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Ismail Dilawar

ARTICLES BY ISMAIL DILAWAR

Pakistan also purchased 75 high-powered locomotives last year in a $413.5 million deal with General Electric Co. Photo: Mint

China’s billions set to revive Pakistan’s colonial-era railways

3 min read . 14 Apr 2018

Nawaz Sharif, who has been elected and removed as prime minister three times since the 1990s, has faced a relentless anti-graft campaign — led by former cricket star and opposition leader Imran Khan. Photo: Bloomberg

Nawaz Sharif barred from holding office for life by Pakistan’s Supreme Court

2 min read . 13 Apr 2018

Any formal investment from Beijing would further weaken the strategic advantage for New Delhi to invest in Chabahar, which is close to Pakistan’s western border. Photo: AFP

India’s grip on strategic port, Chabahar, loosens as Iran turns to China

3 min read . 11 Apr 2018

A file photo of incoming US secretary of state and current CIA director Mike Pompeo. Photo: Reuters

Mike Pompeo’s Pakistan test: Hafiz Saeed, a terrorist who has turned to politics

3 min read . 15 Mar 2018

Pakistan has alternated between leaving Hafiz Saeed alone, because of his domestic popularity, and cracking down on him at the behest of the US, which view him as an alleged terrorist mastermind. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan Acts on Hafiz Saeed to avoid terrorism financing watchlist

3 min read . 15 Feb 2018

Pakistan’s prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reiterated that Pakistan, which has received 12 IMF loans since 1988, doesn’t need a bailout. Photo: Bloomberg

Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says political turmoil denting economy

2 min read . 01 Dec 2017

Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says Pakistan would act against terrorists found within its borders, including the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network. Photo: Reuters

Pakistan hits back against US accusations in terror stalemate

4 min read . 30 Nov 2017

A file photo of Pakistan’s prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Photo: Bloomberg

Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi intends to work with India for peace

3 min read . 30 Aug 2017

Afghanistan’s government is slowly losing its hold over the country with the Taliban now controlling about 40% of the country. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump’s Afghan strategy poised to fail, says Pakistan prime minister

3 min read . 28 Aug 2017

After being spurned by US President Donald Trump’s criticism, Pakistan is even less likely to agree to a US-directed policy, even if it is accompanied by threats. Photo: AFP

With Chinese support, Pakistan can ignore Donald Trump on Afghanistan

4 min read . 24 Aug 2017

Pakistan’s key stock index fell 0.7% to a 7-month low on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Corruption claims, currency crisis rattle Pakistani leaders

4 min read . 12 Jul 2017

Pakistan’s finance minister Ishaq Dar. Photo: Reuters

Miscommunication caused ‘mind boggling’ Pakistan rupee dive

1 min read . 06 Jul 2017

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (centre left) with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. China-Pakistan bilateral trade has zoomed to $9 billion in this fiscal. Photo: AP

Growing trade imbalance leads Pakistan to seek China concessions

3 min read . 28 Jun 2017

Manipulators have also used Pakistan’s growing economic ties with China as a bait to lure investors. Photo: Asif Hassan/AFP

One of the world’s top-performing stock markets has a Facebook issue

3 min read . 04 May 2017

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif plans to boost economic growth to the highest in about a decade. Photo: AFP

China’s Silk Road push in Pakistan edges out US investments

3 min read . 13 Apr 2017

A transit point for everything from opium and arms to cotton and rice, Karachi is the financial heart of Pakistan—it pays more than 65% of the country’s tax and has an economy worth $68 billion. Photo: Reuters

Exiled Altaf Hussain’s fall creates opening for Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N in Karachi

3 min read . 31 Mar 2017

A file photo of Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder. Photo: AFP

Pakistan looks to aviation in ambitious defence export push

3 min read . 03 Mar 2017

Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa with students at the Army Public School in Peshawar. The military secret courts were set up about a month after Pakistani Taliban massacred more than 100 school children in December 2014. Photo: AFP

Fight over secret courts shows rare tussle with Pakistan’s army

3 min read . 27 Jan 2017

Pakistan’s outgoing army chief general Raheel Sharif (right) hands over a ceremonial baton to his successor general Qamar Javed Bajwa during the Change of Command ceremony in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

New Pakistan Army chief seen as Nawaz Sharif’s best coup hedge

4 min read . 02 Dec 2016

Described as the world’s most sweeping currency policy change in decades, the step has earned India’s government both admiration for its boldness and criticism for its chaotic execution. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Pakistan central bank calls Modi’s demonetisation step ‘extreme’

3 min read . 24 Nov 2016