Pakistan Placement

World |2018-01-08 01:15:04
Pakistan seeks clarification from US over placement on 'special watch list'

Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has said that Islamabad is seeking a clarification from Washington over its recent announcement to place Pakistan on a special watch list "for severe violations of religious freedom"...
“We have noted the announcement by the US State Department regarding placement of Pakistan on a special watch list,” the ambassador said in a statement on Sunday, adding that Pakistan was...
Pakistan |2018-02-15 21:55:06
Pakistan on global lobbying campaign against placement on terror-financing watchlist

Pakistan has been engaged in lobbying efforts with different countries around the world to thwart a move by the United States and its European allies to get Pakistan placed on a global terrorist-financing watchlist with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), it emerged on Thursday...
Responding to a calling attention notice about Pakistan's possible placement on the FATF 'grey list', Minister of State for Finance Rana Afzal told the...
Pakistan |2018-02-23 16:05:07
PSX plunges amid unconfirmed reports of Pakistan's placement on FATF grey list

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) plunged on Friday amid rumours of Pakistan being placed on the grey-list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), with the benchmark KSE-100 index shedding over 500 points after resuming trading for the second half of the session...
Pakistani officials and Western diplomats say being put on the FATF watchlist could deal a blow to Pakistan’s economy, making it harder for foreign investors and...
Pakistan |2018-06-30 01:55:03
FATF notifies action plan Pakistan must implement after placement on 'grey list'

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday formally identified Pakistan as a country with "strategic deficiencies" in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime, notifying the steps the country must take to address the shortcomings...
Pakistan's placement on FATF's 'grey list', which had been decided in February, had taken effect on Thursday after the country negotiated an action plan with the global...
Archive |2018-09-01 08:55:05
Finance minister rules out placement of Pakistan on FATF blacklist

ISLAMABAD: Ruling out placement of Pakistan on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) blacklist, Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Friday that the negotiated action plan with the FATF would be implemented...
Answering a calling attention notice in the Senate, he said September 2019 was the deadline for compliance, observing that Pakistan would finally be out of the grey-list...
Pakistan |2017-08-07 16:50:04
IHC rejects petition seeking placement of Sharif family, others on ECL

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition calling for the names of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family to be included in the Exit Control List (ECL), terming it non-maintainable...
The petition had been filed by lawyer Raees Abdul Wahid, days after the Supreme Court ordered Nawaz Sharif to step down as prime minister in its ruling on the Panama Papers case
Pakistan |2015-07-23 06:31:24
Nisar resents placement of children’s names on ECL

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of putting names of two children on the Exit Control List and the resultant offloading of four members of the family of prominent lawyer Ahmad Raza Kasuri from a plane, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the matter...
The minister said the probe should be conducted to ascertain why the ECL law had been misused and names of two grandsons of Mr Kasuri included in it...
Pakistan |2018-01-13 15:00:48
Supreme Court takes up Shahzeb murder case, orders placement of all suspects on ECL

The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday admitted a civil petition regarding the Shahzeb Khan murder case and ordered the placement of all suspects on the Exit Control List (ECL) while issuing bailable arrest warrants for them, DawnNews reported...
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has ordered that the convicts appear in court for the next hearing of the case, but adjourned the hearing indefinitely...
Pakistan |2018-04-18 17:35:02
IHC seeks report on US diplomat's placement on Exit Control List

"Him being a diplomat does not mean he can kill our citizens," Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Justice Amir Farooq remarked on Wednesday while hearing a petition seeking American diplomat Col Joseph Emanuel Hall's placement on the Exit Control List (ECL)...
He also ordered a report regarding the diplomat's placement on the ECL, which is to be presented to the court by Tuesday...
Archive |2018-05-04 08:35:15
Cabinet approves placement of 600 names on ECL

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Friday gave approval for placement of 600 people on the Exit Control List (ECL) and removal of 235 others from it...
The cabinet accorded approval for nomination/appointment of director/chairman of the Pakistan-Iran Investment Company...
Archive |2018-07-09 21:15:02
Attorney general confirms SC order for placement of Zardari, Faryal Talpur’s names on ECL

Lawai, a close aide to Mr Zardari and Pakistan Stock Exchange chairman, and Raza have already been arrested by the FIA...
Archive |2018-12-31 12:00:02
Chief justice expresses anger at placement of fake accounts' suspects on ECL

As the Supreme Court on Monday resumed hearing a case pertaining to fake bank accounts, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar expressed anger at the placement of 172 suspects of the case on the exit control list (ECL)...
Referring to the placement of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah's name on the ECL, the chief justice said: "I find it very strange that a sitting chief minister's name was placed on the ECL...
Archive |2020-03-19 08:45:06
IHC issues notices to ministry, Pemra on petition over Geo’s cable placement

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued notices to the ministry of information and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Wednesday in petitions filed against a move by cable operators to either remove Geo TV from their lists of channels or to relegate it...
Chief Justice Athar Minallah, who heard identical petitions filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Ahsan...
Archive |2021-07-23 17:35:00
Noor Mukadam murder: Islamabad IGP instructs probe team to seek ECL placement for suspect

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamilur Rehman on Friday instructed the investigation team probing the brutal killing of Noor Mukadam to seek the placement of suspect Zahir Zakir Jaffer's name on the Exit Control List (ECL), according to a statement issued by the police spokesperson...
"Meanwhile, the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) has demanded that the cases of violence and abuse against women and children be heard by...
Archive |2021-12-24 10:55:01
Maryam lends support to protesting teachers against placement of schools under mayor

ISLAMABAD: Protesting teachers on Thursday got support of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz who criticised the government for placing Islamabad’s educational institutions under the local government...
Thousands of teachers held a rally from National Press Club to Parliament House where they staged a protest demonstration, demanding the government delete clause 166 of Local Government Act 2021