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Business News > Mint Authors > Drazen Jorgic

Drazen Jorgic

ARTICLES BY DRAZEN JORGIC

With a combined population of 1.5 billion, India and Pakistan are hot growth markets for Facebook and Twitter.

Facebook, Twitter sucked into India-Pakistan information war

4 min read . 02 Apr 2019

A file photo of F-16. US often inserts restrictions on how its exported military hardware can be used through so-called end-user agreements. (Bloomberg)

US wants to know if Pakistan used F-16 jets to down Indian warplane

1 min read . 04 Mar 2019

The United States has been concerned about Pakistan’s development of new nuclear weapons systems, including small tactical nuclear weapons, and has been trying to persuade Islamabad to make a unilateral declaration of “restraint”. Photo: AP

US sanctions Pakistani companies over nuclear trade

2 min read . 26 Mar 2018

Miftah Ismail, economic affairs adviser to the PM, said that Washington did not seem genuinely eager to see Pakistan boost its terrorist financing regulations and was instead bent on humiliating the country. Photo: Reuters

US trying to ‘embarrass’ Pakistan with terror financing list: Minister

3 min read . 26 Feb 2018

The US has been threatening to get tough with Islamabad over its alleged ties with Islamist militants, and last month President Donald Trump’s administration suspended aid worth about $2 billion. Photo: Reuters

US tables motion to put Pakistan on global terrorist financing watchlist

3 min read . 13 Feb 2018

A file photo of Pakistan foreign minister Khawaja Asif.

Pakistan foreign minister Khawaja Asif decries US as ‘friend who always betrays’

3 min read . 09 Jan 2018

US secretary of state Rex Tillerson is expected to urge Pakistan to do more to root out Afghan Taliban and Haqqani network militants operating on its soil. Photo: AFP

Rex Tillerson heads to Pakistan, Islamabad wary of deepening US-India ties

3 min read . 23 Oct 2017

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court in July for not declaring a source of income that he disputes receiving. Photo: AP (AP)

Pakistani anti-corruption body arrests son-in-law of ousted PM Nawaz Sharif

1 min read . 09 Oct 2017

Beijing’s infrastructure splurge has helped revive Pakistan’s sputtering economy, and deepening ties between the two nations have turned Pakistan into a key cog in China’s grand plan to build a modern-day ‘Silk Road’ of land and sea trade routes linking Asia with Europe and Africa. Photo: Bloomberg

Braving security fears, Chinese seek ‘Silk Road’ riches in Pakistan

7 min read . 28 Aug 2017

The legal proceedings against Nawaz Sharif have captivated Pakistan, where politicians are seldom subjected to the kind of scrutiny undergone by the prime minister. Photo: Bloomberg

Pakistan braces for Supreme Court ruling that could oust PM Nawaz Sharif

3 min read . 28 Jul 2017

Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s term expires in June 2018. Photo: Reuters

Panama case: Nawaz Sharif refuses to resign, calls corruption charges a ‘slander’

2 min read . 13 Jul 2017

Jalalabad is the provincial capital of Nangarhar province which is home to various Islamist groups, including Pakistani and Afghan Taliban. File photo: AP

Two Pakistani diplomats missing in Afghanistan

1 min read . 19 Jun 2017

The Balochistan government wants the mining projects to be set up close to the source of raw materials and near the new China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) roads that will connect western China with Gwadar port (in pic). Photo: Bloomberg

Pakistan to open up mineral-rich Balochistan to China ‘Silk Road’ firms

2 min read . 02 Jun 2017

In October, PM Nawaz Sharif’s office said the story was “planted” and termed it a “breach of national security”. Photo: Bloomberg

Nawaz Sharif fires aide over newspaper leak, Army dismisses ‘incomplete’ action

2 min read . 29 Apr 2017

US President-elect Donald Trump also noted that he is looking forward to a lasting and strong personal relationship with PM Sharif. Photo: Bloomberg

Donald Trump offers to help Pakistan, calls PM Nawaz Sharif a ‘terrific guy’

3 min read . 01 Dec 2016

File photo. The appointment of General Qamar Javed Bajwa is expected to help reset fraught relations between the military and the civilian government in Pakistan. Photo: AFP

Nawaz Sharif names General Qamar Javed Bajwa as new Pakistan army chief

1 min read . 26 Nov 2016

Sartaj Aziz’s trip to India would be the first by a senior Pakistani official since gunmen raided an army base in Kashmir and killed 19 soldiers in Uri in September. Photo: Reuters

Sartaj Aziz to visit India to help ‘defuse tension’ with Pakistan

1 min read . 16 Nov 2016

Imran Khan has vowed to contest orders banning public gatherings in court but has hinted his supporters would march on the capital next week regardless of what the judiciary decides. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan’s Imran Khan calls for nationwide protests ahead of capital lockdown

2 min read . 28 Oct 2016

Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif vowed last month that all scheduled outages would end before the next election, likely to be in May 2018. Photo: Getty Images

Nawaz Sharif rushes to end energy shortages ahead of 2018 poll

5 min read . 10 Oct 2016

A file photo of Pakistan’s foreign policy adviser Sartaj Aziz . Photo: Reuters

Pakistan warns of ‘water war’ with India if Indus water treaty violated

2 min read . 27 Sept 2016