Pakistan
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Pakistan, China ink MoU to boost agri-cooperation | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KUNMING: China’s Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS) and Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote agricultural cooperation between China and Pakistan at an online signing ceremony held in Kunming and Beijing on Friday. Addressing the ceremony, Dr Wang Jihua, President of YAAS, noted that years of collaboration…
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FATF to announce ‘on-site’ visit after Pakistan completes item list
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[ad_1] The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Friday said it will announce an on-site visit to Pakistan after Islamabad completed the 34 items on the watchdog’s list. More to follow [ad_2] Source link
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Electricity supply from commercial feeders to be cut from 7-10pm across Pakistan: sources
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[ad_1] A representative image ISLAMABAD: In a major move, Power Division has decided to shut down commercial feeders from 7-10pm across the country in order to conserve energy amid soaring oil prices, it emerged Thursday. According to a Geo News report, citing sources, the division took the decision to save electricity as part of the…
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‘EU plan to quit Russian fuel plunges Pakistan into darkness’ | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] Pakistan’s power woes that are plunging the country into the darkness with planned load-shedding of more than 12 hours stem from Europe’s decision to quit buying Russian fuel. According to Bloomberg, the world’s fifth-most populous country invested in LNG and signed long-term contracts with Italian and Qatari suppliers in a bid to protect itself…
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Pakistan pins hopes on ‘onsite visit’ to exit FATF ‘grey list’ | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is unlikely to exit the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in the ongoing deliberations in Berlin, Germany but hoping to secure an ‘onsite visit’ that may take Islamabad a step closer to get out of the watch list. Pakistan was placed on the grey list in June 2018…
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Pakistan wins terror financing case against NBP in NY court | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has got another success on the legal front as it has won the terror-financing case against the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in the Federal Court in New York. The Express Tribune has learnt that some years ago the National Bank was accused of facilitating the transfer of funds that were used…
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Pakistan budget needs additional measures to meet goals: IMF | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Additional measures will be needed to bring Pakistan’s budget for fiscal year 2022-23 in line with the key objectives of its International Monetary Fund programme, the lender’s resident representative in Islamabad said on Monday. The federal government unveiled a Rs9.5 trillion budget for 2022-23 on Friday aimed at tight fiscal consolidation in a…
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Pakistan to seek deferred payments for Qatari LNG | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will seek a deferred payment plan for liquefied natural gas bought under long term deals with Qatar, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Saturday, as country faces a balance of payments crisis and falling foreign exchange reserves. “We’ve talked about a deferred payment plan … or at least I’ve requested this ……
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Miftah Ismail says Pakistan going through ‘difficult phase’
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail Saturday said that the country was going through a critical period and asked everyone to help them steer Pakistan out of crises. More to follow… [ad_2] Source link
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Fresh data shows donkey population has increased in Pakistan
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[ad_1] A donkey poses in this undated photo. — YouTube/File ISLAMABAD: The population of donkeys has increased to 5.7 million during the previous fiscal year, according to the Economic Survey (PES) 2021-22 released today. The data showed that the population of donkeys has been increasing steadily during the past few years as there were 5.5m…
