Opinion
March 16, 2021
This week will mark the inauguration of the Islamabad Security Dialogue, the culmination of years of advocacy and argument for a more coherent and cogent Pakistani national security narrative that aligns with the demographic and economic realities of the country and the region it is in: growth, connectivity and opportunity. The very fact that this dialogue is scheduled to take place represents a leap forward for how Pakistan frames and projects what it wants: from itself and from the world.
The architect of this coherence is General Qamar Javed Bajwa, but the vision that it represents is a more organic and more widely shared one. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s speeches and statements on the issues date back to the late 1980s. Even in his first term as prime minister, Nawaz Sharif was able to identify the prickly elements of Pakistan’s engagement with the Mujahideen and Afghan reconciliation. Prime Minister Imran Khan has been proven to be prescient i
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National
March 10, 2021
ISLAMABAD: While berating the move to import yarn from India that has changed the status of Kashmiris in held Kashmir, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) came up with an alternate to overcome the shortage of yarn in the country, asking for government’s help for revival of 10-15 yarn units which were harshly hit by the ongoing pandemic resulting in cash flow crises.
The identified 10-15 textile companies contribute roughly $1 billion per annum to the exports and their continued operation will keep 15,000 plus people directly employed and in addition unquantifiable indirect jobs. These companies are suffering from liquidity crises and are on the verge of collapse due to Covid-19 and the change in the Sales Tax regime.