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Government will lower exchange rate to Rs 98 per US dollar – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar
(Note: This promise tracking commenced in June 2013 and ended on October 2016) The Promise. Pakistan’s Federal Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, had promised to rein in the soaring price of the US dollar back to 98 rupees (Rs) per dollar. Background When Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz assumed charge of the government in June …
Real power rests with establishment in Pakistan – Fazlur Rehman
The Statement Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl), has said that political leadership in Pakistan is powerless as the real power rests with the powerful establishment. This is a veiled reference to the security establishment of Pakistan. The Maulana gave these remarks on November 12 while speaking to a local newspaper in Islamabad. Background On Nov. …