Bilawal Bhutto’s about-turn on February 17, 2024Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday announced that PPP will join government coalition without taking any cabinet positions. On January 19, three weeks before Pakistan’s general elections, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former foreign minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), appeared for an interview on a private news channel. Criticising the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leadership […]
Egypts economic policy: See no evil, hear no evil on October 16, 2016The pound’s devaluation makes sense in the long term but there will be consequences for the poor and middle class. The Egyptian government appears to be on the verge of further devaluing the pound. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met the governor of the country’s central bank, Tarek Amer, last week to give political cover to […]