Friday, October 21st, 2022
Hina greets nation upon Pakistan’s removal from grey list
PARIS, OCT 21 /DNA/ – Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar has said I wanted to share with the nation much-awaited good news regarding Pakistan’s engagement with FATF. As you are aware, I, together with our very able and professional team, came here to represent Pakistan in FATF’s ICRG and Plenary meetings that have concluded today. During these meetings, the report of the FATF’s On-site Visit to Pakistan, which took place in the first week of September 2022, was discussed. Alhamdolillah, I am pleased to announce thatRead More
FATF removes Pakistan from grey list
ISLAMABAD, OCT 21 – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday removed Pakistan from its grey list. The decision was made in a meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global money laundering and terrorism financing watchdog, starts a two-day meeting in Paris and is expected to take up removal of Pakistan from a list of countries under “increased monitoring”. In a meeting in June, the FATF said it was keeping Pakistan on the list – also known as the “grey list” – but said it mightRead More
Army chief visits National Defence University (NDU)
RAWALPINDI, OCT 21: /DNA/ – Chief of Army Staff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited NDU today. COAS delivered a talk to the participants of 24th National Security Workshop. While talking to participants, COAS spoke on various challenges to national security and response measures. COAS said that national cohesion and unified response to guard and promote Pakistan’s national interests is imperative for progress. Pakistan has faced many challenges but came out stronger every time. Our fight against terrorism is one such example which only succeeded due to whole of the nationRead More
Squads for the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup
SYDNEY: Squads for the eight teams that will begin their World Cup campaigns in Australia from Saturday after automatically qualifying for the Super 12 stage: Super 12 Group 1 Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi (capt), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Salim Safi, Usman Ghani. Australia Aaron Finch (capt), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, MarcusRead More
Planning Ministry kicks start implementation of major Youth Development Initiatives
Prime objective is to empower the youth of country: Ahsan Iqbal ISLAMABAD, OCT 21 /DNA/ – The Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiative has geared up the process to implement the five major Youth Development Initiatives announced by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday. “Empowering the underprivileged youth by drastically increasing opportunities for their education, training and employability is critical for the future of Pakistan,” said the minister after the launch of these initiatives. The five ‘Young Development Initiatives’ were launched to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Independence DayRead More
Pak players disappoint in CAS-Serena Hotels Mens Int’l Squash C’ship
AFZAL JAVED ISLAMABAD: Very disappointing performances were shown by Pakistan’s squash players as no one is capable of reaching in the semifinal round of ongoing Chief of Air Staff-Serena Hotels Men’s International Squash Championship and Serena-Combaxx Sports International Women Squash championship here at Mushaf Squash Complex Islamabad. It is never seen in the history of Pakistan hosting international squash tournaments and no Pakistani player failed to qualify for the semi-final round of international championship as last hope of Pakistan Farhan Zaman also not succeeded in the quarter final round ofRead More