Tag: Expensive
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Has Pakistani Government stopped implementing Axel Load Limit Law?
The “All Pakistan Goods Transport Owners Association” has complained that the mainstream print and electronic media platforms are not airing their perspective on the ongoing dispute with the cement, steel, textile and other sectors of industry over the implementation of the “Axel load limit law”. Awais Chaudhry, General Secretary of the Association, while talking to GVS…
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A nation at war with itself
Dr. Farid A Malik | We are fighting each other. As a nation, we are all in a survival mode as there is no facilitator/coordinator/regulator. The state has ceased to function. Everyone is forced to survive and fetch for himself. The entire country has been converted into enemy territory, the signs are evident. Every morning…
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CPEC: A Paucity of Planning by Pakistan
As Pakistan’s macroeconomic situation deteriorates, this summer will feature a moment of reckoning, as both the caretaker and new government will not only be forced to make difficult policy decisions but will also likely have to revisit Islamabad’s approach toward the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Macroeconomic Risks Rising Pakistan’s current account deficit is widening as…
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The Truth About Wireless Charging
Inductive charging (also known as wireless charging or cordless charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects through electromagnetic induction. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device. Induction chargers use an induction coil to create an alternating electromagnetic field from within a charging…
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Chinese company launches an expensive campaign to promote Gwadar in UK
News Analysis | A leading investment group from China has launched an international campaign in London to promote Gwadar, located in Southern Pakistan, as a lucrative investment destination. In a month-long campaign, 100 double-decker buses will run on 17 different routes of Central London, dissipating the message of ‘Gwadar: The Gateway to Emerging Pakistan’ imprinted on…
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Understanding Pakistan’s $210bn debt situation with former Finance Minister Dr Salman Shah
GVS News | Pakistan currently has $210bn in total debt which is close to 70 percent of its gross domestic product; external debt of over $85bn, and a further $125bn of domestic debt. Total debt jumped from $140bn in 2013, which was 60 percent of GDP, the statutory limit ceiling on debt. Pakistan has not…
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BJP leader responsible for ‘Free Balochistan’ signs abroad
News Analysis | A close aide of the Indian Prime Minister Narendar Modi and Bhartiya Janata Party’s New Delhi spokesperson has extensive links to the expensive advertisements that have appeared in two major international cities across the world to malign Pakistan. This latest relationship shows how India is using secessionist movements as a means to…
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Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are expected to tie the knot in 2018
News Desk | Speculations are rife that after Anushka Sharma, another Bollywood Diva Deepika Padukone is set to tie the knot this year, with her partner Ranveer Singh. A few months back it seemed that the couple after going through rough patch would part ways. Their relationship, however, took another leap and the couple now…
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Pakistan’s water crisis: expensive and deadly
AFP | Barely 15 days old, Kinza whimpers at an Islamabad hospital where she is suffering from diarrhoea and a blood infection, a tiny victim among thousands afflicted by Pakistan’s severely polluted and decreasing water supplies. Cloaked in a colourful blanket, Kinza moves in slow motion, like a small doll. Her mother, Sartaj, does not…
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Taj Mahal visitors limited to preserve iconic monument
AFP | India is to restrict the number of daily visitors to the Taj Mahal in an attempt to preserve the iconic 17th-century monument to love, its biggest tourist attraction. Millions of mostly Indian tourists visit the Taj Mahal every year and their numbers are increasing steadily as domestic travel becomes easier. Experts say the…