Here are top five stories :
- Pakistan showcases fiscal turnaround, reform agenda at Saudi-hosted AlUla forum
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday highlighted Pakistan’s recent fiscal progress, ongoing reforms and strategy to build buffers while sustaining growth at the AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies, underscoring the importance of institutional strengthening in navigating economic and climate-related shocks.
https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2632368/pakistan
- Bangladesh’s political parties campaign over revolution’s legacy
Bangladesh’s election campaign entered its final day on Monday before this week’s vote, with rival parties invoking the 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina.
- India Spurns Russian Oil to Seal US Deal Amid Brewing Protests
Indian refiners are reportedly sidestepping Russian oil purchases as New Delhi pushes to seal a long delayed tariff deal with Washington despite some growing protests about the agreement.
India and the US moved closer to a trade pact on Friday, announcing a framework for a deal they hope to conclude by March that would lower tariffs and deepen economic cooperation.
https://www.asiafinancial.com/india-spurns-russian-oil-to-seal-us-deal-amid-brewing-protests
- ‘Talks ongoing between ICC and Bangladesh,’ Mohsin Naqvi says on T20 World Cup issue
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Monday said that talks were ongoing between the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Bangladesh on the situation regarding the T20 World Cup.
- India’s Oil Pivot: The U.S. Gambit That Could Break Russia’s War Economy
India’s decision to halt Russian oil purchases as part of a wider trade deal with the U.S. announced last week would mark the most dramatic rupture in Moscow–New Delhi energy ties in half a century if the commitment holds. And it comes at the precise moment Washington has been trying to force this break since the first weeks of the Ukraine war.