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Anjum Ibrahim

PTI's farm and housing policy
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PTI's farm and housing policy

Prime Minister Imran Khan's farm policy announced by Jehangir Tareen flanked by the relevant minister is to increase output through raising the yield per hectare, considerably lower than in India, while his signature poverty alleviation programme envisage
Updated 16 Sep, 2019 07:33am
Partly Facetious : Houses for the homeless
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Partly Facetious : Houses for the homeless

"Welcome to Pakistan, the Medina ki riyasat (Medina administration) and our Prime Minister Imran Khan reckons such a riyasat can be defined as free facilities like education, health and cash support for the unemployed as provided by Western countries..."
Updated 14 Sep, 2019 09:19am
Data mining
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Data mining

Data mining by governments is not unusual however Pakistani administrations, and to be more precise Pakistani finance ministers, have routinely engaged in this exercise - some considerably more than others.
Published 02 Sep, 2019 12:00am
Good news though a bit adulterated
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Good news though a bit adulterated

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff-level agreement was reached with Pakistani authorities on 12 May 2019, a Sunday. By Thursday 16 May the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP's) Governor, appointed only a week before on 4 May, whose appointment is the
Published 26 Aug, 2019 12:00am