No more minting of one-cent coin (penny)

WHITE HOUSE: President Donald Trump, maintaining that minting one cent coins was wasteful, instructed US treasury to stop producing new ones. Taking to his Truth Social Media Account, Trump maintained on Sunday (9th Feb 2025): “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is […]

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IMF Team Reviews Pakistan’s Judicial/Regulatory System

ISLAMABAD: A 3-member technical mission of IMF, under the Pakistan’s 2024 Extended Fund Facility programme, arrived here Tuesday (11th Feb, 2025) for a week-long Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment. The scrutiny mission will examine six key governance-related sectors and institutions: IMF mission will examine severity of corruption vulnerabilities across six core state functions: 1) Fiscal Governance; […]

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Corruption augmented in Pakistan: Transparency Int’l

BERLIN: Transparency International report, released on Tuesday (11th February, 2025) from here has revealed that Pakistan’s ranking on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) has further plummeted two spots. Pakistan, that was perched on the 133rd spot as one of the most corrupt countries back in 2023, has slipped further in the abyss of corruption and […]

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Boat tragedy near Libya claims lives of 16 Pakistani Immigrants

ZAWIYA CITY: FIA, by means of their passports, confirmed death of sixteen Pakistanis in the 10 Feb boat capsizing tragedy. Of all the 63 Pakistanis onboard, 10 are missing, one was hospitalised, 33 are in police custody, and three are being assisted by the Pakistani Embassy in Tripoli: Sixteen immigrants who died as their ship […]

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Hamas delays release of hostages, Israeli Military on highest alert

GAZA: Citing non-compliance of Israel with the terms of the agreement, Hamas has said that it would delay captive release of hostages, here on Monday (10th Feb). Hamas took to the social media platform Telegram to state: “These violations include delaying the return of displaced persons to northern Gaza, targeting them with shelling and gunfire […]

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Tariff War: Chinese Tax On US Goods Comes Into Effect On 10th Feb

BEIJING: Responding to ten percent US levies on all its products, China has imposed 10% import taxes on a number of American commodities from Monday (10th February, 2025). It may be recalled that immediately after US levies came into effect (on 4th Feb), Beijing proclaimed the plan to retaliate. Levies on US products include fifteen […]

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Libya: Boat carrying 65 immigrants, including Pakistanis, capsized

ZAWIYA CITY (Libya): A boat, carrying 65 illegal immigrants (including Pakistanis), capsized near the port of Marsa Dela, northwest of Zawiya City here on Monday (10th Feb, 2025). A team, sent by Pakistani Embassy in Tripoli, is assisting the staff of Zawiya Hospital in the identification of the dead. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has […]

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KP: 7 terrorists neutralised during IBO

DI KHAN/N. WAZIRISTAN: Seven militants were neutralised during an IBO conducted in the general area Maddi here. In the first IBO troops killed three militants (including Rehmat) and injured two. Second IBO was carried out in the general area Mir Ali, North Waziristan. During the operation four militants were neutralised and three got injured. Newspakistan.tv […]

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IMF Mission to Conduct Governance, Corruption Diagnostic Assessment in Pakistan

KARACHI: Under Pakistan’s 2024 Extended Fund Facility programme, IMF’s 3-member mission will conduct a Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment. IMF mission will examine severity of corruption vulnerabilities across six core state functions: 1) Fiscal Governance; 2) Central Bank Governance & Operations; 3) Financial Sector Oversight; 4) Financial Sector; 5) Market Regulation; 6) Rule of Law […]

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