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Pakistan Seeks Relationship Based on Trust & Common Objectives Leaders Is a Mere ‘PR Exercise’
Modi’s Meeting with Kashmiri

Washington: Prime Minister Im- Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah

ran Khan in an interview to The New Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said

York Times about Pakistan’s planned Thursday’s meeting between Prime
future strategy once the United Minister Narendra Modi and senior
States leaves Afghanistan said that politicians from Indian-occupied
in the past, the US kept expecting Kashmir (IoK) was a “public rela-
Islamabad Refuses to tions exercise” that had achieved
nothing.
Addressing a press conference
Cave in to IMF Demands in Islamabad, the foreign minister

Islamabad: Talks between Paki- said the talks were an effort to re-
stan and the International Monetary store India and Modi’s reputation

Fund (IMF) remained inconclusive after the hit it took internation-

after the global lender did not budge ally in the wake of India’s repressive
from its demand of increasing elec- measures in IoK on August 5, 2019,

tricity tariff by Rs4.95 per unit and when the region’s special autonomy
imposing taxes worth Rs150 billion. was removed.
For now, Islamabad has refused “In my view it was a drama and
to accept both of these demands and why was it a drama? Because at best
instead Finance Minister Shaukat it could be called a public relations
Tarin appeared set on Friday to re- exercise but nothing was achieved
verse some of the adverse taxation “… Now, after the US leaves Afghanistan, basically Pakistan would want a civilized relationship, which you have between nations, and [from it],” said the foreign minister.
measures that were part of the Fi- we would like to improve our trading relationship with the US,” Prime Minister Imran Khan said in an interview to The New York Times He termed the talks “unsuccessful
nance Bill 2021 unveiled on June 11. and pointless”, adding that nothing
The minister will conclude the more from Pakistan, while previous to Pakistan’s future relationship has always had a closer relationship would be gained from them.

general budget debate and make new governments “tried to deliver what with the US after the withdrawal of with the United States than neigh- “Kashmiris are still in search of

announcements. they were not capable of”. American troops from Afghanistan, boring India. their identity. They are demanding
IMF, P28 Replying to a question related PM Imran Khan said that Pakistan IMRAN, P28 MODI, P28
Biden’s Reluctance in FATF’s Decision to Retain Pakistan on Grey List Raises Eyebrows Gritty Multan Sultans
Engaging Pakistan Stunning Clinch PSL Title

n By Anwar Iqbal Islamabad: The FATF an-
nounced on Friday that
Washington: A senior US sena- even though Pakistan
tor, Lindsey Graham, on Tuesday had largely complied with
described American President Joe 26 of the 27 items on the
Biden’s reluctance to reach out to action plan agreed to in
Prime Minister Imran Khan as June 2018, the country
‘stunning,” and warned that ignoring will continue to remain on
Pakistan while withdrawing from the “increased monitor-
Afghanistan could lead to a disaster. ing list” – also known as

“Stunning to hear that Presi- the grey list – even after it Abu Dhabi: An all-round Multan
dent Biden hasn’t reached out to the addressed the remaining Sultans thrashed Peshawar Zalmi
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran item as it slapped a new in the final to clinch their maiden

Khan regarding the US-Pakistan list of six action items it Pakistan Super League (PSL) title at

relationship and Afghanistan,” the said were identified by the the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in

South Carolina Republican wrote on watchdog’s regional part- Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

his Twitter. ner, the Asia Pacific Group At the start of the innings, Zal-
Senator Graham, who supports (APG), in 2019. mi, who were chasing a target of 207,
continued US engagement with Ka- The watchdog’s presi- made a blistering start courtesy Ka-

bul and Islamabad, reminded Presi- dent said that for Pakistan Pakistan has been on the FATF’s grey list for flaws in its counter-terror financing and anti-mon- mran Akmal’s 36.

dent Biden that his planned with- to be delisted, it will have ey laundering regimes since June 2018 Zalmi needed a herculean ef-
drawal from Afghanistan requires to largely address all items fort by their batsmen to chase the
Pakistan’s cooperation. on the new action plan in senior journalists, politi- the financial watchdog. already implemented 26 record-breaking target in the PSL fi-

“How do we expect our with- addition to the only re- cians and activists took Senior journalist of the 27 action plan items nal and Akmal gave hope to his team

drawal from Afghanistan to be ef- maining item on the origi- to Twitter, expressing Mubashir Zaidi ques- given by the FATF. till the fifth over.

fective without coordinating with nal plan. surprise on the FATF’s tioned what the point of Jamaat-i-Islami Cen- Zalmi were 36 for the loss of no
Pakistan? Clearly the Biden Admin- Reacting to the de- decision and also raising keeping Pakistan on the tral Vice President Mian wickets at that point and all those
RELUCTANCE, P11 velopment, a number of doubts on the integrity of ‘grey list’ was when it had FATF, P9 SULTANS, P28

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