Why is the US Getting Closer to Bangladesh?
President Biden stated earlier this year that he believed the Dhaka-Washington relationship would endure for the next 50 years and beyond. By Yumiko Fumada: The USA is getting closer with
Saudi Aramco Weighs IPO of Trading Arm. IPO could be worth more than $30bln.
ZAWYA Reports: Saudi Aramco is weighing an IPO of its trading division Aramco Trading Co., in what could be one of the world’s biggest listings this year, Bloomberg reported on
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Where are the Feminists and World Journalists Now. Freedom of Press is a Farce.
Veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot in the head while on an assignment to cover an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Al Jazeera
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The Turkish Drone That Changed the Nature of Warfare
The Bayraktar TB2 has brought precision air-strike capabilities to Ukraine and other countries. It’s also a diplomatic tool, enabling Turkey’s rise. Drone inventor Selçuk Bayraktar has become a folk hero.
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The Energy Deal That Probably Toppled Imran Khan
Former (ousted) Premier Imran Khan’s trip to Russia in March, and his 3-hour long meet with President Putin majorly bordered a game-changing economic negotiations for cash-strapped, energy-hit Pakistan. According to
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Sri Lanka is the First Domino to Fall in the Face of a Global Debt Crisis
The South Asian country is the first to buckle under economic pressures compounded by geopolitics, but it won’t be the last. To quote a professor in Australia (of Bangladesh origin),
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Having the Cake and Eating It Too
Pakistan was being run for decades focused on political economy, and continues. The fruits of political economy grew leaps and bounds for political communities and interest groups. At the same
Ram Manikkalingam on the situation in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens: His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now
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5 Point Economic Plan
Yousuf Nazar @YousufNazar on Twitter discusses his 5 point economic plan:#1. Increase gasoline prices, remove tax exemptions/subsidies (for Rs800 billion) for the corporate sector immediately and get $10bn from the
Dual-national overseas Pakistanis can’t vote anymore
Khan’s government in November 2021 had allowed overseas Pakistanis (including dual nationals) to cast their ballot: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led ruling alliance is all set to undo the provision
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The danger Pakistan faces today is of democratic backsliding
Maleeha Lodhi in Dawn: Polarization today characterizes the country. There are few if any precedents of this even though divisive politics is not new. This polarization has divided people, society
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Why I Support Imran Khan
A WhatsApp share by Zafar Iqbal: Imran Khan is the ONLY leader in the history of Pakistan who has genuinely worked his way up to the top.Sadly, nobody understands this.