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...Asad Sayeed, an economist at the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi, said this was unlikely to change until Pakistan increased exports and boosted tax collection enough to fund badly needed...
...“They will not have any space left in their jails,” Khan said. Among those arrested on Wednesday were former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Asad Umar, the ex-finance minister....
...Asad Umar, an MP from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf party, says that Khan told him that Pakistan’s prime minister Sharif, interior minister Rana Sanaullah and Major General Faisal, a senior military leader...
...While PTI leaders said that the decision would disqualify Khan for as long as five years, potentially ruling him out of the election, Asad Rahim Khan, a legal expert based in Lahore, said he expected that...
...The sport’s popularity also proved a vote-winner for former cricketer Imran Khan, helping him to become prime minister in 2018....
...“Unlike every other politician, Imran Khan has a personal bond with the people of Pakistan,” said Asad Umar, a PTI leader....
...We wanted to keep that alive by offering them a safe place to work in,” says Asad, an architect by training who has previously worked on conservation projects for the Aga Khan Foundation....
...“The inheritance from the Khan regime, or the rubble that has been left behind for them, is quite formidable,” said Asad Sayeed, an economist at Karachi’s Collective for Social Science Research....
...Asad Umar, Pakistan’s planning minister and a Khan loyalist, argues that the no-confidence motion is an opportunistic move by the opposition designed to take advantage of surging global commodity prices...
...“Structural issues haven’t been addressed,” said Asad Sayeed at the Collective for Social Science Research, a Karachi-based think-tank....
...Karim Asad Ahmad Khan, Unitad’s head, said IS’s intent to “destroy the Yazidi, physically and biologically, is manifest in its ultimatum . . . to convert or die”....
...In terms of activism, Asad Rehman changed my life. On political communications, John Hilary, an old boss of mine....
...Some in the party say friction had been growing between Mr Tareen and planning minister Asad Umar and foreign affairs minister Mahmood Qureshi....
...“Speculation and hoarding is happening for key commodities like wheat and sugar, but what is worrisome is the inability of the government to control it,” said Asad Sayeed, a Karachi-based economist....
...Asad Umar told the Financial Times that one of the first acts of the new government would be to move some of the country’s biggest companies, including its national airline, away from government control....
...“In the long run, the problem is that this IMF programme is eroding whatever existing productive capacity you have in the economy,” said Asad Sayeed, a Karachi-based economist....
...“The big question now is how they are going to collect that revenue, their target is Herculean, it just doesn’t seem realistic,” said Asad Sayeed, a Karachi-based economist....
...“There is a very ambitious effort this time, whether it will succeed remains to be seen,” said Asad Sayeed, a Karachi-based economist. “What they are trying to do is counter cyclical....
...Mr Khan’s government has eschewed the IMF in favour of loans from friendly nations....
...“In the end I think the prime minister realised that this ‘go-slow’ mode advised by Asad Umar was not the right choice.”...
...However, Mr Khan’s moves have not impressed all observers. “His best hope was Asad Umar and he’s ended up firing him,” said Asfandyar Mir, South Asia analyst at Stanford University....
...Last month, Asad Umar, a politician close to Mr Khan, was removed as finance minister over his failure to conclude discussions with the IMF for a new loan, according to senior finance ministry officials....
...Last month, Mr Khan replaced Asad Umar, the finance minister, over his failure to reach an agreement with the IMF after negotiations over several months....
...Last month, Asad Umar resigned as finance minister, and his portfolio was taken over by Mr Shaikh....
...In a speech in the lower house of parliament, Asad Umar unveiled a cut in import duty on industrial raw materials to raise industrial productivity and help ease a chronic energy crisis that has caused repeated...
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