Blood Money: Pakistan’s Shadow Economy and the Trade that Fuels Terrorism

May 16, 2025 11:07 AM

Blood Money: Pakistan’s Shadow Economy and the Trade that Fuels Terrorism

A Hidden Artery that Predates 9/11 Islamabad has long claimed that terrorist finance seeped in from Afghanistan only after the Twin Towers fell. Yet the sluice gates were prised open a decade earlier. In 1991, then-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he received a “blueprint” from Army Chief General Aslam Beg and ISI Director-General Asad Durrani: fund covert wars by selling heroin overseas, according to NATO’s study Narco-Insecurity, Inc. Sharif maintains he rejected the proposal; the gener...

Global Awards a recognition to PM Narendra Modi for ushering a new era of growth & development

March 15, 2025 12:14 PM

Global Awards a recognition to PM Narendra Modi for ushering a new era of growth & development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a new benchmark for any world leader with his acceptability all across and role played by India for taking the global community to walk in tandem with the help of timeless Indian wisdom of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam to usher a new era of growth and development. His initiatives are duly recognised by various countries with highest awards of the respective country being conferred on him. Around two dozen awards have been conferred on him so far ever since he took o...