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German Business Confident As China Shifts Gears

German business confident as China shifts gears

Confident or complacent, German business executives are bullish about their chances of profiting from China's transition to an economy fired by consumption rather than investment. As China deliberately dampens its…

Historic Full Term

Historic full term

Asif Ali Zardari finally completed his term as the President. While expressing his pride over being the first president to complete his term with "honour and respect" and over his…

India’s Economic Woes

India’s economic woes

India is experiencing what can only be termed an alarming economic downturn. A rapid slowdown in its economic growth and depletion in its foreign exchange reserves have been compounded by…

Vision And Grit

Vision and grit

After two months of reticence on his government’s policies, Nawaz has been doing a lot of talking of late, both on the economy – which he considers to have been…

Emphasising development

Five years of economic mismanagement and poor governance by the previous regime have not only damaged the economy but also severely weakened key institutions of the country like the State…

How The NSC Should Operate

How the NSC should operate

The just reconstituted Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) as Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS) is an exercise in futility because it is not structured and empowered to carry…

On The Edge Of A Cliff

On the edge of a cliff

How politicking overrides all other considerations was proved yet again; while the government and the opposition remained focused on the presidential election, the exchange value of the rupee kept sliding…

The Rupee Under Pressure

The rupee under pressure

Pakistan and the IMF have reached a staff level agreement for a $5.3 billion bailout programme. Before this programme is presented to the executive board of the IMF for its…