Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Growing number of foreign firms head for door

TotalEnergies

PARIS: The announcements by TotalEnergies and Chevron have swelled the ranks of foreign firms that have quit Myanmar after the February military coup. As the civilian death toll from the military crackdown has surpassed 1,500 people, activists have ratcheted up pressure on foreign firms. Investors piled into the country after the military relaxed its iron … Read more

The revolving door

The past week has been full of surprises emanating from the political arena, and the biggest of them all was the ‘resignation’ of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Accountability and Interior tsar,  Barrister Shahzad Akbar. He was known for conducting long and fiery press conferences against PM Khan’s political opponents and other opposition leaders belonging to … Read more