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FATF retains Pakistan, adds UAE to grey list
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) announced to retain Pakistan on the grey watch list acknowledging its ‘high-level political commitment to work’.“Since June 2018,...
PAF-USAF bilateral air exercise culminates
Pakistan and US air forces participated in bilateral exercises aimed at interoperability in complex air operations in realistic contemporary scenarios.The exercise, started on February...
CCOE forms committee to review petroleum policy
The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) has formed a committee headed by Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar to review the oil and gas...
Rising coal prices hit Pakistan’s cement industry
The continuous rising prices of coal— mainly caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict — has started taking a toll on the cement industry in Pakistan...
Terror revisits Peshawar
At least 56 people were killed and scores injured in a suicide blast that took place during Friday prayers in Peshawar’s Qissa Khuwani Bazar.According...
Australia’s tour of Pakistan not just about cricket
As Australia and Pakistan cricket teams face each other in Rawalpindi—the first series between the two sides in Pakistan in 24 years— both the...
PPP sets five-day deadline for PM Imran to resign
The Pakistan Peoples Party upped its ante against the government with the party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari setting a five-day deadline for Prime Minister...
Fire erupts at Europe’s largest nuclear plant after Russia’s shelling
Russian forces pressed their attack on a crucial energy-producing city in Ukraine by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant early on Friday, sparking a fire...
Pakistan signs debt suspension agreement with Saudi fund
Pakistan signed two Debt Service Suspension Agreements with the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) amounting to $846 million under the G-20 Debt Service Suspension...
Cement despatches decline by 4.75 percent in Feb
Total cement despatches during February 2022 were 4.36 million tons against 4.57 million tons despatched during the same month of last fiscal year—a 4.75...