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Even when the Permian does peak, the U.S. will remain a major oil producer and a significant exporter DESPARDES — OPEC oil ministers will breathe a sigh of relief that
Continue readingUS Shale Decline: Trump’s Goal of “Energy Independence” Could Well Be a Pipe Dream
DESPARDES — Regional connectivity is essential for promoting economic integration of South Asian countries and with Central Asian countries for common benefits. Pakistan could play central role in realizing this
DESPARDES — There’s a bright chance of Pakistan exiting the Financial Action Task Force ‘grey list’ at the FATF plenary on February 16 in Paris, according to some media reports
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DESPARDES — Renowned social critic and political activist Noam Chomsky has dubbed the latest developments in India symptoms of fascism. Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultra-nationalism characterized by
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DESPARDES — At Davos, the US-China tightrope that world leaders and business executives have been witnessing, yielded a special one: China from the Pentagon standpoint is an existential threat —
Continue readingDAVOS INSIGHT: Trump Admin Gearing Up For a Long-Term Confrontation With China?
Some of the world leaders making waves on global arena and in the region weren’t born in the Chinese Zodiac year of the Rat For example: Trump was born on
DESPARDES — World’s largest democracy is taking a U-turn toward becoming a Hindu state, and as it does things are unraveling: India slipped to the rank of 140 out of
“…it looks very much as though our government has gone rogue…”: Arundhati Roy DESPARDES — The Economist says India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is stoking divisions in the world’s biggest
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DESPARDES Analysis — Many countries in the Asia-Pacific region (Pakistan is included in the regional ranking) see economic openness as a way forward, however, vibrant economic powers like China, Indonesia,
DESPARDES — The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest Democracy Index published today indicates how global democracy fared in 2019, providing a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide. In South
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The Punjab Food Department (PFD), as per official statistics, manages 75% of wheat production of Pakistan. Situation at the Punjab Food Department provided an opportunity to manipulators and hoarders of
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“My analysis here is that, in 10 years’ time, we should be selling at least a million cars” DESPARDES — Ten major observations and responses were made at a recent
Continue readingTEN Major Talking Points On Pakistan’s Auto Industry