Is the government exaggerating the quantum of economic growth, or is the ‘surprise’ merely due to the phenomenon of ‘base effect’? The National Accounts Committee (NAC) of Pakistan, in its 103rd meeting on Friday 21st May, approved provisional estimates of GDP growth as 3.94% for the fiscal year 2020-21. This was widely reported as a […]
Can someone please remind or inform Maulana Tahir Ashrafi’s Pakistan Ulema Council that Palestinians observe ‘Youm Dhikr al-Nakba’ – the Remembrance of Palestine’s catastrophe – every year on 15th May? The conflict in the Middle East erupted once again as Palestinian Muslims worshipping at the Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem were subjected to a hail […]