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Man On Top.
Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rana Sanaullah Khan caught in massive controversy after a Tik-Toker says that he used to visit her.
There's another viral video, claiming it to be Rana Sanaullah. In the video, a man seems to be on top of the Minister.
 
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looks like they spent more time raping than fighting.
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General was on a mission -

" he said: Main iss haramzadi qaum ki nasal badal doon ga. Yeh mujhe kiya samajhtey hain. ( i ll change genetics of these people ) . He threatened that he would let his soldiers loose on their womenfolk. There was pin drop silence at these remarks. The next morning, we were given the sad news. A Bengali officer Major Mushtaq went into a bathroom at the Command Headquarters and shot himself in the head.”

Niazi planned rape of Bangalee women for ethnic cleansing

Gen Niazi, left, and the cover of Khadim Hussain Raja's book “A stranger in my own country: East Pakistan 1969-1971”. In 1971, General AAK Niazi threatened that he would let loose his soldiers on the women of East Pakistan till the lineage or ethnicity of the Bangalees was changed, according to...
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Apparently Pakistan buys Russian crude oil routed from India and p@-kies were jumping that they brought Russian oil by giving Jiziya to yindoo Baniya Modi...😂😂🤣🤣

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Apparently Pakistan buys Russian crude oil routed from India and p@-kies were jumping that they brought Russian oil by giving Jiziya to yindoo Baniya Modi...😂😂🤣🤣

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These b***** are providing ammo to ukranians and then want discounted oil from russia.
 
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Shell says Hi Bye to Pakhanistan...☺️
 
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Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar blames geopolitics for stalled IMF loan; vows against default​

Mr. Dar said that no reason had been given by the IMF for the “unnecessary delay” behind the ninth review, which has been pending since November​

June 16, 2023 03:39 pm | Updated 03:39 pm IST - Islamabad​

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Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has blamed geopolitics for a stalled International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan package and said that global institutions wanted the cash-strapped country to default like Sri Lanka and then take part in the negotiations.

Mr. Dar said that no reason had been given by the IMF for the “unnecessary delay” behind the ninth review, which has been pending since November. He also reiterated that the country would meet its obligations with or without the IMF bailout package. “IMF or no IMF, Pakistan will not default,” he was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.

Mr. Dar, however, said that the negotiations with the Washington-based global lender were ongoing and the ninth review would be completed by this month. IMF signed a deal in 2019 to provide $6 billion to Pakistan on fulfilment of certain conditions. The plan was derailed several times and the full reimbursement is still pending due to the IMF’s insistence that Pakistan should complete all formalities.

Mr. Dar said on June 15 that while demands for arranging guarantees for $3 billion from friendly bilateral partners had been met as committed earlier, the remaining $3 billion have been assured by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

The Minister said China realised the politics behind the unnecessary delay and its commercial banks agreed to roll out loans to Pakistan. He said that the assurance of $3 billion was given by Saudi Arabia and the UAE to the IMF, besides $400 million from the World Bank RISE project and $250 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

His remarks came after the IMF raised several issues in Pakistan’s budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, calling it a “missed opportunity”. The government unveiled an ₹14.4 trillion budget for 2023-24 in the National Assembly last week as it battled to fend off a looming default due to shrinking foreign reserves.

Mr. Dar said IMF’s reservations on the current budget might be valid, but the IT, Agriculture and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sectors were the “drivers of growth” and exemptions given to these sectors were essential for ensuring the country’s economic growth, which currently stands at 0.29%.

“How can we achieve growth without facilitating certain areas of the economy?” he asked.

He said a return of $2.5 billion was expected from the IT industry this year, which would increase to $4.5 billion next year.

Mr. Dar also added that exemptions have been given by keeping in view the potential growth of the IT industry. Pakistan’s economy has been in free fall for the last many years, bringing unbridled pressure in the form of unchecked inflation and making it almost impossible for a vast number of people to make ends meet.

Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar blames geopolitics for stalled IMF loan; vows against default

Mr. Dar said that no reason had been given by the IMF for the “unnecessary delay” behind the ninth review, which has been pending since November
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Regarding IMF's statements on the Budget:

IMF Blasts Pakistan Budget as Deadline for Deal Looms

The International Monetary Fund criticized the Pakistan government’s budget as insufficient to meet the goals of its bailout program, a sign that a deadline this month to unlock aid will not be met.
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Filmmakers disheartened after censor board halts screening of documentary My Mother’s Daughter at local festival​

It’s tough to be a filmmaker in Pakistan — even more so if you’re trying to do some real work and shine a light on stories that go beyond the surface. My Mother’s Daughter, Mariam Khan and Ahmen Khawaja’s short documentary about child marriage and the forced conversion of a Christian girl, has been given the ax by the Central Board of Film Censors. The filmmakers told Images that though they are “disheartened”, they will keep fighting for their film.

Termed “propaganda” by the board, My Mother’s Daughter was stopped from being screened at the Women Through Film festival. On Wednesday, Khan shared a letter from the board on Instagram and wrote, “On International Women’s Day we found out that Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Censors in Islamabad (CBFC) has decided to censor our short documentary My Mother’s Daughter and is not allowing it to screen this weekend at the Women Through Film film festival.”

She explained that the film follows the real story of a minor Christian girl in Faisalabad who was abducted by a middle aged man, forcefully married to him and converted to Islam. “Up to 1,000 young girls are forcefully converted every year and to call this propaganda is a gross injustice to their plight and stories. We spent months verifying the case and going to court hearings with the survivor to ensure the utmost authenticity in the film,” she said.

The directors told Images that they were shocked to hear that their film is being censored at a film festival. “We’re disappointed to hear that though international films from India and Israel have been approved, ours is facing a ban. It isn’t even fiction, it’s non-fiction. A Pakistani film is being stopped from screening at a Pakistani film festival,” said Khawaja.

In the letter, the CBFC claimed that the subject film was examined by a panel of the Board on February 27 and “the members unanimously found the documentary film unsuitable for exhibition for the reasons that the short documentary seems more a propaganda. Unauthenticated judicial procedure shown, wrong values are highlighted which is against the Pakistani culture and society,” it stated.

In response, the filmmakers called for a full board review but it was denied to them. “Upon speaking directly with the chairperson, we were told ‘the full board review can’t be done before the festival because the office is being renovated’.” They suggested an online review but were asked to arrange a hall at Centaurus in Islamabad for the board members to be shown the film.

My Mother’s Daughter has been screened at three Pakistani film festivals in Karachi and Lahore — Prism, Divvy and Women of the World — and there have been no problems. The Women Through Film festival curator told the filmmakers that films are screened every year by the censor board and they have faced this issue before with a different film.

Khawaja said that many international festivals have written to them and said they loved their film. “It is being screened at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival in Canada at the end of this month. The film has won seven or eight international awards. It just goes to say that Pakistani films get more appreciation outside rather than inside which is why the industry cannot grow,” she said.

“We are budding filmmakers, we do not need dejection or rejection, we need local support,” she said, adding that the Pakistani filmmaking industry has their backs. “But when the government stops you from even having a conversation, where do you go from there? How do we make an impact?” she questioned.

“A lot of people reached out to us and what they said was this is how you know you have made it, your film has been banned, which will arouse attention and people will want to watch it. That’s sad,” she commented. “This is how people want to see our film, after it has been brandished with the mark of controversy?”

The filmmakers stressed upon how real these cases are and how people are in denial about it. They compared their documentary with news and said, “The news also shows these cases, will we also censor the news? Is the news, then, also propaganda?”

Khan and Khawaja have decided to keep fighting for their film. They have accepted that it is not a possibility for the festival, which is mere days away but they do not intend on letting this slide. “The idea to make this documentary came to us because we wanted to let people know girls like Mehak exist. We’re disheartened, especially as budding female filmmakers, we don’t know where to go from here.”

Khan said, “We can’t continue sweeping issues like this under the rug. By doing that, we are providing a safe space for criminals. How will these things get reduced if we don’t even have these conversations?”
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Filmmakers disheartened after censor board halts screening of documentary My Mother’s Daughter at local festival

The board claimed the film about child marriage and the forced conversion of a Christian girl goes "against Pakistani culture".
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