Poor rail infrastructure has both miltary logistical and economic impact which again means lesser money for uniformed and non uniformes terrorists. Loss of tracks , loss of wagons and more impotantly a loss of a locomotive is a huge blow to thier railway infrastucture.KJo wrote:Why do we care to track accidents happening in Terroristan?
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I didn't see any of this analysis there.Aditya_V wrote:Poor rail infrastructure has both miltary logistical and economic impact which again means lesser money for uniformed and non uniformes terrorists. Loss of tracks , loss of wagons and more impotantly a loss of a locomotive is a huge blow to thier railway infrastucture.KJo wrote:Why do we care to track accidents happening in Terroristan?
All that jumped out was 3 pakis dead. If the number was 3000, then maybe it may be worth looking into.
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Aditya_V wrote:Poor rail infrastructure has both military logistical and economic impact which again means lesser money for uniformed and non uniformed terrorists. Loss of tracks , loss of wagons and more importantly a loss of a locomotive is a huge blow to their railway infrastructure.
KJo Ji:KJo wrote:I didn't see any of this analysis there.
All that jumped out was 3 pakis dead. If the number was 3000, then maybe it may be worth looking into.
Please "Click" on the Title / Link of the Article in my Post 20 Jun 2019 21:15 to see the "Damage"
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https://www.livemint.com/news/world/pak ... 60437.html
Pakistan avoids being placed on FATF blacklist with Turkey's support
However, Islamabad requires at least 15 out of 36 votes to move out of the watchdog’s grey list, which is causing an estimated loss of $10 bn per year
Pakistan avoids being placed on FATF blacklist with Turkey's support
However, Islamabad requires at least 15 out of 36 votes to move out of the watchdog’s grey list, which is causing an estimated loss of $10 bn per year
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https://www.dawn.com/news/1489350
.... New Delhi — co-chair of the joint group of FATF and Asia Pacific Group — wants Islamabad to be placed on the Paris-based watchdog’s blacklist of the countries, which fail to meet international standards in combating financial crimes.
However, an aggressive diplomatic push from Islamabad has frustrated the looming threat with the support of Turkey, China, and Malaysia.
According to the 36-nation FATF charter, the support of at least three member states is essential to avoid the blacklisting.
"The removal of Pakistan from the gray list is likely both due to diplomatic support of China, Turkey and Malaysia and due to a host of measures the country has taken to stop money laundering and terror financing," Aazim told Anadolu Agency.
On the diplomatic front, he opined, seeking the help of other countries notably of Saudi Arabia and the US would be important but even with the already available support of China, Turkey and Malaysia, it was very much likely that Pakistan would get out of the grey list.
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As long as their supporters are known offenders, the messaging to the rest of the world is clear, blacklist or not.
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https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news ... 2019-06-19
Imran Khan quotes Rabindranath Tagore, says it is by Kahlil Gibran. Twitter tears him apart
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter today to put up an inspirational quote. Only, he quoted Rabindranath Tagore and attributed it to Kahlil Gibran. Twitterati trolled him for the mistake.
New Delhi
June 19, 2019
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has become the latest target of trolls after he posted a quote by Rabindranath Tagore on his official Twitter account, but attributed it to another writer.
Imran took to his account today to post an inspirational saying, which read, "I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy."
He captioned the quote, "Those who discover and get to understand the wisdom of Gibran's words, cited below, get to live a life of contentment."
According to Imran’s post, the quote is by Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran. However, it actually belongs to famous Indian poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
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I bet Dim has read neither Kahlil nor Tagore.
Imran Khan quotes Rabindranath Tagore, says it is by Kahlil Gibran. Twitter tears him apart
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter today to put up an inspirational quote. Only, he quoted Rabindranath Tagore and attributed it to Kahlil Gibran. Twitterati trolled him for the mistake.
New Delhi
June 19, 2019
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has become the latest target of trolls after he posted a quote by Rabindranath Tagore on his official Twitter account, but attributed it to another writer.
Imran took to his account today to post an inspirational saying, which read, "I slept and I dreamed that life is all joy. I woke and I saw that life is all service. I served and I saw that service is joy."
He captioned the quote, "Those who discover and get to understand the wisdom of Gibran's words, cited below, get to live a life of contentment."
According to Imran’s post, the quote is by Lebanese writer Kahlil Gibran. However, it actually belongs to famous Indian poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
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I bet Dim has read neither Kahlil nor Tagore.
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Pressure on Pakistan on the terror front makes it seek talks with India
Pakistani media has claimed, without much evidence, that New Delhi is looking to resume talks with Islamabad — which likely reflects the Imran Khan government’s desire for such talks. India refuted the claim on Thursday, calling it fake news and reiterating that for resumption of dialogue, Pakistan must take verifiable and irreversible actions against terrorism.
The government’s stand is in accordance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s refusal to use Pakistani air space to travel to Kyrgyzstan and engage with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the just concluded SCO summit. Pakistan’s ally China has been cautious in extending support to Pakistan on cross-border terrorism, since it has its own interests to protect. The FATF’s decision to keep Pakistan in the gray list due to its failure to curb terror funding, combined with a plethora of conditions it is to meet for availing an IMF bailout for its balance of payments crisis, have put Islamabad in a spot.
Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan has officially empowered the military by involving army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in civil administration affairs. The Pakistani military considers maintaining the terror infrastructure against India a strategic policy necessary for Pakistan’s existence. There are no verifiable and credible signs yet that the Pakistan army is reviewing this position, let alone making a strategic shift. Till such time that such a review happens, New Delhi can send feelers and conduct back channel conversations, particularly with the powerful Pakistan army, but should not accede to formal talks.
