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Such an awful decision by IK. I feel bad for Asad Umar. He should have stayed in the private sector where people rise to the top on the basis of their merits, you don't have to deal with incompetent colleagues, and don't have to explain every single decision on a daily basis to an economically...

Asad Umar's actions over the past 8 months have been pretty smart. Pakistan is in a stronger position now to negotiate with the IMF. Since the elections, Pakistan has secured $6BN from Saudi and UAE in the form of central bank deposits and a recent $2BN soft "loan" from China. That means the...

I agree it is not a good substitute for hard exports, but there are other key benefits. One of them being the effect of exporting cheap labour on the labour market in Pakistan. Think how much higher the unemployment rate, and all the associated societal problem, would be if they were all in...

Thanks for this. This is a very good point that I had not previously considered.

How can you blame PTI for currency devaluation? The state bank was burning through its reserves trying to keep the currency at an artificially high level. Even if that moron Ishaq Dar was still finance minister, he would have also been forced to let the currency sink. Pakistanis have a very...

Great point. The US is a bit of a loose cannon and follows its national interests blindly, which change fairly regularly and randomly- just look at their Afghan policy over the past half a century. The EU however is rules and values based and hence far more predictable (there are exceptions...

Disagree with the statement that the BBC, DW, NYT will "never ever report anything that ever go against the national interest". Each of those papers get criticism from right-leaning papers in their home bases for not toeing the national line. Case in point is the BBC during the current Brexit...

Talk of India-Israel nexus is overblown. It serves to distract from the threat from India-Iran which is the more pressing issue in the short term (1-2 yeartime frame)

What plane is this? Is this the Sukhoi?

Can anyone confirm that the second IAF jet was shot down? There is footage all over the place of the Mig-21 but I have seen nothing of the SU-30?

Its quite naive to believe that making Islam a secular state will somehow make minorities better treated. The rights of minorities are already protected in our current constitution. What is required is a better implementation of the relevant articles in the existing constitution. Changing the...

People in favor of a secular Pakistan need to acquaint themselves with our constitution.

The only people powerful enough to stand up against the Feudal lords are the government.... Which is headed by the PPP.... Which is a party of feudal lords :blink:

The video was very interesting but equally misleading. The reporter assumes Karachi is only made up of Lyari, Orangi and Korangi.

It will be interesting to know the demographics of the people voting in this poll.

Abbas shouldn't stop now. He should go on to get membership in the International Criminal Court and bring Israel to the Hague.

I should elaborate a bit on my viewpoint. Do I believe that the SDSR was necessary to cut costs and try and reduce the deficit? Yes. Do I believe that the SDSR was carried out effectively? Hell no. I don't like the SDSR any more than you do as it was ill thought and irrational. I actually pretty...

The new changes represent a change in mindset. No longer is Britain the lone crusader but it is now a nation that protects its interests with increased reliance on others. After the Strategic Defence and Security Review took effect, the RUSI think tank gave a chilling summary that Britain would...

Very slick and professional looking ;)

The intricate details of Mohammed Ali Jinnah's funeral are a trivial matter. So I shall state again: I couldn't care less about what happened during his funeral as I like to read into and study, like most sane people, his policies and philosophy during his life, which by the way talked about...