Given the mobility of international capital, strong institutions play a major role in attracting and retaining investment inflows. Pakistan’s declining growth and investment trends are largely attributable to the continuous decline of its institutions.... This is reflected in poor governance assessments in the World Bank’s ‘Worldwide Governance Indicators’.... For instance, in ‘government effectiveness’, India’s percentile rank was 67.9, while Pakistan lagged at 30.6 in 2023....

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WASHINGTON( AFP)-The Taleban's stunning advances in Afghanistan threaten to be a stain on President Joe Biden's record, but he has stood firm on withdrawing US troops and believes the public is with him. Twenty years of investment that cost US$ 2 trillion( S$ 2.7 trillion) and nearly 2, 500 US lives were disintegrating within days as the Islamist insurgents seized two of the largest cities with little resistance and closed in on the capital Kabul. Republican rivals predictably attacked Biden but

Pakistan’s head coach stresses need for ‘consistency at the top’？... It had been covered all Tuesday, but with the rain taking a break, it was basking in the cool breeze.In the stadium’s press room, however, there was no such reprieve for Aqib Javed.... Following Pakistan’s premature ouster from the very Champions Trophy it is hosting, ahead of their Group ‘A’ game against Bangladesh on Thursday, the team’s head coach braced to face the firing squad. Only a few months ago, ‘Aqib-ball’ had turn

close Video Nikki Haley: Biden' destroyed' everything we've done in Afghanistan and' humiliated' America Former U.N. Amb.... Nikki Haley says President Biden has ‘failed miserably’ and made the world ‘less safe’ by withdrawing the U.S. from Afghanistan.... " The Biden Administration left them behind." Gooden's Texan colleague Rep....

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BERLIN( AFP)-German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Russia's Vladimir Putin in Moscow in the twilight of her reign on Friday( Aug 20), with Afghanistan set to be the final twist in their long and thorny relationship. From alleged cyberattacks to the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, Mrs Merkel and Mr Putin have rarely seen eye to eye during the chancellor's 16 years in power. Her return to Moscow for what is likely a farewell visit comes on the anniversary of the poisoning of Kremlin critic Al

When contacted, PTI Central Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry said, “ We are out of the election ”.... Ms Malik’s son MNA Ali Pervaiz is holding corner meetings. PPP’s candidate Chaudhry Aslam Gill has been running his campaign vigorously.... Along with the local leadership, Mr Gill is holding both the door-to-door campaign and also corner meetings.On Thursday, Mr Gill claimed that some notables of the NA-133 belonging to the PTI joined the PPP....

close Video Gold Star wife: Taliban takeover of Afghanistan' feels like another funeral' Jane Horton, who has visited Afghanistan six times following her Army husband’s death in 2011, tells ‘America Reports’ she’s ‘completely defeated’ by the collapse of Afghanistan. Sen.... Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said heads should roll at President Biden's State Department following the botched Afghanistan troop withdrawal. The South Carolina senator took aim at Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s perfo

close Video Biden claims Afghan leaders and military' gave up' amid Taliban return Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich joins' Special Report' with the detailsPresident Biden appeared to go back on his campaign promise to" take responsibility" as commander-in-chief and not" blame others" during his speech on the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that has seen the Taliban swiftly retake control of the country – and outcome Biden previously claimed was" highly unlikely." Biden on M