Read Also: India rejects Pak claim that New Delhi ready for talks with Islamabad
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Pakistani media has claimed, without much evidence, that New Delhi is looking to resume talks with Islamabad — which likely reflects the Imran Khan government’s desire for such talks. India refuted the claim on Thursday, calling it fake news and reiterating that for resumption of dialogue, Pakistan must take verifiable and irreversible actions against terrorism.
The government’s stand is in accordance with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s refusal to use Pakistani air space to travel to Kyrgyzstan and engage with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the just concluded SCO summit. Pakistan’s ally China has been cautious in extending support to Pakistan on cross-border terrorism, since it has its own interests to protect. The FATF’s decision to keep Pakistan in the gray list due to its failure to curb terror funding, combined with a plethora of conditions it is to meet for availing an IMF bailout for its balance of payments crisis, have put Islamabad in a spot.
Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan has officially empowered the military by involving army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa in civil administration affairs. The Pakistani military considers maintaining the terror infrastructure against India a strategic policy necessary for Pakistan’s existence. There are no verifiable and credible signs yet that the Pakistan army is reviewing this position, let alone making a strategic shift. Till such time that such a review happens, New Delhi can send feelers and conduct back channel conversations, particularly with the powerful Pakistan army, but should not accede to formal talks.
Read Also: India rejects Pak claim that New Delhi ready for talks with Islamabad
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Asad Umar discloses IMF demands for loan package - Shahbaz Rana
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had initially demanded 94% increase in gas prices and 50% in power tariffs but the final staff-level agreement largely reflected concessions that Pakistan won during protracted negotiations, said former finance minister Asad Umar on Thursday.
The staff-level agreement reached between Pakistan and the IMF last month was largely in line with the concessions that he secured during four months of negotiations, said Umar in the National Assembly while revealing details of closed-door talks for the first time.
But Umar criticised at least five tax measures that he said would discourage future investments and increase burden on the poor and middle-income group.
Pakistan fulfills all IMF commitments: SBP chief
The fund’s conditions also included a 6% upfront increase in the key interest rate, free float of exchange rate and increase in the tax-to-GDP ratio to 13.2% in the next fiscal year, said Umar. The former finance minister’s speech would help end speculations that the deal struck by Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh after Umar’s ouster was different from what Pakistan had negotiated.
Pakistan and the IMF reached a staff-level agreement on May 11 and the IMF Executive Board is scheduled to approve the $6-billion package on July 3. Those who had billions of rupees in assets abroad were not affected by the IMF programme and he had to think about 210 million people, said former finance minister while explaining the delay in finalising the deal with the IMF.
Umar said there were five main conditions of the IMF deal. These were electricity prices, gas prices, tax rates, policy rate of the State Bank and rupee valuation.
The IMF had demanded that Pakistan should opt for free float of the exchange rate but Umar’s position was that the country could not afford the free float.
Umar said he was “very happy” that the SBP governor said there should not be a “free float currency regime in a country like Pakistan”. The free float would allow speculators to play with the currency’s value. He pointed out that the SBP governor had said that Pakistan would follow a flexible exchange rate.
However, the local currency was constantly losing its value and was traded at Rs156.96 in the inter-bank market on Thursday. Umar said the IMF also demanded that electricity prices should be further increased by 50%, but the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) determination suggested that the increase would not be more than 15%.
On gas prices, the IMF wanted a 94% price increase but the hike would be far less than half of what the IMF had demanded, said the former finance minister.
Umar said when the interest rate in Pakistan was 9%, the IMF wanted a 6% upfront increase to 15%. From there, the interest rate was to be increased to 23% due to increase in inflation, said the ex-finance minister.
On the increase in taxes, Umar said the IMF had demanded that in the first year the tax-to-GDP ratio must be increased to 13.2%. But the final agreement showed that the tax-to-GDP ratio would be 12.6% by the end of next fiscal year and that meant a Rs250-billion reduction in tax burden, said Umar.
These conditions were relaxed due to four-month-long negotiations with the IMF, he said. “The IMF programme is tough today but is not even closer to what the IMF had initially demanded,” he reiterated.
Speaking on the proposed budget, Umar said there was no doubt that Pakistan was facing tough economic conditions. But even in these difficult circumstances, there was a need to protect the middle-income class along with the poor, he said.
He echoed concerns expressed by textile exporters over delay in release of their genuine tax refunds due to imposition of 17% general sales tax at the manufacturing stage.
“We cannot lose taxes on local sales of the five export-oriented sectors but the government should be mindful that withdrawal of the zero-rating regime may create liquidity crunch for the sectors,” he added.
The former finance czar said if the liquidity crisis was created due to withdrawal of the facility, the investors’ confidence may get hurt. The government expects Rs100 billion in additional revenues from withdrawal of the zero-rating facility.
Opposition brands finance bill ‘IMF budget’
Umar said the government had increased the minimum tax, which might hurt new investment. At least, the new investment should be excluded from the minimum tax in the first five years, he added. The government aims to earn an extra Rs65 billion from the increase in minimum tax. The government has also withdrawn the tax credit facility on balancing, modernisation, rehabilitation and expansion (BMRE) by the industrialists to earn an additional Rs95 billion. Umar was of the view that this facility should continue for attracting new investment.
He criticised his government’s decision to increase the sales tax on sugar and cooking oil, saying it was not suitable to increase taxes on sugar whose prices were already rising.
