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...Pervez Akhtar, regional managing partner for the Middle East and north Africa at Freshfields, the law firm, says the growing flow of larger, complicated transactions in sectors such as education and healthcare...
...“It’s not in the culture of banks in the region to pull the plug on companies that are struggling,” says Pervez Akhtar, a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the law firm....
...The government faces a major challenge in managing a slowing economy as it will have to cut expenditure to reduce the budget deficit,” said Pervez Tahir, a Pakistani economist....
...On Pakistan’s streets there are signs of support for Mr Akhtar from cricket fans. “Shoaib Akhtar is huge legend for Pakistan....
...“There will be an enormous sympathy wave for the PPP,” says Sayeed Akhtar Ali, who works for a public telecoms company and, like all his family, has cast his vote for the Bhutto family political machine....
...Pakistan has arrested a leading al-Qaeda operative linked to assassination attempts on General Pervez Musharraf, the president, and his prime minister designate Shaukat Aziz....
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