Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to take action against India for sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan. The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was determined to be responsible for Lahore’s Johar Town blast after an investigation. He said that evidence of Indian state-sponsored terrorism, unveiled by Islamabad last year, has been cleared.
Pakistan Railways announced Friday that it would operate a Bostan-Kolpur tourist train to promote tourism in Balochistan. The initiative was taken in response to a request by the Balochistan government. Pak Railways will operate a tourist train between Bostan and Kolpur twice a week. Furthermore, the fair is extremely affordable for tourists, who pay between Rs20 and Rs50 for a train ticket.
Students in Pakistan took to Twitter to make it a trend to cancel board exams due to lack of preparation. Pakistan has been swarming with tweets echoing the ImranKhanStudentsKiSunLo trend on Twitter. In the past 24 hours, students have tweeted nearly 1.44 million tweets. Students are protesting nationwide over the short notice given for the exams.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) plans to simplify banking using mobile numbers instead of bank account numbers. It aims to provide banking services to rural and remote citizens who are unbanked and financially excluded. RAAST, Pakistan’s indigenous instant payment system, allows any unique identification number to be linked to a bank account number.
Pakistan and Turkey have been added to the United States’ Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list. The addition to a list of child soldier recruiters may lead to sanctions against any country participating in peacekeeping missions. In its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the US State Department mentions this designation. In addition, this report ranks countries according to their efforts to eliminate trafficking.
Islamabad on Thursday accepted Beijing’s version of what is happening to Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang province. The prime minister made these remarks to Chinese journalists during the opening ceremony to mark the centennial of the ruling Communist Party. Moreover, Khan said that the Chinese version was entirely different from western media reports.
Mashal Aamir, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, received the Lady Diana Award from the UK for her humanitarian services and welfare activities. Mashal has been honored with the Lady Diana Award, which goes to 300 people from around the world. Aside from Pakistan, she has also worked in welfare programs in South Korea and the United States.
Sophia Abid is Pakistan’s second-youngest internationally published author of three books. The author’s books have been featured on a variety of international platforms, including major global bookstores such as Barnes & Noble. She has also authored a book entitled I WEAR A WIG, which can be found in the National Library of Scotland. Google, however, recognized her as an author back in 2018.
Pakistan ranks 15th in the world for adoption of digital currencies. The report was presented by the blockchain data platform Chainalysis, which devised a Global Crypto Adoption Index. According to the report, Ukraine and Russia lead crypto adoption. Additionally, several African countries made it into the top 20.
The 12-year-old Pakistani mountain princess, Selena Khawaja, is preparing to climb Broad Peak, an 8047-meter-high mountain, with her father, Yousef Khawaja. Broad Peak, located on the border of Pakistan and China, is the 12th highest mountain in the world. Further, Selena plans to summit the peak this year, making her the youngest person to summit an 8,000-plus meter peak.