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Asad Umar discloses IMF demands for loan package - Shahbaz Rana
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had initially demanded 94% increase in gas prices and 50% in power tariffs but the final staff-level agreement largely reflected concessions that Pakistan won during protracted negotiations, said former finance minister Asad Umar on Thursday.
The staff-level agreement reached between Pakistan and the IMF last month was largely in line with the concessions that he secured during four months of negotiations, said Umar in the National Assembly while revealing details of closed-door talks for the first time.
But Umar criticised at least five tax measures that he said would discourage future investments and increase burden on the poor and middle-income group.
Pakistan fulfills all IMF commitments: SBP chief
The fund’s conditions also included a 6% upfront increase in the key interest rate, free float of exchange rate and increase in the tax-to-GDP ratio to 13.2% in the next fiscal year, said Umar. The former finance minister’s speech would help end speculations that the deal struck by Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh after Umar’s ouster was different from what Pakistan had negotiated.
Pakistan and the IMF reached a staff-level agreement on May 11 and the IMF Executive Board is scheduled to approve the $6-billion package on July 3. Those who had billions of rupees in assets abroad were not affected by the IMF programme and he had to think about 210 million people, said former finance minister while explaining the delay in finalising the deal with the IMF.
Umar said there were five main conditions of the IMF deal. These were electricity prices, gas prices, tax rates, policy rate of the State Bank and rupee valuation.
The IMF had demanded that Pakistan should opt for free float of the exchange rate but Umar’s position was that the country could not afford the free float.
Umar said he was “very happy” that the SBP governor said there should not be a “free float currency regime in a country like Pakistan”. The free float would allow speculators to play with the currency’s value. He pointed out that the SBP governor had said that Pakistan would follow a flexible exchange rate.
However, the local currency was constantly losing its value and was traded at Rs156.96 in the inter-bank market on Thursday. Umar said the IMF also demanded that electricity prices should be further increased by 50%, but the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) determination suggested that the increase would not be more than 15%.
On gas prices, the IMF wanted a 94% price increase but the hike would be far less than half of what the IMF had demanded, said the former finance minister.
Umar said when the interest rate in Pakistan was 9%, the IMF wanted a 6% upfront increase to 15%. From there, the interest rate was to be increased to 23% due to increase in inflation, said the ex-finance minister.
On the increase in taxes, Umar said the IMF had demanded that in the first year the tax-to-GDP ratio must be increased to 13.2%. But the final agreement showed that the tax-to-GDP ratio would be 12.6% by the end of next fiscal year and that meant a Rs250-billion reduction in tax burden, said Umar.
These conditions were relaxed due to four-month-long negotiations with the IMF, he said. “The IMF programme is tough today but is not even closer to what the IMF had initially demanded,” he reiterated.
Speaking on the proposed budget, Umar said there was no doubt that Pakistan was facing tough economic conditions. But even in these difficult circumstances, there was a need to protect the middle-income class along with the poor, he said.
He echoed concerns expressed by textile exporters over delay in release of their genuine tax refunds due to imposition of 17% general sales tax at the manufacturing stage.
“We cannot lose taxes on local sales of the five export-oriented sectors but the government should be mindful that withdrawal of the zero-rating regime may create liquidity crunch for the sectors,” he added.
The former finance czar said if the liquidity crisis was created due to withdrawal of the facility, the investors’ confidence may get hurt. The government expects Rs100 billion in additional revenues from withdrawal of the zero-rating facility.
Opposition brands finance bill ‘IMF budget’
Umar said the government had increased the minimum tax, which might hurt new investment. At least, the new investment should be excluded from the minimum tax in the first five years, he added. The government aims to earn an extra Rs65 billion from the increase in minimum tax. The government has also withdrawn the tax credit facility on balancing, modernisation, rehabilitation and expansion (BMRE) by the industrialists to earn an additional Rs95 billion. Umar was of the view that this facility should continue for attracting new investment.
He criticised his government’s decision to increase the sales tax on sugar and cooking oil, saying it was not suitable to increase taxes on sugar whose prices were already rising.
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INTEL @ ind4ever just tweeted that the londonistan gave credit line of 4billion pounds to pakis. Is it true? When did this happen?
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Can't find any confirmation.RajD wrote:INTEL @ ind4ever just tweeted that the londonistan gave credit line of 4billion pounds to pakis. Is it true? When did this happen?
FYI, the annual aid from the UK to Pakistan amounts to around 420 million pounds/year.
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@A_Gupta:
In another tweet he is saying that this package was given to pak quitely 3 days back.
In another tweet he is saying that this package was given to pak quitely 3 days back.
Terroristan - May 1, 2019
Gentle B-RITES - INDIAN VERSION
Rahul Gandhi tweets Army dog squad pic with 'New India' caption, gets trolled – PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday courted controversy by tweeting pictures of the dog squad of Indian Army doing yoga and captioning it "New India" an apparent dig at the Narendra Modi dispensation.
The pictures in the tweet showed the Army dog unit and their trainers prostrating.
Rahul's remark evoked sharp reactions from the BJP, with the party chief Amit Shah accusing Gandhi of mocking Yoga Day and armed forces, "yet again".
"Congress stands for negativity. Today, their negativity was seen in their clear support to the medieval practice of Triple Talaq. Now, they mock Yoga Day and insult our forces (yet again!) Hoping the spirit of positivity will prevail. It can help overcome toughest challenges, " Shah said on Twitter.
The BJP said that for Gandhi, life is only about a joke, as he keeps posting pictures about his pet dog.
It also said while a new India is emerging under Prime Minister Modi, a new Congress is coming up under Gandhi.
"Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi there is a new india, and Gandhi's tweet reveals a new Congress under him.
"Perhaps for him, life is one continuing joke for him and looking for opportunities to post pictures that remind him of his favourite Pidi (his pet dog), " said BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli.
Gandhi was also trolled on Twitter, with a number of people posting pictures about the Congress while poking fun at him and the party.
In Video : Rahul Gandhi mocks Yoga Day, Indian Army
TERRORISTANI VERSION
'New India,' Rahul Gandhi insults Indian Army in latest tweet
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, President Indian Congress, has insulted Indian Army on International Yoga Day today.
Rahul Gandhi shared picture of Indian Army dogs performing yoga and tweeted “New India.”
Indian media was shocked over Rahul’s tweets, saying Congress President is mocking the Indian Army and Yoga on a day when the whole world is celebrating Yoga is quite shocking for many.
It may also be noted here that Rahul Gandhi was also slammed he was seen busy with his mobile while the President was addressing the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha).
Recently, Congress was defeated by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party in the general elections.
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Rahul Gandhi tweets Army dog squad pic with 'New India' caption, gets trolled – PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday courted controversy by tweeting pictures of the dog squad of Indian Army doing yoga and captioning it "New India" an apparent dig at the Narendra Modi dispensation.
The pictures in the tweet showed the Army dog unit and their trainers prostrating.
Rahul's remark evoked sharp reactions from the BJP, with the party chief Amit Shah accusing Gandhi of mocking Yoga Day and armed forces, "yet again".
"Congress stands for negativity. Today, their negativity was seen in their clear support to the medieval practice of Triple Talaq. Now, they mock Yoga Day and insult our forces (yet again!) Hoping the spirit of positivity will prevail. It can help overcome toughest challenges, " Shah said on Twitter.
The BJP said that for Gandhi, life is only about a joke, as he keeps posting pictures about his pet dog.
It also said while a new India is emerging under Prime Minister Modi, a new Congress is coming up under Gandhi.
"Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi there is a new india, and Gandhi's tweet reveals a new Congress under him.
"Perhaps for him, life is one continuing joke for him and looking for opportunities to post pictures that remind him of his favourite Pidi (his pet dog), " said BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli.
Gandhi was also trolled on Twitter, with a number of people posting pictures about the Congress while poking fun at him and the party.
In Video : Rahul Gandhi mocks Yoga Day, Indian Army
TERRORISTANI VERSION
'New India,' Rahul Gandhi insults Indian Army in latest tweet
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, President Indian Congress, has insulted Indian Army on International Yoga Day today.
Rahul Gandhi shared picture of Indian Army dogs performing yoga and tweeted “New India.”
Indian media was shocked over Rahul’s tweets, saying Congress President is mocking the Indian Army and Yoga on a day when the whole world is celebrating Yoga is quite shocking for many.
It may also be noted here that Rahul Gandhi was also slammed he was seen busy with his mobile while the President was addressing the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha).
Recently, Congress was defeated by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party in the general elections.
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Terroristan - May 1, 2019
This is in reply to the following Posts :
1. RajD Ji - 21 Jun 2019 17:00,
2. A_Gupta Ji - 21 Jun 2019 18:06 .
3. RajD Ji - 21 Jun 2019 18:39
Gentlemen : I hope you are all aware that The United Kingdom is looking at a bleak future with BREXIT!
I would Humbly Opine the Original Poster “INTEL @ ind4ever” is on Loco Weed and as such is Out of his Cotton Picking Mind!
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1. RajD Ji - 21 Jun 2019 17:00,
2. A_Gupta Ji - 21 Jun 2019 18:06 .
3. RajD Ji - 21 Jun 2019 18:39
Gentlemen : I hope you are all aware that The United Kingdom is looking at a bleak future with BREXIT!
I would Humbly Opine the Original Poster “INTEL @ ind4ever” is on Loco Weed and as such is Out of his Cotton Picking Mind!
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Re: Terroristan - May 1, 2019
He should provide a link to a news-item that says so.RajD wrote:@A_Gupta:
In another tweet he is saying that this package was given to pak quitely 3 days back.
FYI, a couple of days ago Pak. Foreign Minister Qureshi and British Foreign Secretary Hunt held the 4th review of Pakistan-UK Enhanced Strategic Dialogue (ESD) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. UK set a goal of increasing its imports from Pakistan from 400 million pounds to 1 billion pounds (over some unspecified period of time). They came to some agreement about extradition, looks like Pakistan will not allow death penalty on people extradited from the UK. The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) program for Pakistan was reviewed (amounts to a few millon pounds). All this was of such earth-shaking significance that the gov.uk site carries zero info. about it, even though Qureshi and Hunt held a joint news conference.
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https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/p ... 2019-06-21
FATF announces that #Pakistan is to REMAIN on the Grey-List. Pakistan is to remain on grey list as part of 18months negotiated plan. Motion by India to blacklist Pakistan was BLOCKED by China, Malaysia and Turkey - Pakistan now has to implement 24 out of 27 pointers by October.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/p ... 2019-06-21
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https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/mill ... 41559.html
Millions of locusts from Iran have invaded Pakistan
Pakistan's government fears the swarms may attack cotton crops, a crucial source of income for its weak economy.
by Ismail Dilawar, 20 Jun 2019
A massive swarm of locusts has migrated from Iran to Pakistan, raising fears that an attack on the country’s prized cotton crop could be imminent.
