August 2022

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. PBS NewsHour PBS NewsHour Leave your feedbackIn our news wrap Thursday, California moves to eliminate most sales of gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, President Biden calls for Russia to return a nuclear plant to Ukraine’s …

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Politics in Pakistan is again creating turmoil.Media reports said:Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s close aide and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Shahbaz Gill’s room at Parliament Lodges was raided by police contingents in the presence of Gill who was brought to the location amid strict security measures.The police team led by the senior superintendent of police …

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Subscribe to receive this newsletter directly to your inbox.The Justice Department must release the redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit that they submitted Thursday. In his decision, Judge Bruce E. Reinhart said that he reviewed the proposed redactions which he concluded were “narrowly tailored to serve the government’s legitimate interest in the integrity …

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MECKENHEIM, Germany (AP) — Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany.Zinkpower’s facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth $2.5 million in a molten state every day. The metal will harden otherwise, wrecking the tank where steel parts are …

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PAC misusing authority, claims ex-NAB chiefAfter Punjab, K-P PA passes resolution against CEC Home Latest Pakistan Business Sci-Tech Phones World Opinion Life & Style Sports Blogs Archive Other Ayaz Sadiq demands live streaming of prospective committee's proceedingsMinister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Monday asked National Assembly (NA) Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to constitute …

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Saturday said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman call for public gathering with aimed to protect his theft, is just a political stunt.Talking to private news channel, he said election commission in its verdict has exposed Imran Khan before the nation. Rana Sanaullah said Imran khan had received money …

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BEFORE the recent by-election in Punjab, the present government seemed to be coasting towards completing its constitutionally mandated term. The res­ults of the by-elections not only surprised everyone, but have upended the balance of power in Pakistan’s most-populous province. Against the dark backdrop of the events in Sri Lanka, exponentially rising political instability has, once …

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The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) policy rate has hit 15%. This is a decade after it last did so in 2008, and this time it happened almost instantly.There will indeed be a shock for the economy like no other. There are now murmurings in the banking industry, and all of them point towards the …

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By: Manoj GuptaCNN-News18Last Updated: July 26, 2022, 20:17 ISTNew Delhi, IndiaMany in Pakistan feel that the current coalition government, in the wake of the Punjab bypoll result, could once again resort to bandaid approach to fixing the economy. (AP/File)As political uncertainty continues in Pakistan weeks after the ouster of Imran Khan, this time focused on …

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Home » Economy » Pakistani experts keen to resume trade with IndiaWill India-Pakistan relations normalise? Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent statement seeking permanent peace with New Delhi has given hope to the country’s economic policymakers that trade between the two countries could resume in the near future. Amid deepening economic crisis in Pakistan and …

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