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  1. Sliver

    Remittances drop further 7.4% in October

    expenses in the country they are earning has increased
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    Explained: Pakistan’s Missiles, Why We Test Them?

    do we need to measure success of a missile test on the micinfo campaign of another country? why does this necessitate international media and experts? deterrence and missile tests should be for usage and confidence on the systems and fine tuning the C2. it should be less of a matter what...
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    Russian Gas to be transferred to Pakistan and Persian gulf through Iran

    will it be acceptable for the current establishment though? are they ready to take the anti-US/Pro-Russia stance and the pressure that comes with it? Thouught IK was the leader going there (towards Russia) and look what happened to him (out of power)
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    ML-1 railway: Pakistan, China decide to execute $10bn project

    so race for next IMF bail out begins cos you need to pay for this $10bn line? and since its CPEC, it will be chinese tech (Acceptable) chinese companies (no open tendering - so debatable and not good) chinese man power (should have been pak man power) but security by pak and $$ from pak
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    Premium cotton now cheaper, millers stuck with costly stockpile

    because it costs to buy more cotton - the money for which, companies make by selling current goods. if you intend to front load so much raw material, you need to that much capital - something BD doesnt have in spare right now (forex reservers) hedging is a farily straight forward process which...
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    Pakistan, China to launch 3 new corridors besides CPEC, says report

    you really think its economical to ship oil on land and not through sea? also, most of china's cities (where they need the oil) are on the other side of the world.
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    Pakistan, China to launch 3 new corridors besides CPEC, says report

    been hearing that for a while why will it beat ports in Iran or UAE? - there is no fuel/energy to export nor any huge imports on basis of petro dollars earned. whats the time frame for "next few years"? 5? 10? 15?
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    Move to revamp 14 DEMU trains

    china has a huge base for manufacturing everything hence cost of R&D and producing these units is pretty low (amortization over thousands of units) BD will spend a lot more to develop similar equipment. however, am surprised china would quote such a huge amount - they look to have mastered the...
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    Fault, Dear Brutus, Is In Our Stars

    could also mean low confidence on Turkish economy - Erdogan has been terrible in managing turkey's economy. that being said. while UK's bond turmoil has been because of more recent baffling policies, Pakistan's descent into economic chaos has been slow, steady and almost irreversible. UK's...
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    Shabaz Sharif endorsed Biden's statement about the threat to Pakistan's nuclear assets.

    Borrowers have bargaining power when there are more lenders and less borrowers - those who actually pay that is. that is demand and supply look at the LNG supplies - not one tender from Pak got picked up - why? because the producers had a choice and when given a choice, they dint pick pakistan...
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    Pakistan seeks billions of dollars in new loans after floods

    but for exports you need industries to function and those industries need cheap fuel, trained man power and good infra to be competitive except for the manpower, none exist the man power that is skilled and trained is slowly leaving the country.
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    Shabaz Sharif endorsed Biden's statement about the threat to Pakistan's nuclear assets.

    how can you "demand" a loan? is it some birth right? at a time when the entire world is facing an economic crisis of enormous scale moreover, Pakistan does not have a great history of repaying loans, so how can someone "Demand" a payout ?
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    IND ahead of BD, PAK in reducing multidimensional poverty: UNDP/OPHI

    on a more academic note, comparing the three south asian countries makes a better judgement the economic and political scenarios are much closer
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    Sri Lanka to keep 'middle-income' status but seek concessional loans

    so they want to have their cake and eat it too. what prevents other nations from asking for zero interest loans then?
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    Bangladesh wins in UNHRC membership election

    compared to Afg? please can Afg have a female head of state? does Afg have any minorities left and has any safeguards for them? BD has some of the best economic growth mostly due to peaceful and stable civil society that can only happen due to better human rights conditions. its not the best...
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    Pakistan to procure 6.2m mosquito nets from India

    its a life saving import. saves millions of lives from malaria and also from sickness do you want people to suffer fever and malaria? which could be solved by simply importing these nets from a surplus nation? although. could have imported from china but am sure the choice would have been...
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    Bangladesh wins in UNHRC membership election

    afghanistan standing for UNHRC election is like a joke wonder which are hose 12 countries who voted for afghanistan as opposed to BD or others
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    Army chief to receive honour cordon at Pentagon today

    so this shows what the US believes is the stature of the Army chief. a non-elected official is equivalent to a defense minister or a general/flag officer of the US Military.
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    Floods in Pakistan: Biggest Global Polluters US, Europe, China and India Must Accept Responsibility

    looks like trying to find any and all ways to get money from others. Pakistan deep state has reduced Pakistani citizens to justifying anything to get $$ from others. with 220 million people and so many resources along with a critical geographic location. Pakistan should have been in a much...
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