Millions of insects have recently invaded Sindh, Pakistan’s second-largest cotton producing province, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has deployed aircraft and spray-mounted vehicles to treat about 10,000 acres in the southern province as a preventative measure. “The insects have not hit our crops so far, fortunately,” Muhammad Hashim Popalzai, a federal secretary at the food security ministry, said on the phone from Islamabad.
Pakistan is desperate to prevent further decline in its cotton industry as it seeks to shore up its economy after securing a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund last month. The country’s textile industry is its biggest job provider as well as its largest foreign exchange earner.
Pakistan mainly depends on home-grown cotton for its textile industry. Output in the year to June is forecast to fall about 18% to 9.86 million bales, the lowest in at least 17 years, according to official data.
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Millions of locusts from Iran have invaded Pakistan
Pakistan's government fears the swarms may attack cotton crops, a crucial source of income for its weak economy.
by Ismail Dilawar, 20 Jun 2019
A massive swarm of locusts has migrated from Iran to Pakistan, raising fears that an attack on the country’s prized cotton crop could be imminent.
Millions of insects have recently invaded Sindh, Pakistan’s second-largest cotton producing province, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has deployed aircraft and spray-mounted vehicles to treat about 10,000 acres in the southern province as a preventative measure. “The insects have not hit our crops so far, fortunately,” Muhammad Hashim Popalzai, a federal secretary at the food security ministry, said on the phone from Islamabad.
Pakistan is desperate to prevent further decline in its cotton industry as it seeks to shore up its economy after securing a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund last month. The country’s textile industry is its biggest job provider as well as its largest foreign exchange earner.
Pakistan mainly depends on home-grown cotton for its textile industry. Output in the year to June is forecast to fall about 18% to 9.86 million bales, the lowest in at least 17 years, according to official data.
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God willing India must help, Pakistan has some good Textile Machinery imported from Europe, they must export this machinery at 5% original CIF value slump sale to Indian Industries, that way no more dependence on cotton for Pakistan.g.sarkar wrote:https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/mill ... 41559.html
Millions of locusts from Iran have invaded Pakistan
Pakistan's government fears the swarms may attack cotton crops, a crucial source of income for its weak economy.
by Ismail Dilawar, 20 Jun 2019
A massive swarm of locusts has migrated from Iran to Pakistan, raising fears that an attack on the country’s prized cotton crop could be imminent.
Millions of insects have recently invaded Sindh, Pakistan’s second-largest cotton producing province, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has deployed aircraft and spray-mounted vehicles to treat about 10,000 acres in the southern province as a preventative measure. “The insects have not hit our crops so far, fortunately,” Muhammad Hashim Popalzai, a federal secretary at the food security ministry, said on the phone from Islamabad.
Pakistan is desperate to prevent further decline in its cotton industry as it seeks to shore up its economy after securing a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund last month. The country’s textile industry is its biggest job provider as well as its largest foreign exchange earner.
Pakistan mainly depends on home-grown cotton for its textile industry. Output in the year to June is forecast to fall about 18% to 9.86 million bales, the lowest in at least 17 years, according to official data.
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Re: Terroristan - May 1, 2019
^^ They should use their atami taakat to wipe out locust
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Very good idea Vimal
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Locusts don't respect International boundary nor do they need Visa to enter.
India needs to be on guard if this is true.
India needs to be on guard if this is true.
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I knew you kaffirs would make such weird suggestions. Think like a Momin for Allah's sake. The Bible/Koran has many such examples of prophets eating locusts. Pakistanis are eating grass, now Allah Almighty has sent them locusts to balance their diet. Simple. AOA.
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pankajs wrote:Locusts don't respect International boundary nor do they need Visa to enter.
India needs to be on guard if this is true.
exactly like a pakistani.
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Locusts, I thought they were extinct.
These people are pests. That have brought back this plague.
These people are pests. That have brought back this plague.
Terroristan - May 1, 2019
Pompeo asks Pakistan to do more on religious freedom – AFP
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny.
Releasing an annual report on international religious freedom, Pompeo estimated that more than 40 others were serving life sentences or facing execution for blasphemy in Pakistan.
“We continue to call for their release and encourage the government to appoint an envoy to address religious freedom concerns,” Pompeo said.
The Christian woman was on the death row since November 2010 after she was convicted on charges of committing blasphemy during an argument with two Muslim women in Sheikhupura.
Pompeo backs India to ‘deal with’ Pakistan, China
Her case gained prominence after then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer pleaded for a retrial of her case and was subsequently shot dead by one of his guards, Mumtaz Qadri, in January 2011.
Aasia challenged the verdict in October 2014 however; the LHC upheld the death sentence. The apex court had stayed the execution in July 2015.
After a three-year hiatus, a three-judge special bench, headed by former CJP Nisar, and comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel, heard the appeal and acquitted her of all charges
Pompeo also strongly criticised US adversaries Iran and China, pointing to Beijing’s detention of some one million Muslims, mostly from the Uighur ethnic minority group, and its “intense persecution” of Tibetan Buddhists, Christians and the Falungong spiritual movement.
While President Donald Trump’s administration has often hesitated to criticise ally Saudi Arabia, the report spoke of widespread abuses in the kingdom.
US trying to level playing field with China: Pompeo
Quoting non-governmental groups, the report said Saudi Arabia has detained more than 1,000 Shias since 2011, mostly for non-violence offenses such as participating in or promoting protests on social media.
Sam Brownback, the ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, acknowledged disappointment since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“I think there was a lot of hope at first in the change of leadership that things would open up substantially. We need to see actions take place in a positive direction,” he told reporters.
