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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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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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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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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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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GADDAFI STADIUM (LAHORE): New Zealand’s Cricket team has beaten South Africa by 6 wickets in the second match of the tri-nation ODI series played here on Monday (10th Feb, 2025). South African team, that opted to bat first, lost four wickets to score 304 runs in fifty overs. Black Caps successfully chased the target of […]
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ISLAMABAD: Appointment of six new judges have been approved here by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) during a rendezvous with CJP in the chair on Monday (10th Feb) though PTI lawmakers (Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Senator Ali Zafar) and two senior SC judges (Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar) opted to abstain. According […]
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KARACHI: Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed was the keynote speaker at the opening session of the two-day (9th and 10th Feb) AMAN Dialogue (maiden event conducted as an adjunct to Exercise AMAN 2025) organised by the PN here at Pakistan Naval Academy. Chiefs and Heads of Navies, Maritime Organizations, and renowned academicians from around the globe […]
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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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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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