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2015

THE WESTERN DESIRE

ALI SUKHANVER

Ali Sukhanver “Targeting Mecca and Medina is the only way to save US from the attacks of the Muslims”, said Tom Tancredo, the US presidential candidate in Election 2007. Tom Tancredo belonged to the Republican Party. During his election campaign he earned a lot of popularity among the extremist strata of the American society by suggesting that the sacred Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina should be attacked if America is attacked. According to the various media reports published in different western newspapers of those days, it was not for the first time that Tom Tancredo issued such a conflicting statement.  Earlier in 2005 also he had expressed the same kind of opinion regarding attacks on the sacred cities of the Muslims. In May, 2012, the Daily Mail UK published a report with the title, ‘Bomb Mecca’. The report referred to a course organized for the young U.S. Read More »THE WESTERN DESIRE

Pakistan National Saving Schemes rates at 10-year low

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Small savers, who put their money in the National Savings Schemes, have reason to sulk as the rate of returns on NSS has plunged to a 10-year low.

Following the recent cut in policy rate by 50 basis points, the rates that were already on the slide stood further trimmed by 48 to 72bps across all products—Short Term Saving Certificates (STSC) and Regulator Income Certificates (RICs).Read More »Pakistan National Saving Schemes rates at 10-year low

BLEEDING AND HEALING KARACHI

ALI SUKHANVER

Ali SukhanverLast September, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Nawaz Sharif paid a visit to Karachi to observe himself the actual situation of Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan. In consultation with the law-enforcement agencies, he approved the urgently required strategy to curb violence. It was then decided to start a broad-spectrum operation against all those who are involved in any kind of criminal activity. It was also decided during his visit that the operation against the criminals would be without any discrimination or distinction and no political or religious group would be allowed to mar the sanctity of it in any case. The targeted operation in Karachi is going on rapidly with a lot of success and achievements. The security agencies have recently prepared a report on previous five month’s results regarding the operation. The report says, around 601 suspects were arrested out of which 213 were wanted; 153 were arrested in target killing cases and 71 were arrested in kidnapping for ransom cases. The report revealed that Read More »BLEEDING AND HEALING KARACHI

Uzbekistan’s Presidential Elections 2015 and Role of Economic Sustainability and Political Stability

Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan Crucial elements of human survival and production i.e. economic sustainability and political stability are the ultimate victor in shape of H.E. Islam Kairmov in the recently held presidential elections 2015. According… Read More »Uzbekistan’s Presidential Elections 2015 and Role of Economic Sustainability and Political Stability

CNIC number to replace NTN

Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that country’s foreign exchange reserves will cross $18.2 billion by end-2015, and from July 1, Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) number will be treated as National Tax Number (NTN) for individuals.

The minister, who was addressing members of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), categorically stated that the government’s focused approach would continue to transform the recently achieved macro-economic stabilisation into economic growth.Read More »CNIC number to replace NTN