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Sometime this week, Pakistan will call a joint session of the two Houses of Parliament to pass two Bills, which are crucial for the country to avoid being shifted to the black list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Pakistan got a reprieve in June when Covid-19 forced ...

No elk or trout, but Fed’s virtual retreat may stoke market’s ‘animal spirits’ NEW YORK: Investors could get a hint from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell this week about how aggressively the US central bank will try to manage the long-term recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Powell will discuss the ...

Pakistan issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan’s Taliban, just as the militant group is in the midst of US-led peace process in the neighboring country.The orders, which were made public late on Friday, identified dozens of individuals, including the Taliban’s chief peace negotiator Abdul Ghani Baradar and several members ...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s action to place sanctions on Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and 26/11 attack accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Dawood Ibrahim was due to pressure from the Financial Action Task Force, government officials said here on Saturday. However, they added that since Lakhvi and Dawood had merely ...

Pakistan has issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan's Taliban, just as the rebel group is in the middle of a United States-led peace process in the neighbouring country. The orders, which were made public late on Friday, identified dozens of individuals, including the Taliban's chief peace negotiator Mullah Abdul ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan issued sweeping financial sanctions against Afghanistan’s Taliban, just as the militant group is in the midst of U.S.-led peace process in the neighbouring country. The orders, which were made public late on Friday, identified dozens of individuals, including the Taliban’s chief peace negotiator Abdul Ghani Baradar ...