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Nov 6, 2024 | 
dailytimes.com.pk | Gulzar Dildar
Saudi Arabia recently increased its pledged investment in Pakistan by an additional $600 million, bringing its commitment to $2.8 billion. This pledge was solidified with the signing of seven new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent visit to Riyadh. Last month, a Saudi delegation led by the Saudi investment minister had already concluded 27 MoUs worth $2.2 billion in Islamabad.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Gulzar Dildar
Pakistan, Nov. 6 -- Saudi Arabia recently increased its pledged investment in Pakistan by an additional $600 million, bringing its commitment to $2.8 billion. This pledge was solidified with the signing of seven new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's recent visit to Riyadh. Last month, a Saudi delegation led by the Saudi investment minister had already concluded 27 MoUs worth $2.2 billion in Islamabad.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Gulzar Dildar
Pakistan, Nov. 3 -- In Pakistan, attracting foreign and private investment has often proven to be challenging. Successive governments have taken the approach of visiting foreign countries in pursuit of investments, yet this method has not yielded the expected results. The way investment is pursued reflects a misunderstanding of how private investments work and raises questions about Pakistan's economic environment.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
dailytimes.com.pk | Gulzar Dildar
In Pakistan, attracting foreign and private investment has often proven to be challenging. Successive governments have taken the approach of visiting foreign countries in pursuit of investments, yet this method has not yielded the expected results. The way investment is pursued reflects a misunderstanding of how private investments work and raises questions about Pakistan’s economic environment.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sanchita Bhattacharya |Gulzar Dildar |Parvez Mahmood |Meher Rana
As the civilised part of the world covertly converses and passively shows disdain about the Afghan Taliban's ban on educating girls over the age of 12 for more than 1,000 days, two important reports vis-à-vis Afghan women have come into the public domain. The Spectator reported on June 23 about the systematic sexual abuse of women by Taliban operatives and commanders in Taliban-controlled prisons.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sabih Ul Hussnain |Rohinee Singh |Gulzar Dildar |Raza Rumi
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed, with an overwhelming majority, a bipartisan resolution "to support democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in Pakistan." Pakistan responded by describing the non-binding measure as 'unconstructive,' which showed that US lawmakers did not understand Pakistan's political situation. US Congressperson Dan Kildee moved the resolution as a bipartisan legislature, and it received an overwhelming 368 votes in favour and seven against.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Gulzar Dildar |Shahzad Naveed |Zubair Torwali |Raza Rumi
On 20th June, a tourist from Sialkot was killed by a mob in Madyan, Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over allegations of desecrating the Holy Quran, according to police. Despite police trying to save him by arresting him, the mob came into the police station, lynched the man, burned him alive and set the police station on fire. Throughout this debacle, the police were reduced to being silent observers and couldn’t do anything.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Saad Hafiz |Mohammed Anas |Rohinee Singh |Gulzar Dildar
The 2024 Indian general election witnessed a staggering 642 million citizens casting their ballots, a testament to the country's thriving democratic process. The election, praised for its integrity and fairness, underscored the vibrancy of India's democracy. Perhaps the most important takeaway from the entire exercise is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election has made him only the second Indian leader since independence to secure a third term, following Jawaharlal Nehru.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Gulzar Dildar |Usman Khan Yousafzai |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel
In March of this year, the United Nations General Assembly declared that the “International Day of Play” would be celebrated annually on June 11. This decision follows years of advocacy by UNICEF, global civil society, and organisations such as the Right to Play. This month, the world marked the inaugural Day of Play, aimed at promoting conscious efforts to ensure that children everywhere can exercise their right to play. At first glance, dedicating a day to play might seem trivial.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | IHC Judges |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Rohinee Singh |Gulzar Dildar
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its founder, Imran Khan, approached the Supreme Court on Friday, requesting an early hearing for their petition seeking a judicial commission to probe alleged rigging in the February 2024 general elections. "It is respectfully prayed that the matter may kindly be fixed on June 25, 2024 (in the week commencing on June 24)," the former prime minister's petition requested.
