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COVID-19: Pakistan records lowest death rate in 3rd wave

30Jun

By Maru J1 Comment

Health

COVID-19: Pakistan records lowest death rate in 3rd wave

Since the 3rd wave, The number of deaths are high. This is the first time the country faced 20 fatalities in a day. Country recorded the lowest death rate in recent times. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The start of 2021 wasn’t a very pleasant start for Pakistan. The country recorded an increasing number of cases with each passing day. Things got worse when the third wave of COVID 19 started to spread throughout Pakistan. During 3rd wave, hospitals and health centers in country started noticing a hike in number of daily cases. Things got a little out of hand for a country when 3rd wave picked up its pace in April. The spread of the third wave of COVID-19 in April proved to be devastating for the country. With thousands of cases being recorded daily, a death toll of around 100 deaths each day...

FATF decides to continue keeping Pakistan on FATF Grey list

28Jun

By Maru J1 Comment

Business

FATF decides to continue keeping Pakistan on FATF Grey list

Dr Marcus Pleyer said that Pakistan remains under "Increased Monitoring". PARIS, FRANCE - Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday announced that Pakistan has been able to successfully comply with 26 of the 27 points by them. However they will still continue keeping Pakistan on FATF Grey list. This decision was taken because one of the most important points given by FATF - related to combating the financing of terrorism silll needs work. https://twitter.com/FATFNews/status/1408417689979207680 Addressing a press conference after the June 21-25 plenary meeting concluded in Paris on Friday, FATF President Dr Marcus Pleyer said that Pakistan remains under "Increased Monitoring". ''The Pakistani government has made substantial progress in making its counter-terrorist financi...

PM Imran Khan Interview to HBO; US Bases and the ‘’Robots’’

26Jun

By Maru J2 Comments

Global, Latest

PM Imran Khan Interview to HBO; US Bases and the ‘’Robots’’

Imran Khan's Journey from '' Absolutely Not '' to ''Robots'' took uneventful turns in his recent interview to HBO. Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan recently gave an interview to Axios HBO and rasied many eye brows with his blunt and controversial answers. "Absolutely not. There is no way we are going to allow any bases, any sort of action from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan.’’ PM while addressing US troops entry in Pakistan. Imran Khan also made a statement about the situation of sexual harassment, ‘’If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on men," the prime minister responded. "Unless they're robots. I mean, it's common sense.’’ The statement stirred a rage and agitation among the audience and brought a lot of criticism for the prime minister. ...

Surya Grahan 2021,World witnesses first solar eclipse this year.

10Jun

By Maru JNo Comments

Latest

Surya Grahan 2021,World witnesses first solar eclipse this year.

KARACHI, PAKISTAN – The first solar eclipse of the year (Surya Grahan 2021) will appear today. The eclipse started at 1.12pm PST and it will be vivid and visible at 3.42pm. The eclipse will end at 4.34pm PST. A Ring of Fire will appear around Sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMgKCOm4uOQ&t=1s The Astronomer and Director Institute of Space Science and Technology Karachi University Professor Dr. Javed Iqbal exclaimed, ‘’A ring of fire will be visible during the solar eclipse’’ during Surya Grahan 2021. He further added that countries like Russia, Greenland, Northern Canada, North Asia, Europe, and the United States will witness the eclipse quite visibly. He further added that the eclipse may not be visible in Pakistan. Also Read Exploring Mighty Volcanoes: World’s 3 Lar...

FATF APG: Pakistan cleared 22 more FATF recommendations.

7Jun

By SherNo Comments

Business

FATF APG: Pakistan cleared 22 more FATF recommendations.

On June 4, FATF in it follow-up report against Pakistan accepted 22 more recommendations got compliant making it to the total of 31 of 40 recommendation largely compliant. FATF over the anti-money laundering and counter terrorism assessments, announced that Pakistan has compliant on 22 more of the points recommended by the FATA APG body. FATF APG body issued a follow-up report stating the countable improvements and measures are carried out by Pakistan against the allegation in financing terrorism financing and money laundering, finally making it to the total of 31 of the 40 recommendations followed. This improvement will help Pakistan in near future to come out of the Grey list. In the APGs report, it is now accepted that Pakistan has compliant with most of the recommendations as...