The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has found that Pakistan has successfully complied with 21 out of 27 points of action and decided to keep the country on its \’grey list\’ until February 2021, the watchdog\’s president said on Friday. FATF President Marcus Pleyer announced the decision at a virtual press conference held after the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Incidents of illegal logging and poaching of the endangered Kashmir markhor, Pakistan’s national animal, have been on the rise at the country’s largest reserve as watchmen have refused to show up for work at the wildlife sanctuary over unpaid salaries. Chitral Gol National Park (CGNP) was established in 1984 and spreads over 77.5 square
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CHITRAL: Local people associated with tourism sector say Pakistan was listed among the top travel destinations for 2020 by United Kingdom after the visit of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Chitral in October last year. They said the advisory to the tourists issued by the British authorities declaring Pakistan a safe tourist destination in
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided in principle the outsourcing of responsibilities of billing and recovery of loss-making grids of distribution companies starting with Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) and introduction of smart meters in at least three companies. A cabinet member said a plan on outsourcing mechanism would be presented to the federal cabinet
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PESHAWAR: Lawyers boycotted courts across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the fourth consecutive day to protest what they called the government’s failure to fulfil commitment to reverse the last year’s changes to the Code of Civil Procedure (CCP). The strike began on Oct 17 on the call of the KP Bar Council, which demands suitable amendments to
