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Aid Without USAID

Aid without USAID

Last year, after the United States Congress passed the Kerry-Lugar Bill, and after a series of visits to the region, special envoy Richard Holbrooke, who personally signs every contract concerning…

USAID And CIA

USAID and CIA

Over the past 51 years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has grown into a powerful multi-billion dollar political-cum-military weapon in the hands of the American establishment. USAID’s…

USAID Back … To The US

USAID back … to the US

USAID is busy implementing its Empower Pakistan Project (EPP). Under EPP, USAID has Empower Pakistan JOBS, Empower Pakistan FIRMS, Empower Pakistan TRADE and Empower Pakistan ENTREPENEURS. In 2009, USAID contracted…

The world in corridors

Since the start of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by Chinese President Xi Jinping, world politics has been moving around economic corridors. The Western world led by the US…

This crisis is a moment: Part – IV

The federation needs to ensure policy continuity, transparent bidding, honouring of agreements and contracts, obligations being timely honoured and regulator interfering only when self-monitoring fails. For now, shifting peak demand…

The complex path of US-Pakistan ties

The intricate dance between Pakistan and the US has been marked by twists and turns, highs and lows, and a shared history that is as complex as it is consequential.…