“They continue to be one of the worst actors in the world on religious persecution,” Brownback said.
In April, which was after the timeframe of the 2018 report, Saudi Arabia conducted a mass execution of 37 people.
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to stop the abuse of blasphemy laws after the release of Asia Bibi, who escaped a death sentence in a case that drew international scrutiny.
Releasing an annual report on international religious freedom, Pompeo estimated that more than 40 others were serving life sentences or facing execution for blasphemy in Pakistan.
“We continue to call for their release and encourage the government to appoint an envoy to address religious freedom concerns,” Pompeo said.
The Christian woman was on the death row since November 2010 after she was convicted on charges of committing blasphemy during an argument with two Muslim women in Sheikhupura.
Pompeo backs India to ‘deal with’ Pakistan, China
Her case gained prominence after then Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer pleaded for a retrial of her case and was subsequently shot dead by one of his guards, Mumtaz Qadri, in January 2011.
Aasia challenged the verdict in October 2014 however; the LHC upheld the death sentence. The apex court had stayed the execution in July 2015.
After a three-year hiatus, a three-judge special bench, headed by former CJP Nisar, and comprising Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel, heard the appeal and acquitted her of all charges
Pompeo also strongly criticised US adversaries Iran and China, pointing to Beijing’s detention of some one million Muslims, mostly from the Uighur ethnic minority group, and its “intense persecution” of Tibetan Buddhists, Christians and the Falungong spiritual movement.
While President Donald Trump’s administration has often hesitated to criticise ally Saudi Arabia, the report spoke of widespread abuses in the kingdom.
US trying to level playing field with China: Pompeo
Quoting non-governmental groups, the report said Saudi Arabia has detained more than 1,000 Shias since 2011, mostly for non-violence offenses such as participating in or promoting protests on social media.
Sam Brownback, the ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, acknowledged disappointment since the rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
“I think there was a lot of hope at first in the change of leadership that things would open up substantially. We need to see actions take place in a positive direction,” he told reporters.
“They continue to be one of the worst actors in the world on religious persecution,” Brownback said.
In April, which was after the timeframe of the 2018 report, Saudi Arabia conducted a mass execution of 37 people.
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China, Turkey, Malaysia bail out Pakistan at FATF meet - Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Economic Times
Pakistan has managed to avoid being placed on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist for now following support from all-weather ally China, traditional ally Turkey and Malaysia.
The FATF charter mandates support of at least three member states to avoid the blacklisting.
The development has come as a relief for the Imran Khan-led Pakistan government, but Pakistan government sources said the danger is still not over as a formal decision of the FATF on blacklisting is to be announced in October this year.
The FATF meet in Orlando, US, on Thursday discussed the blacklisting of Pakistan. ET had reported first that it was unlikely that Islamabad may be blacklisted in this (June 16-21) meet.
The Indian delegation, headed by Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) chief PK Mishra, pressed for Pakistan’s blacklisting and provided fresh evidence on the role of Hafiz Saeed’s Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) and its deputy Shahid Mahmood.
Citing investigations into FIF, Delhi argued on Thursday that Pakistan based terror groups continue to create unrest in other Indian states too besides Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan has been on the global money laundering and terror financing watchdog FATF’s ‘greylist’ since June 2018 after it was placed in the list of terrorist financing and money laundering risks following a thorough assessment by the Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the country’s security mechanism and its financial systems.
Currently, India, the co-chair of the joint group of FATF and the Asia Pacific Group (APG) along with other global powers, has been pushing for blacklisting of Islamabad as the country has failed to meet international standards in combating financial crimes and terror financing.
Pakistan has not been able to implement the action plan, which was assigned to it by the APG and FATF, deadline of which ended in January 2019, but was given breather of sorts till May 2019.
In a statement after the end of the plenary, FATF urged “Pakistan to complete its action plan by October 2019 when the last set of ‘action plan’ items is set to expire.” If Pakistan does not comply by October, “FATF will decide the next step at that time for insufficient progress” which could refer to a possible blacklisting.
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Video: https://twitter.com/IranNW/status/1130055937874698241
Sistan & Balouchestan. Millions locust attacking a number of cities after the flood.
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Overall, that's not good because increased revenue means more repayments to China. Of course, payment in renminbi or dollar would be a serious issue, which is another story.Peregrine wrote:Pakistan fulfills all IMF commitments: SBP chief
. . . the IMF also demanded that electricity prices should be further increased by 50%, but the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) determination suggested that the increase would not be more than 15%.
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These American reports on 'religious freedom' should be rubbished and thrown to garbage bins with the contempt they deserve and we should not derive any schadenfreude from them.Peregrine wrote:Pompeo asks Pakistan to do more on religious freedom – AFP
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Is Pakistan dragging its feet on Kartarpur corridor? - Bharti Jain, ToI
In contrast to its professed keenness on the project, Pakistan appears to be dragging its feet on the construction of Kartarpur Sahib corridor to help Sikh pilgrims reach the Gurudwara inside Pakistan where Guru Nanak Dev spent 18 years of his life.
Even though nearly half of construction work on the 4-lane highway stretch on the Indian side of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor is already complete, Pakistan is nit-picking on building an all-weather bridge on its side despite the deadline of November when the 550th anniversary of the founder of Sikhism is to be observed.
At the May 27 technical expert group meeting on the project, Pakistan offered instead to build a causeway on its side, which NHAI and other officials warned would leave the catchment area of Ravi river prone to flash floods that can submerge it.
