In November 2021, Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff level agreement for the next interest based loan tranche, upon fulfillment of IMF conditions. The IMF conditions include an increase of Rs. 350 billion in taxes through a mini-budget, an increase of Rs 4 per liter in the Petrol Development Levy (PDL) per month, a reduction in the development budget by Rs 200 billion and the handing…

After the Hindu State’s occupation forces martyred five Kashmiris in a fake police encounter, families of the martyred protested on the streets for the handing over of the bodies. However, under its repressive policy since 2020, the occupation forces buried the bodies at an undisclosed location. They thus denied their families the right to see the bodies of martyrs for the last time, ensuring their proper burial.

By November 2021, the Rupee fell to 175 Rupees to a dollar, unleashing crushing inflation upon the citizens of Pakistan. Inflation is a permanent feature of the capitalist economy, irrespective of the re-opening of the economy after lockdown. Unlike Islamic gold and silver currency, fiat paper money loses its purchasing power, as governments print more to finance ever growing interest-based debt.

According to the American CNN, the Biden administration told Congress that there is going to be a formal agreement with Pakistan, under which the United States would use Pakistan’s airspace for intelligence and military operations in Afghanistan. The Foreign Office’s “denial” of this report is tantamount to confirming the report.