PHOTO: AFPIran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody. Two men were put to death in December, sparking global outrage and new Western sanctions against Iran. The executions come in defiance of a campaign by international rights groups for the lives of the two men to be spared. The court of first instance had sentenced Karami and Hosseini to death in early December, Mizan said. IHR gave Karami's age as 22 Hossein was 39, according to another Norway-based rights group, Hengaw.

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In 2022, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistan marked an in crease of 27 percent from the year before. The number of terrorist attacks in the country also continued to rise for the second consecutive year. Out of the total attacks, the banned TTP carried out 89 terrorist attacks in Pakistan in the year 2022. Out of the total terrorist attacks, as many as 169, or over 64 percent, occurred in KP. Same as in the previous year, eight terrorist attacks took place in Sindh province including six in Karachi and two in interior Sindh.

Share:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday he had told the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about the government’s resolve to complete the terms of IMF’s programme. On his Twitter handle, the prime minister said he had held a telephonic conversation with the IMF MD on Friday. On Friday, Managing Director International Monetary Fund Ms Kristalina Georgieva called Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over telephone and reiterated her commitment to help Pakistan in the difficult period. The prime minister thanked the managing director for her concern over the fallout of the floods and extended invitation to her to participate in the Climate Resilient Pakistan Conference at Geneva. The prime minister assured the official that Pakistan was committed to successfully completing the ongoing IMF programme and thanked her for her understanding and empathy of the challenges that Pakistan had been facing.

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The teams observed a moment of silence for Gianluca Vialli and Ernesto Castano, who both passed in the past couple of days. First halfFiorentina were energetic to start, as usual, but didn’t create much, as usual, and Sassuolo grew into the match. Naturally, Fiorentina conceded moments later; this team hates having the lead more than any I’ve ever seen. It took referee Gianluca Manganiello awhile to point to the spot but point he did, and Domenico Berardi made no mistake. Il gol di Nico ⚽pic.twitter.com/EQKBdQdQYJ — SpaceViola Fiorentina (@SpaceViola_) January 7, 2023Sassuolo tried throwing numbers forward but Fiorentina never looked troubled.

While speaking at the inauguration of Hazara Electric Supply Company (HAZECO) in Islamabad, the premier also confirmed a story of The Express Tribune that he had a telephonic conversation with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday. The premier’s direct intervention in the IMF programme talks suggests that the matters have slipped out of the hands of the finance ministry. The prime minister also disclosed that Georgieva inquired whether or not China and Saudi Arabia were supporting Pakistan. An official handout released by the PM’s Office after his speech read that the IMF managing director called premier Shehbaz on the phone. Sources said as a practice, in absence of the managing director, the first deputy MD of the IMF chaired the board's meetings.

photo: REUTERSThe Pakistan Business Council (PBC), on Friday, urged the government to admit before the nation that the country is in a serious economic crisis, instead of denying the default risk to effectively plan, execute and get out of the tough situation. In addition, the country’s preeminent business advocacy group, comprising the top 100 foreign businesses across the country, recommended a $19 billion energy conservation plan and the adoption of austerity measures. PBC has strongly advised the resumption of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme and suggested the government urgently negotiate the restructuring of its foreign debt to buy time and undertake overdue economic reforms. The council shared a set of recommendations with the media, titled ‘Macro-economic Priorities/Primary Objectives: Secure Pakistan’s Solvency and Buy Time for Fundamental Reforms’. The PBC presented ideas to create a $19 billion positive impact on the external account and raise over Rs1 trillion for the fiscal account.

Share:Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,575,935. The nationwide tally of fatalities stood at 30,638 on Saturday. According to the latest figures issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 24 people were tested positive for Covid across the country in the past 24 hours. Pakistan has conducted 4,472 tests in the past 24 hours, out of which 24 people were tested positive. The Covid positivity ratio was recorded at 0.54 per cent.

Sources told The Express Tribune that the prime minister urged the IMF managing director to review the condition about imposition of new taxes. These remain the major stumbling blocks in reaching an initial understanding for a staff level visit by the IMF to Pakistan. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz also made a call to his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, seeking Beijing’s help to avert a looming default. The prime minister’s call to the IMF head indicates that the finance ministry could not break the gridlock in the past over three months. The UN secretary-general will deliver remarks at the opening session and is scheduled to hold a joint media encounter with the Prime Minister Shehbaz from a stake-out position.

Faraz Khan, founder of Karachi-based venture capitalist firm SEED Ventures, has been awarded United Kingdom’s MBE title — Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Khan was conferred with the prestigious award by UK’s King Charles III for his services to strengthen Pakistan-UK bilateral ties. The MBE is awarded in recognition of contribution to arts, sciences, charitable work, welfare work, and public service. Honour to present pakistan story of enterprise chalange to HRH pic.twitter.com/G6kRwFBokf — Faraz Khan MBE (@fksquared) April 20, 2018Khan is the founder of Social, Entrepreneurship & Equity Development (SEED) Ventures which is an investment and impact development organisation in Pakistan. “He has spearheaded impact programmes & collaborations between UK & Pakistan in the space of inclusive education, enterprise, social enterprise for youth, women and Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) segments impacting and engaging over 100,000 people.”

We live in a postmodern time; era of death of meta narratives. We challenge and criticize the veracity of these claims and look at these belief systems with skepticism during these postmodern times. We live in these postmodern times and see its true manifestation unfolding in front of us. ‘Pastiche,’ ‘Distortion of Time,’ and ‘Hyperreality’ are also some of the interesting characteristics of postmodern era. The digital media platforms, technological advancements and our ever-growing independence on them are the real manifestations of postmodern era.

A consequence of the mounting debt pile is a huge increase in the cost of debt servicing. It has created default risk and is diverting half of the budget to debt servicing. But when he left office in April 2022, his government had added over Rs19 trillion to the total debt stock. Lower-than-targeted tax collection, steep currency devaluation, higher interest rates, high expenditures along with losses incurred by state-owned companies and debt mismanagement were the main reasons for the surge in public debt during the PTI’s tenure. A direct consequence of the mounting debt pile is a huge increase in the cost of debt servicing.

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