Sources said the mismatch in highway construction plans on the two sides — wherein a four-lane highway on the Indian side will meet a two-lane highway on the Pakistan side and an all-weather bridge on the Indian side of the zero point will connect to a causeway across the border — have been raised repeatedly. But Pakistan has been citing limited resources and paucity of time before start of celebrations for 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak to wriggle out. This is a far cry from the earnestness which which Pakistan was supposed to pursue the project.
“We have shared technical experts’ reports about non-feasibility of the causeway planned by Pakistan as it will become non-operational during floods, but have failed to get Islamabad to commit to a bridge. We have even offered to, for now, make a causeway using a service road on our side, to merge with the Pakistani causeway. But we shall continue to pursue Pakistan via diplomatic channels to agree to building a bridge as a long-term and technically viable solution,” said a government official. “The idea is to facilitate the pilgrims as much as possible. Flooding of causeway will halt the pilgrimage temporarily, which will not be the case if a bridge connects the corridor on both sides,” said a government official. Pakistan is more focused on maintaining the defence bund in the area, he added.
The arguments advanced by Pakistan may be rooted, it is felt here, in concerns over the use of the road in military terms. However, given its short distance and clearly defined path, the fear seems overstated. It is also possible that delays in the corridor may be blamed on India in future. India has also sought consular presence at Kartarpur Sahib to facilitate the pilgrims, which Pakistan has not agreed to.
“It seems Pakistan is trying to come up with excuses to renege on its earlier commitment to extend all help to facilitate the Kartarpur Sahib corridor and let it dictate the timing and frequency of the pilgrimage,” said an official.
Kartarpur corridor connects Gurdwara Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur, in Narowal, Pakistan.
India hopes to complete construction work of nearly 4.2 km four-lane road on its side by September 30. The passenger terminal building complex is expected to be functional by October 31.
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Peregrine wrote:Pakistan fulfills all IMF commitments: SBP chief
SSridhar Ji:SSridhar wrote:Overall, that's not good because increased revenue means more repayments to China. Of course, payment in renminbi or dollar would be a serious issue, which is another story.
I believe the Repayment for CPEC etc. is at US$ 1 = Pakistan Rupees 97.
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PAGE 23 CHAPTER 5 CURRENT EXPENDITURE : 2019- 20
5.1 Table-15 below presents a summary of current expenditure:
PAGE 23 CHAPTER 5 CURRENT EXPENDITURE : 2019- 20
5.1 Table-15 below presents a summary of current expenditure:
TABLE – 15 – SUMMARY 9 - Rs. in Millions
PAKISTAN DEFENCE BUDGET: IN MILLIONS OF RUPEES
------------------------------------2018 - 2019--------2019-2020
------------------------------------REVISED
Defence Affairs and Services : 1,137,710----------1,152,535
Pension - Military :-------------: 0,259,779---------0,327,088
Total :----------------------------: 0,397,489---------1,479,623
The above is a Barefaced Lie. I refer to the following :
Govt to pay Rs3.6 trillion on defence, debt servicing - Shahbaz Rana : February 7, 2019
Against the stated defence budget of Rs1.1 trillion, the finance ministry told the NFC that by the end of fiscal year 2019, Rs1.676 trillion would be spent on defence that is equal to 31.5% of the federal budget. This is the second biggest charge on the budget after debt servicing.
The Rs1.676-trillion defence expenditures are inclusive of pensions, strategic nature expenses and special military package, according to the finance ministry’s presentation.
Similarly, against Rs1.842-trillion budgeted cost of debt servicing, the finance ministry told the provinces that the debt servicing would consume minimum Rs1.95 trillion, or 36.6%, of the total budget. The central bank’s decision to increase interest rates also put additional burden of roughly Rs500 billion on the finance ministry due to high cost of borrowing.
As such - in my opinion the TOTAL DEFENCE FOR THE 2019-2020 FINANCIAL YEAR would be at least Rs. 1,979.623 Billion which at rate of US$ 1 = Terroristani Rs. 160 would be US$ 12.373 Billion. However to have Half the Defence capability as India Terroristani Defence Budget has to be at least in the US$ 20 to 25 Billion Range.
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PAGE 23 CHAPTER 5 CURRENT EXPENDITURE : 2019- 20
5.1 Table-15 below presents a summary of current expenditure:
PAGE 23 CHAPTER 5 CURRENT EXPENDITURE : 2019- 20
5.1 Table-15 below presents a summary of current expenditure:
TABLE – 15 – SUMMARY 9 - Rs. in Millions
PAKISTAN DEFENCE BUDGET: IN MILLIONS OF RUPEES
------------------------------------2018 - 2019--------2019-2020
------------------------------------REVISED
Defence Affairs and Services : 1,137,710----------1,152,535
Pension - Military :-------------: 0,259,779---------0,327,088
Total :----------------------------: 0,397,489---------1,479,623
The above is a Barefaced Lie. I refer to the following :
Govt to pay Rs3.6 trillion on defence, debt servicing - Shahbaz Rana : February 7, 2019
Against the stated defence budget of Rs1.1 trillion, the finance ministry told the NFC that by the end of fiscal year 2019, Rs1.676 trillion would be spent on defence that is equal to 31.5% of the federal budget. This is the second biggest charge on the budget after debt servicing.
The Rs1.676-trillion defence expenditures are inclusive of pensions, strategic nature expenses and special military package, according to the finance ministry’s presentation.
Similarly, against Rs1.842-trillion budgeted cost of debt servicing, the finance ministry told the provinces that the debt servicing would consume minimum Rs1.95 trillion, or 36.6%, of the total budget. The central bank’s decision to increase interest rates also put additional burden of roughly Rs500 billion on the finance ministry due to high cost of borrowing.
