARDES — Karachi-based Ed-tech startup Dot & Line have successfully closed their seed round with an additional investment from London-based entrepreneur Zeeshah Shah. Founded in 2015 by two LSE (London
Bangladesh exports nearly $1 billion of IT services (53pct of GDP) every year – a figure that the government expects to increase to $5 billion by 2021. The country also
Continue readingBangladesh Growth Pegged at 8 Pct This Year –With IT 53Pct of GDP
DESPARDES — Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Zarif, on Monday urged closer cooperation between the two neighbors. According to Iran’s state television, Zarif and
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“What is to be done with all this going on? Should we give up or should we fight back?“ DESPARDES — Adviser to PM Khan on Commerce, Textile, Industry &
Continue reading‘People Say They Won’t Pay Taxes as They Did Not Vote for Imran Khan’: Razzak Dawood
“Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem (of MQM-P) is being considered for governorship of Sindh which has made these folks unhappy”; ” “In order for us to succeed, we ought to