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Economy Entering Sustainable Growth Phase

Pakistan Reaches Landmark of Pakistan Successfully Test-Fires
Administering 40 Mn Doses Ballistic Missile Ghaznavi
Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Rawalpindi: Pakistan on Thurs-

Development and Special Initiatives day conducted a successful train-
Asad Umar said Thursday Pakistan ing launch of surface-to-surface

had reached the milestone of ad- nuclear-capable ballistic missile
ministrating 40 million Covid-19 Ghaznavi, the Inter-Services Public
vaccine doses. Relations (ISPR) said.
“The last crore (10 million) According to a statement, the

took only 9 working days to admin- training launch was aimed at ensur-
ister,” the minister added in a tweet. ing operational readiness of Army
“Let’s vaccinate and make Pakistan Strategic Forces Command (ASFC)
safe from this disease.” and re-validating technical param-
Rapid PCR test facility: In view eters of the weapon system.

of difficulties being faced by UAE- Despite a negative real interest rate, the central bank has kept its policy rate unchanged at seven per cent to allow the economy to grow As per the military’s media
bound passengers, the Civil Aviation wing, missile Ghaznavi is capable
Authority said on Wednesday that Karachi: Th e country keep moving forward to Despite a nega- the economy to grow, Dr of delivering multiple types of war-
the counters for conducting rapid has succeeded in entering achieve a high growth tive real interest rate, the Baqir informed while ad- heads up to a range of 290 kilome-
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) a sustainable economic rate, said State Bank of central bank has kept its dressing a conference on ters.

tests for Covid-19 will become func growth phase after at- Pakistan Governor Dr policy rate unchanged at Sustainable Growth and The launch of the ballistic mis-

DOSES, P28 taining stability and will Reza Baqir on Wednesday. seven per cent to allow ECONOMY, P28 GHAZNAVI, P28
Biden’s Highest-ranking US Wants Neighbors Not to Recognize British Lawmakers Press
Muslim Nominee Mired in for Placing Pakistan
GOP Blockade Government Imposed by Force in Afghanistan in Amber List

London: A group of 21 British
n By Anwar Iqbal lawmakers have written a letter to
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson,
Washington, DC: The questioning why Pakistan has not

United States wants Af- yet been removed from the red list
ghanistan’s neighbors not for travel and urging that it be pro-
to recognize any govern- moted to the amber list “as soon as
ment in Kabul that has possible”.
been imposed by force. The UK operates a traffic light

The demand — made

n By Nicholas Wu at a Tuesday afternoon system for international travel, with

people from low-risk countries rat-
Washington, DC: Accusations of news briefi ng at the US ed green for quarantine-free travel,
Islamophobia and anti-Israel bias State Department — pre- medium-risk countries rated am-
are bogging down the confirmation ceded a meeting of the ber and requiring people from red

of an under-the-radar Biden ad- Troika Plus nations in countries to spend 10 days in isola-
ministration nominee who’d be the Doha on Wednesday. tion in a hotel.

highest-ranking Muslim in its ranks The group, which Pakistan was placed on the red

if he’s confirmed. includes the US, Russia, list in early April and India on April
The White House tapped Di- China and Pakistan, is 19 due to the rising number of cases

lawar Syed for the No. 2 post at the aimed at fi nding a political In the press briefing, Ned Price said Khalilzad had been sent to Doha to “advance a collective inter- in both the two countries and the
national response to what can only be termed as a rapidly deteriorating security situation”
Small Business Administration in solution to the decades- emergence of the Delta variant.
March, but the Senate Small Busi- old war in Afghanistan. ing together representa- a “commitment by the Price said. In an update issued by the Brit-
ness Committee has been unable to During the news tives from the region and part of these regional and The meetings in the ish government earlier this month,

advance Syed’s nomination as Re- briefing, US State Depart- beyond and from multilat- broader governments and Qatari capital come as the India, Bahrain, Qatar and the Unit-

publicans criticize what they say is ment spokesperson Ned eral organizations. multilateral and interna- Taliban have stepped up ed Arab Emirates were to be moved

the veteran businessman’s associa- Price said that two key The participants will tional institutions not to their campaign to defeat up to the amber list from August 8
tion with an “anti-Israel” Muslim meetings were being held press for a reduction in recognize any government the government as foreign but Pakistan remained on the red

BLOCKADE, P28 in Doha this week, bring- violence, a ceasefire and that is imposed by force,” US, P28 LIST, P28

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