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Malik Bin Dinar and the Thief A burglar scaled the wall of Maalik Bin Dinar’s house one night and easily managed to get inside. Once inside the house, the thief was disappointed to see nothing worth stealing. Maalik was busy performing prayer. Realizing he was not alone, he quickly ended …

Pakistan: Airlines could be barred from flying to 188 countries Pakistan’s airlines face the risk of getting banned from flying to 188 countries over the pilot licensing issue and failure to keep up with the international standards as needed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a media report claimed …

Preparing for President Biden Mosharraf Zaidi “Pakistan is fifty times more important to the United States, than Afghanistan”, Joe Biden to former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, January 2009. How can Pakistan best prepare for a Biden administration taking power in Washington DC in January 2021? By trying to understand not …

Pakistan may return $2 billion Saudi Arabian loan and is looking for various options to secure more lending aimed at retaining gross official foreign exchange reserves at their current level of over $12 billion, Ministry of Finance sources told The Express Tribune. The second tranche of $1 billion of Saudi …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday made a must-read recommendation for the month of November. The book, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel, is authored by Raymond W Baker. According to the prime minister: “It is an eye-opening account of how white collar criminals, businessmen and politicians illegally launder their dirty money and …

Pakistan is included in the list of 15 countries with whom China’s State Development and Investment Corp has signed to buy more than 20 kinds of commodities including grain, fruit, textiles, and chemical products. The contract was signed during the ongoing third China International Import Expo being held in Shanghai. …

THE Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in its recent meeting once again decided to keep Pakistan in its ‘grey list’ for another six months. The IMF and the World Bank are usually reluctant to give loans to countries that are on the list. Loans in the pipeline can also …

US Election 2020: Jemima shares White House version of ‘Mujhe Kyun Nikala’ LONDON/KARACHI: Film producer and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s former spouse, Jemima Goldsmith, late Thursday night shared the White House version of ‘Mujhe Kyun Nikala‘ — a pet phrase by PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif — as Republican president Donald Trump …

Losing the inflation fight Sakib Sherani INFLATION has been rearing its menacing head since last year, and has taken centre stage of late with the launch of the opposition’s anti-government protests. The government’s bungled reaction, signified by inaction for a protracted period combined with an ineffectual policy response eventually, has …

The cousin and twice son-in-law to Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Hazrat Usman ibn Affan (RA), was the third caliph of Islam. As per the traditions, his (RA) mother Umm Hakim bint Abdul-Muttalib was the twin sister of Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib, the father of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), making him the …