WASHINGTON: IMF, while lamenting limited access to data has stated: “The effectiveness of the politically exposed persons’ identification remains uneven across sectors due to limited access to comprehensive data, absence of automated screening tools in smaller institutions, and a lack of corruption-specific red flag indicators that would help detect misuse of public office, stated the […]
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NEW DELHI: Citing planned upgrades of its Boeing fleet and closure of airspace over Pakistan, Air India said Monday (11th August, 2025) that it would stop New Delhi-Washington operations from 1st September. It is pertinent to mention here that following the June crash of Dreamliner (that claimed 260 lives), Air India is already facing heightened […]
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GAZA: A targeted attack on their tent claimed lives of two Al-Jazeera correspondents (including 28-year-old prominent reporter Anas Jamal al-Sharif who comprehensively covered the war from inside Gaza) and three cameramen here on Sunday (10th August, 2025), taking the total number of Media workers killed since the 7th Oct (2023) to 269. Taking to the […]
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PM of Australia Anthony Albanese has proclaimed Monday (11th August, 2025) that his country will recognise a Palestinian state in the UNGA scheduled to be in session Sept, alongwith France, Britain and Canada. According to Anthony Albanese his government had received commitments from Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian Authority, that the future state shall operate […]
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MASTUNG (BALOCHISTAN): An IED exploded injuring five voyagers, as 6 coaches of Peshawar-bound (39-UP) Jaffar Express derailed at Spezand Railway Station here. on Sunday (10th August, 2025). The Jaffar Express struck the bomb (attached to the railway track) at the Dasht Tehsil‘s Station. Four bogies have been put back on the track. All 350 passengers […]
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ISLAMABAD: For the first time, since the 7-10 May Indo-Pak aerial combat, IAF Chief Amar Preet Singh, citing the electronic tracking data, claimed on Sat (9th Aug, 2025) of shooting down six PAF planes, by means of Russian-made S-400 S2S missiles. Islamabad, that had earlier claimed shooting down 6 IAF jets, including Indian-operated France-made Rafale, […]
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ZHOB (BALOCHISTAN): Following the killing of 33 terrorists (who were trying to infiltrate across the Pak-Afghan border here) a day earlier, security forces gunned down 14 more militants attempting to enter Pakistan and recovered arms and ammunition from them on the night of Sat (8/9 August, 2025) during a deliberate sanitisation operation conducted in surrounding […]
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BRUSSELS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bewildered by the condemnations of security cabinet’s decision Friday (8th August, 2025) apropos controlling Gaza city, took a U-Turn saying that he did not intend to occupy Gaza: “We are not going to occupy Gaza – we are going to free Gaza from Hamas.” Eyal Zamir, the chief of […]
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NEW DELHI: Following imposition of 50 percent levies on its commodities by Trump Administration, India is pondering over possibility of annulling earlier deal apropos purchase of american military hardware (including fighter jets). Indian Defence Minister, who was supposed to go to US to proclaim the arms deal, too has postponed his visit to the White […]
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ZHOB (BALOCHISTAN): Thirty-three militants equipped with weapons, ammunition and explosives, trying to infiltrate in Pakistan from Afghanistan, have been gunned down by Pakistani security forces in the Sambaza area here on the night of 7-8 August. On 1st July, terrorists attacked Tehsil Office, Bank and a number of Govt offices injuring seven citizens and claiming […]
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