Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security The Star | LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food hando...
Most of India’s 'middle class' earns between 1K and 2K The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Despite its shaky empirical foundations, the myth of the Great Indian Middle Class persists. A new Asian Development Bank report lauds the rise of the Indian Middle Class and projects it as the engine of global growth. However, according to the definition used in the report itself, the va...
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security The Star | LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without...
Afghan central bank insists Kabul Bank is solvent Business Report | By DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZ | Kabul - Trying to reassure nervous account holders, Afghanistan's central bank said it will stand behind the nation's largest bank after its two top executives resigned amid allegations of mismanagement and unorth...
The US Exit Strategy From Afghanistan: Credible Afghan Security Forces The Street The credibility of any US exit strategy for Afghanistan relies on the development of Afghan security forces able to take on the fight against the Taliban, and preserve order in the country. | This month, the US Department of Defense launched what cri...
U.S. Dollar Mixed in Quiet Trading The Street The general consolidative tone that emerged near midweek remains intact. The U.S. employment data is seen by many as the likely signal of the near-term direction, but over the last three months the market's disappointment has not been consistently be...
Timing key as US stir-fries sanctions Asia Times | Aug 11, 2010 Page 1 of 2 | Timing key as US stir-fries sanctions | By Peter Lee | The targets, the tactics, even the dramatis persona of the Barack Obama administration's 2010 sanctions strategy largely repeat the George W Bush administration's fruitless campaign against Iran and North Korea from 2005 to 2007. | Once...
The degree zero of culture Asia Times | Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | PART 1: | Ten years ago, Taliban Afghanistan - Talibanistan - was under a social, cultural, political and economic nightmare. Ten years ago, New York-based photographer Jason Flori...
