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Gloom for Pakistan s maritime economy, boom for Bahria Foundation
Tue, Apr 20 2021 22:36 IST |
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Pak emphasises need for closer engagement with US. Image Source: IANS News
Zubaida Jalal, Pakistans Minister for Defence Production, recently oversaw the signing of a MoU for construction of a Shipyard at Gwadar. This is a project that has been in the works for many years; at least since 2008.
The latest round of excitement started in 2017, when, in a seminar organised by the Pakistan Navy (PN), its Naval Chief announced the approval of a new shipyard at Gwadar, to be completed within three to five years. 12 years since the idea and three years since the latest round of excitement, Pakistan has only been able to sign a MoU that too between its Federal and Provincial Governments. Even this has been possible only because PN eyes it a form of enriching itself with new sources of income and post retirement jobs.
DACCA: Pakistan Armed Forces, in pre-dawn lightning action today [April 15], secured the strategic Bhairab railway bridge in Mymensingh after inflicting heavy casualties on Indian infiltrators and anti-State elements who were about to dynamite it. . The Bhairab railway bridge over the Meghna, links Chittagong and Sylhet with Dacca and is located about 25 miles from Agartala. Large scale Indian infiltration is reported from this border town of the Indian state of Tripura. Agencies
[Meanwhile, as reported by agencies in Dacca,] The East Pakistan peace and welfare steering body at its first meeting held here yesterday [April 14] expressed its deep satisfaction at Pakistan Army’s timely and necessary action in countering the action of Indian and other enemies of Islam. It strongly condemned … the age-old Brahmanic enmity towards the very concept and existence of Pakistan. It also condemned the Indian infiltration into East Pakistan. .
Who funds Pak s purchase of western military equipment
Tue, Apr 13 2021 13:36 IST |
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International Monetary Fund (IMF). (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 13 : A third world country that is on the brink of economic implosion, living on IMF loans and unable to guarantee the necessities of life to its people is still procuring military equipment from some of the most advanced nations in the world! A country which has been kept on the FATF grey list yet again and regularly signs dubious deals with proscribed organisations and faces strictures by the UK High Court with millions being debited from the bankrupt nations accounts due to the aforementioned shady deals. A country whose foreign exchange reserves stand as on date at only $13 billion- barely adequate for two months imports.