Paris, 23 February 2018, the second FATF Plenary meeting under the Presidency of Mr. Santiago Otamendi of Argentina took place in Paris 21-23 February 2018 and as an outcome, Pakistan will be placed on the FATF grey-list in June 2018. Pakistan’s inclusion in the terror financing list issued by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been met with speculations. It is reported that Pakistan did manage to remain out of the list of terror-financing economies initially. China, Saudi Arabia and Turkey supported Pakistan and opposed the bill that aimed…
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US, Pakistan inch towards better relations
WASHINGTON: The United States has assured Pakistan that it does not want to sever bilateral ties with this important ally while Islamabad extended its “wholehearted support” to the US-backed Afghan offer of peace talks with the Taliban. The two statements supplement renewed efforts to improve relations between the US and Pakistan which were once close allies in the war against terror. The move for improving ties began last week when Washington sent a senior Trump aide to Islamabad for talks with Pakistani leaders. And on Thursday, official sources in Washington…
Read MorePolling underway for 52 Senate seats
The Senate elections are underway in the national and provincial assemblies as 133 candidates contest for 52 seats on Saturday. The Senate — the Upper House of Parliament — is a body of 104 lawmakers. Each serves a term of six years, barring resignation, disqualification, or other extraordinary circumstances. They are not all elected at the same time: rather, half are elected at one time, and the other half three years later. In 2018, 52 senators (who were elected in 2012) are slated to retire. The other 52 were elected…
Read Moreغلط کاغذ دینا جرم، دہری شہریت پر بیان غلط نکلا تو کوئی نہیں بچے گا، سپریم کورٹ
عدالت عظمیٰ نے دہری شہریت کے حامل سرکاری افسران کو اپنی دہری شہریت ظاہر کرنےکیلئے 10 دن کی آخری مہلت دیتے ہوئے قرار دیا ہے کہ دہری شہریت ظاہر کرنے والوں کو کوئی سزا نہیں دی جائے گی، لیکن اگراس حوالے سے کوئی غلط بیانی کی گئی توکوئی نہیں بچے گا،کیونکہ عدالت میں غلط دستاو یز دیناجرم ہے، چیف جسٹس میاں ثاقب نثار کی سربراہی میں جسٹس عمر عطا بندیال اور جسٹس اعجاز الاحسن پر مشتمل تین رکنی بنچ نے جمعرات کے روزاعلیٰ عدلیہ کے ججز اور اعلیٰ فسران کی…
Read Moreحلقہ ارباب ذوق کا ناروے میں مادری زبانوں میں مشاعرہ، متعدد شخصیات شریک ہوئیں
اوسلو (بیورو رپورٹ) ناروے میں ادبی تنظیم حلقہ ارباب ذوق کے زیراہتمام عالمی یوم مادری زبان کے موقع پر متعدد مادری زبانوں پر مشتمل ایک خوبصورت مشاعرہ منعقد ہوا۔ اوسلو کی فروست لائبریری میں معنقد ہونے والے اس مشاعرہ میں اردو، نارویجن، پنجابی اور ہندی میں منفرد اور قابل ستائش شاعری کی گئی جس پر شرکا نے شعراء کو خوب داد دی۔ کئی زبانوں کی اس مشاعرے کے دوران مساوات، امن و آشتی اور مادری زبانوں کو فروغ دینے پر زور دیا گیا۔ خاص طور پر یہ بات کہی گئی…
Read MoreGovt announces successful Haj applicants under 50pc quota approved by federal cabinet
A total of 87,813 intending pilgrims were selected through a transparent computerised balloting on Thursday to perform the religious obligation under the Government Haj Scheme 2018. Minister of State for Religious Affairs Pir Aminul Hasnat Shah conducted the balloting process. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said: “Keeping in mind the growing restlessness among applicants and the uncertainty about reimbursement of payment, the ministry had requested the federal cabinet to proceed with the lottery under a 50 per cent quota, following which the balloting took place and the lucky winners…
Read MorePML-N-backed candidate comfortably defeats PTI in Senate by-election for Nehal Hashmi’s seat
An independent candidate backed by the ruling PML-N on Thursday comfortably cruised to victory in a by-election on a Senate seat vacated after the disqualification of former senator Nehal Hashmi. Dr Asad Ashraf bagged 298 votes in the 368-member Punjab Assembly — where the polling for the by-election took place — defeating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Dr Zarqa Suharwardi-Taimur, who managed to obtain 38 votes. Ashraf had submitted his papers for the election as a PML-N nominee but was declared an independent candidate after a Supreme Court verdict restrained Nawaz Sharif…
Read MoreThree GB officials arrested for misuse of funds
GILGIT: The National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday arrested three officials of Gilgit-Baltistan agriculture department for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of over Rs20 million through bogus bills and advertisements. NAB personnel arrested Nizamudin, GB deputy director agriculture, Sir Syed Ahmad, drawing and disbursing officer, and cashier Shah Zareen from Gilgit. According to a press release issued here, the accused misused their authority and embezzled the amount by processing bogus bills on the basis of fake advertisements, fake documents etc from various heads of the agriculture department in Diamer, during their…
Read MorePakistan ready for one-on-one mediation with Taliban, says Asif
Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday extended support to Kabul’s proposed political process seeking to recognise the Taliban as a legitimate political group, and said Pakistan is ready for one-on-one talks with the Afghan Taliban. Asif’s statements come a day after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the second Kabul Process conference offered recognition of the Taliban as a political group and asked the group to take part in peace talks “to save the country”. The offer adds to a series of signals from both the Western-backed government and the Taliban suggesting a…
Read MoreJIT declares Shahid Masood’s claims about Zainab’s murderer false
A report submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday regarding television anchor Dr Shahid Masood’s claims about 6-year-old Zainab’s killer states that all 18 of the revelations made by Masood were false and baseless. The anchorperson had claimed during a late night show that Zainab’s rapist and murderer, Imran Ali, was a member of a pornography gang, which also includes a Punjab minister. During earlier hearings of the case, Masood had also told the court that the suspect has 37 foreign accounts. His claims about the bank accounts, however, were…
Read MoreNorwegian Pakistanis get Norway’s Tent Pegging qualified for world Cup
Overseas Tribune Norwegian Pakistani players got the Norway’s Tent Pegging Team qualified for upcoming World Cup in United Arab Emirates. The matches for Tent Pegging’s World Cups would be held in Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s capital city in September this year. The tournament for world cup qualifying was held recently in Saudi Arabia where Norwegian Tent Pegging Team headed by its captain Dr Mamoon Akram Gondal was successfully qualified for the world cup. Dr Mamoon Akram who inherited the tent pegging from his family, introduced the tent pegging in Norway…
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