28 Oct, 2018 – South Asia Focus

This week’s episode focuses at Pakistan’s economic crisis, in a temporary relief, the country has received a $ 6 Billion assistance from Saudi Arabia, its major ally. Experts believe that the second largest economy of South Asia is facing its latest balance-of-payments crisis as imports for Chinese-financed infrastructure projects are rising while its exports are lagging in the region; In a historic turn of events, Afghanistan—a country wrecked by years of Taliban barbarity, witnessed a record turnout in the parliamentary elections that finally materialized after a protracted delay of more than three years. The electoral body has until December 20 to release the final results. Kashmiri activists carried out multiple anti- Pakistan protests in different cities of the world. Earlier, they also observed the black day against the Pakistan’s illegal occupation of the region; Civil aviation in India has been witnessing a tremendous growth of late. With new airports in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and enhanced passenger facilities at the old ones, the growth rate of the aviation sector is going to make India the third largest aviation market in the world in no time. Devotees throng Golden Temple in Amritsar to celebrate the birth anniversary. Nagar Kirtan, a traditional practice by Sikh Community is one among such occasions that was recently commemorated in the Amritsar city of Punjab with great fervour.

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