All Blog Posts Tagged 'Policy' (5)

Pakistan EV Launches to Accelerate Clean Energy Transition

Pakistani automobile joint ventures with Chinese automakers BYD and Changan have recently launched several all-electric and plug-in hybrid models of automobiles in Pakistan. Earlier, Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Limited announced plans to build a hybrid electric vehicles plant in the country. Other major brands like Toyota, Haval, and Hyundai are already offering similar models in the country. It all began with the 2019 …

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Added by Riaz Haq on August 18, 2024 at 2:00pm — 39 Comments

Imran Khan Government's Midterm Review: Economy and Foreign Policy

Imran Khan's government has completed about half of its 5-year term it won in 2018. What are its accomplishments? Where has it failed in terms of economy and foreign policy. 

Economy:

Imran Khan inherited a serious balance of payments crisis cased by flat exports and record high imports in 2013-2018 period under Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) government. while the PTI government…

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Added by Riaz Haq on February 21, 2021 at 7:30pm — 20 Comments

India's Modi's Policy Blunders and Superpower Delusions

"If you (India) want to run with the big dogs, you have to stop pissing with the puppies".

 Robert Blackwill, Ex US Ambassador to India…


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Added by Riaz Haq on October 4, 2015 at 9:00pm — 42 Comments

Comprehensive Energy Plan Crucial to Pakistan's Future

Since the middle of the 18th century, the Industrial Revolution has transformed the world. Energy-hungry machines are now doing more and more of the work at much higher levels of productivity than humans and animals who did it in pre-industrial era.  In recent years, the rapid growth in computers and mobile phones spawned by the Information  and Communications Technology (ICT) revolution has further increased demand for energy. Currently somewhere between 5-10% of 

electrical…

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Added by Riaz Haq on June 10, 2012 at 11:30am — 51 Comments

US Policy Contradictions on Social Media Versus Wikileaks

Why does the US government love social media and hate Wikileaks?



The answer is simple: Unlike Wikileaks that reveals unflattering information about its inner workings, the US government sees a treasure trove of detailed data on Facebook, twitter, blogs and other social media...particularly in Urdu and Arabic in light… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on April 11, 2011 at 10:09pm — 1 Comment

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    Ten Pakistanis Among Unicorn Founders in America

    There are ten Pakistani immigrants included among founders or co-founders of unicorns in America, according to  a recent study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP). A unicorn is a startup with a valuation of at least one billion U.S. dollars. Immigrant entrepreneurs of US unicorns are diverse, hailing from 76 different countries. India, with 96 companies, is the leading country of origin for the immigrant founders of U.S. billion-dollar companies. Immigrants…

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    Posted by Riaz Haq on June 8, 2026 at 6:00pm

    Growing Fan Base of Cockroach Janata Party in India

    "Indians live like cockroaches and die like cockroaches", argued Jayant Bhandari in an X post in April this year. "They vote for bottom of the barrel cockroaches as rulers, who rightly treat them as cockroaches", he added, faulting the people of India for this state of affairs. More recently, Indian Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant said during a hearing that certain unemployed youth were "like cockroaches" who enter professions with fake degrees or become social media…

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    Posted by Riaz Haq on June 2, 2026 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

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