An Alternative to Breaking News, Report
Trade deficit contracts 36%…Current account deficit declines by 55pct…‘Pakistan should not worry about currency devaluation’: Japanese envoy PM Khan arrives in NYC – -on board MBS special aircraft… Historic first?
Continue readingSEP 21 Local, Global News of Interest That You Might Have Missed
DESPARDES NEWS MONITOR — HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DELIVERED 100,000 SIGNATURES TO BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION OPPOSING UPCOMING HONOR OF INDIA PM NARENDRA MODI Crowds of human rights supporters descended
Continue reading100K Petition Delivered To Gates Foundation Against PM Modi
“59% of Pakistanis show confidence in NAB, according to Gillani Research Foundation and Gallup Surveys” DESPARDES NEWS MONITOR — While the FBR has upped the ante against Benami properties, the
Continue readingFBR, NAB Crackdown on Benami Properties, White Collar Crimes
King Salman receives PM Khan… Khan expresses Pak resolve to stand with Saudi in face of security threat… Briefs crown prince MBS on Kashmir situation… Turkey going full speed ahead
Continue readingSEP 19 Local, Global News of Interest You Might Have Missed
DESPARDES NEWS MONITOR — The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) financials took several hits during the period July 2016 thru June 2017 and the mandated audit report was withheld due to
Continue readingPIA Financials Unravel, 3 Years Later –Due to ‘Missing Information’
DESPARDES NEWS MONITOR — Summon awaits Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Amit Shah et al in Houston, Texas as they fly to the United States for a #HowdyModi ‘grand rally’.
IRSHAD SALIM — The PTI-led government has tapped A) pre-fabricated low-cost building structures as the way to go with its B) Naya Pakistan Housing program. Leading the emerging C) supply
Continue readingVantage View: First Prefab Plant for ‘Naya Pakistan’ Homes
Any emotional attempt to cross LoC will adversely affect Kashmir struggle: PM Khan VIDEO: BBC unveils occupied valley’s situation… Kashmiris postpone march till Khan’s speech at UN… House Democrats Split
Continue readingSep 18 Local, Global News and Views of Interest
DESPARDES NEWS ANALYSIS– Bibi (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) is on the brink — and results are still deadlocked as of Tuesday. Netanyahu has fallen short of majority and a
Continue readingEnd of Netanyahu Era: Arabs in Israel Gain New Voice
(Updated Regularly @ NOI) 45 BILLION DOLLARS BET ON MODI’S INDIA IMF TEAM IN ISLAMABAD; GIVES GOVT THUMBS UP ON REFORMS, PERFORMANCE… France giving millions of people iodine pills in
Continue readingSEP 17 Local, Global News and Views of Interest
PM Khan asked for out-of-the-box solutions. “If we want a new idea or solution, we should open an old book”. IRSHAD SALIM — Some who reportedly “made money (paisa banaya
Continue readingINSIGHT: Out-Of-the-Box ‘Dirty Dozen’ Solutions
Curfew enters 41st day in occupied Kashmir… ‘Unacceptable’, US Congress members say on Indian siege of the Himalayan valley… Protest in UK Leeds city center… BAJWA DOCTRINE: ENDURING STABILITY… Cats,
Continue readingSEP 14 LOCAL and GLOBAL News, Views of Interest (NOI)