As such - in my opinion the TOTAL DEFENCE FOR THE 2019-2020 FINANCIAL YEAR would be at least Rs. 1,979.623 Billion which at rate of US$ 1 = Terroristani Rs. 160 would be US$ 12.373 Billion. However to have Half the Defence capability as India Terroristani Defence Budget has to be at least in the US$ 20 to 25 Billion Range.
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Gas Cylinder explodes at military Hospital at Rawalpindi
Gas cylinder explosion at the Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, Terroristan injured over seven people and started a fire. Civilian and military fire services continue to battle the flames.
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Gas cylinder explosion at the Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, Terroristan injured over seven people and started a fire. Civilian and military fire services continue to battle the flames.
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pPakistan looking to mislead FATF with criticism of India?- Sachin Parashar – TNN
NEW DELHI: While India has not yet responded officially, or even unofficially, to Pakistan’s allegation that it has politicised the FATF process, the government seems to believe Islamabad's criticism is a bit rich given its own outreach to the top political leadership of various countries to prevent Pakistan from being blacklisted by the global watchdog on terror financing.
Reacting to India's statement on Saturday calling for verifiable and irreversible action by Pakistan against terrorism, Pakistan had accused India of politicising the FATF deliberations and expressed hope that the members would reject India's "malicious campaign".
India is hoping though that the FATF members will ensure Pakistan implements the FATF Action Plan fully within the September 2019 time limit by taking credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustainable measures to curb terror funding and terrorism emanating from territory under its control, and not use what India sees as a false ploy of politicisation of
the FATF process.
India has repeatedly said in the recent past that it won't be fooled by any cosmetic action against terrorism. It has sought to further pile on the pressure on Islamabad by refusing to have any bilateral engagement with the Imran Khan-led government.
To India, Pakistan's position is meant to deflect attention and evade scrutiny of its poor compliance of global standards on AML/CFT (anti-money laundering/ combating financial terrorism) and hoodwink the global community.
The main reason why India sees Pakistan's statement as a red herring thrown into the FATF process is the campaign by its foreign minister S M Qureshi to seek support from countries like China, Malaysia, Turkey and Russia to prevent Pakistan's blacklisting.
The government seems to have closely followed recent reports in Pakistani media which show that Pakistani leadership has approached political leadership of the FATF member countries at the highest level to seek their support. This, in India's understanding, is clearly politicising the technical process of the FATF.
Qureshi was said to have visited many FATF member countries before the Orlando plenary. He also made statements about how he was using diplomacy to overcome the technical
Deficiencies pointed out by FATF.
These attempts to garner support for Pakistan are seen by India as politicization of the FATF process, a bogey apparently meant to evade scrutiny of its poor compliance of global standards on AML/CFTsince 2010.
At its Orlando meet last week, the FATF had strongly urged Pakistan to swiftly complete its action plan by October 2019 when the last set of action plan items are set to expire.
"Otherwise, the FATF will decide the next step at that time for insufficient progress," it warned, suggesting that Pakistan could face blacklisting finally.
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NEW DELHI: While India has not yet responded officially, or even unofficially, to Pakistan’s allegation that it has politicised the FATF process, the government seems to believe Islamabad's criticism is a bit rich given its own outreach to the top political leadership of various countries to prevent Pakistan from being blacklisted by the global watchdog on terror financing.
Reacting to India's statement on Saturday calling for verifiable and irreversible action by Pakistan against terrorism, Pakistan had accused India of politicising the FATF deliberations and expressed hope that the members would reject India's "malicious campaign".
India is hoping though that the FATF members will ensure Pakistan implements the FATF Action Plan fully within the September 2019 time limit by taking credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustainable measures to curb terror funding and terrorism emanating from territory under its control, and not use what India sees as a false ploy of politicisation of
the FATF process.
India has repeatedly said in the recent past that it won't be fooled by any cosmetic action against terrorism. It has sought to further pile on the pressure on Islamabad by refusing to have any bilateral engagement with the Imran Khan-led government.
To India, Pakistan's position is meant to deflect attention and evade scrutiny of its poor compliance of global standards on AML/CFT (anti-money laundering/ combating financial terrorism) and hoodwink the global community.
The main reason why India sees Pakistan's statement as a red herring thrown into the FATF process is the campaign by its foreign minister S M Qureshi to seek support from countries like China, Malaysia, Turkey and Russia to prevent Pakistan's blacklisting.
The government seems to have closely followed recent reports in Pakistani media which show that Pakistani leadership has approached political leadership of the FATF member countries at the highest level to seek their support. This, in India's understanding, is clearly politicising the technical process of the FATF.
Qureshi was said to have visited many FATF member countries before the Orlando plenary. He also made statements about how he was using diplomacy to overcome the technical
Deficiencies pointed out by FATF.
These attempts to garner support for Pakistan are seen by India as politicization of the FATF process, a bogey apparently meant to evade scrutiny of its poor compliance of global standards on AML/CFTsince 2010.
At its Orlando meet last week, the FATF had strongly urged Pakistan to swiftly complete its action plan by October 2019 when the last set of action plan items are set to expire.
"Otherwise, the FATF will decide the next step at that time for insufficient progress," it warned, suggesting that Pakistan could face blacklisting finally.
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I think these guys either source their info from 'chaiwallahs' or have a healthy imagination...faltoo info.RajD wrote:INTEL @ ind4ever just tweeted that the londonistan gave credit line of 4billion pounds to pakis. Is it true? When did this happen?