Despite being in power at federal level, the PPP, which runs Sindh, is unable to get due share of water for the province as farmers and households protest against severe water shortage.
The Shehbaz-Zardari government has issued circular stopping disbursements against Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar Scheme from 1st July 2022, without giving any time to those individuals who are in the middle of the process.
Firms in the plastics industry, which employs millions of people, say that alternatives are expensive and they have been lobbying the government for a delay to the ban.
Pakistan aspired to attend the BRICS outreach event for emerging economies that was joined by Algeria, Argentina, Cambodia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Senegal, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and Thailand. However, India through swift and deft diplomacy blocked Pakistan from the event. Reportedly, China being the chair of the event, agreed to India in keeping its ‘all-weather ally’ out from the event.