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NON-FICTION: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZHOU ENLAI

1 month ago | dawn.com | Chen Jian |Ahmad Faruqui |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana

China’s Zhou Enlai: A BiographyBy Chen JianBelknap PressISBN: 978-0674659582840pp. hou Enlai, who served as China’s prime minister for 17 years, has left his imprint not just on the history of China but on the history of the world. While he always operated under the shadow of Chairman Mao Zedong, he was the man who put China on the map of the world. Chen Jian, a professor of history at New York University and NTY-Shanghai, has penned his biography.
COLUMN: FLOWERS IN A MIRROR

1 month ago | dawn.com | Harris Khalique |Abbas Nasir |Nida Kirmani |Muhammad Amir Rana

Many years ago, the late poet, critic and broadcaster Qamar Jameel scribed his poetry collection Chahaar Khwaab [Four Dreams] for me and wrote: “Khwaab mein jo kuchh dekh raha hoon, uss ka dikhana mushkil hai/ Aaeney mein phool khila hai, haath lagana mushkil hai [What I see in my dream is hard to show to others/ A flower blossoms in the mirror which is hard to touch].” This couplet immediately came to my mind when I picked up Ghalib: Flowers in a Mirror, A Critical Commentary by Mehr Afshan...
Policeman martyred in Bajaur attack

1 month ago | dawn.com | Ghulam Mursalin Marwat |Anwarullah Khan |Muhammad Amir Rana

BAJAUR / LAKKI MARWAT: A policeman was martyred by unidentified assailants in an attack in the Khar area of Bajaur, on Sunday. The cop, identified as Ismail Khan, was returning home from a nearby market after shopping when the assailants ambushed him in the Badisamoor area, rescue officials said while quoting locals. The 38-year-old victim was critically wounded in the attack and died while being administered first aid at the District Headquarters Hospital, Khar.
Higher food prices spoil consumers’ appetite

1 month ago | dawn.com | Aamir Khan |Muhammad Amir Rana

KARACHI: Despite tall claims by the price regulator to deal with overcharging retailers with an iron fist, consumers faced the same challenging situation, like previous years, on the first day of Ramazan when they went to market to purchase food items for Iftar and Sehri. Even though rates of almost all food essentials have been fixed by the commissioner of Karachi, shopkeepers in the metropolis were selling all the items on exorbitant prices spoiling consumers’ appetite.
Govt expects no hiccups as IMF reviews targets

1 month ago | dawn.com | Khaleeq Kiani |Muhammad Amir Rana

• Nine-member Fund mission begins first biannual review of $7bn Extended Fund Facility • Govt hopes for successful completion of talks, release of $1.1bn tranche within three weeks • Insists revenue shortfall offset by higher primary budget surplus, better non-tax revenue receipts ISLAMABAD: As a nine-member mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) begins its first biannual review of Pakistan’s $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), signed in September last year, the government...
Exit democracy

1 month ago | dawn.com | Huma Yusuf |Muhammad Amir Rana

WHILE Pakistan clings to fantasies of hybridity regarding its political framework, the Economist Intelligence Unit has categorised it as an authoritarian regime. The EIU’s latest Democracy Index ranks Pakistan 124 out of 165 states and among the top 10 worst performers on factors such as government functioning, political participation and culture, electoral processes and civil liberties. We are not alone.
Both welfare and growth

1 month ago | dawn.com | Umair Javed |Muhammad Amir Rana

LAST week on these pages, Khurram Husain wrote about the rapidly diminishing viability of Pakistan’s bailout-dependent economic strategy. Global political realignments under the new Trump administration may very well usher in the end, or at least administer a hard squeeze, of multilateral lending. In its absence, the status quo will prove to be untenable. The economy’s lack of viability is already sharply apparent since 2022.
Snowfall, avalanches wreak havoc on Astore

1 month ago | dawn.com | Jamil Nagri |Muhammad Amir Rana

GILGIT: Thousands of people are stranded in the upper areas of Astore, as most parts of the district remained disconnected from other areas of Gilgit-Baltistan after heavy snowfall and avalanches blocked roads and damaged a bridge. Astore has received plenty of snow in recent days, with some areas such as Burzil Top, Chillum Daskhiram, Mirmalik and other localities receiving up to six inches of snow.
Challenges to export-led growth

1 month ago | dawn.com | Mohiuddin Aazim |Muhammad Amir Rana

Our economic managers frequently assert that the country needs export-driven growth. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb emphasises that this will be possible only if each export sector performs well and realises its full potential. However, achieving this in the short and medium term is a significant challenge. The fact is that most Pakistani exporters have only recently begun to learn, through tough lessons, how a lack of competitiveness can drive them out of business.
PPP unlikely to quit coalition govt: PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui

1 month ago | dawn.com | Nadir Guramani |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui has said that its ally in the ruling coalition, the PPP, was unlikely to quit the government as the party did not want to steer the country towards “another crisis”. The differences between the PML-N, which heads the coalition, and the PPP have been simmering for months as the key ally has expressed frustration over unfulfilled promises.