IMF team visit Pakistan from January 31 to February 9, spokesperson.

The team will assess Pakistan and international stability, according to the IMF source. He said that it will examine the financial situation, its resilience, and long-lasting remedies.

The group will also examine the strategy for reducing the energy sector’s circular debt. Ten days would pass during the Pakistan and IMF negotiations.

If the discussions are successful, Pakistan will get $1 billion, according to sources.

The FBR, NEPRA, OGRA, and Ministry of Finance officials would be contacted by the IMF mission.

The expedition would examine the plan for stabilizing the financial situation. It would evaluate the steps taken to rebuild the flood-affected areas.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to complete its strict requirements before the arrival of its review team in Pakistan, therefore the draught and preparations for the anticipated mini-budget have reached their last phase.

Sources added that ideas about revenue measures have been given to the Ministry of Finance, and that extra duty tax is being recommended, roughly Rs70 billion in tax exemption is being revoked, and withholding tax imposition on banking transactions of non-filers is being requested.

They said that the application of a withholding tax on daily transactions over Rs. 50000 was also being considered, although active taxpayers would not be subject to the levy.

While a charge on petroleum items may be implemented, a withholding tax of between Rs45 and Rs50 billion was projected to be due.

It was anticipated that gas prices will rise by 30%. It is anticipated that power prices would rise for various users. According to reports, all measures will be put into effect on February 1.

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ISLAMABAD: As authorities have described New Delhi’s invitation to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to attend the important regional forum’s conference in May as “regular practice,” Pakistan is not in a rush to answer.

For the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference slated for May in Goa, India has extended an invitation to the foreign minister of Pakistan.

On Wednesday, official sources acknowledged receiving the Indian invitation, but they cautioned that it was still too early to make any statements.

“It is a common occurrence. As the SCO’s current President, India has sent an invitation to all of its members, including Pakistan, a representative said, downplaying the invitation’s importance.

The decision to attend the SCO foreign ministers conference will be made at the right moment and following talks with all interested parties, according to the sources.

However, a source close to the foreign ministry asserted that Bilawal would seize the chance to visit India since doing so would allow him to get personal knowledge of the neighboring nation.

According to the source,

Bilawal has not missed a single multilateral engagement since taking office as foreign minister, therefore there is a strong likelihood that he would travel to Goa for the SCO conference.

Given the political unrest at the moment, it all relies on whether the government is still in power at that point.

The SCO summit of heads of government is slated to take place in New Delhi in June following the gathering of foreign ministers.

The SCO process has never been hampered by Pakistan and India’s disagreements, despite their difficult bilateral ties.

Observers believe Islamabad’s participation in the SCO meetings in India is a definite possibility since the SCO’s major participants like China and Russia don’t want the regional forum’s proceedings to overshadow the rivalry between the South Asian rivals.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes the Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan plus Pakistan, China, India, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan, presently has Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan as its presidents.

As the SCO’s President, New Delhi will host a number of occasions, including the summit in 2023, a gathering of foreign ministers, and a conference of chief justices from member nations.

The SCO’s chief justices will meet in March, while the foreign ministers will convene in May.

After promising not to sabotage the SCO’s efforts due to their bilateral disagreements, Pakistan and India were both admitted as full members of the powerful organization a few years ago.

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Pakistan condemn Quran destruction in the Netherlands, ‘despicable.’

Another disgusting instance involved Edwin Wagensveld, a Dutch member of the far-right Pegida organization in the Netherlands, who trampled on holy book pages before tearing them.

According to Media Accounts,

The event happened last week, on Sunday but the police didn’t become involved.

Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates are all Muslim nations that denounced the occurrence.

The Foreign Office Released a Statement,

“It is unquestionably a provocative Islamophobic hate crime conducted under the cover of freedom of expression.”

According to the communiqué,

Pakistan has consistently maintained that exercising one’s right to free expression entails obligations.

The Statement Continued,

We also think that it is the duty of national governments and the international community as a whole to avoid such heinous acts.

The acts that are committed with the secondary intent of provoking and inciting religious enmity and violence.

Islamophobia

The foreign office urged the world community to speak out against Islamophobia & urged the community to foster interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence.

The statement continued,

The resolution to designate March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia was voted on by the UN General Assembly in 2022 with that goal in mind.

It added that the authorities in the Netherlands are being informed of Pakistan’s worries.

“We implore them to take action to stop such cruel & Islamophobic acts.

To be sensitive to the sentiments of the people of Pakistan & the Muslims around the world.”

Incident in Sweden

In a week, this incident has occurred twice.

Rasmus Paludan, the head of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, destroyed a copy of the Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy.

He did all this in Stockholm, last Saturday while under police protection and with authorization from the authorities.

Several Muslim nations have denounced the heinous act, including Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

Most people have referred to it as an “act of provocation” and cautioned that the incident may hurt Muslim feelings.

The unpleasant behavior was denounced on Twitter by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who stated,

“The veil of freedom of expression can’t be used to damage the sensibilities of Muslims.”

Jenner trends in Pak after donning fake lion head, linked to PML-N.

At the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2023 presentation, the renowned fashionista stunned in the eye-catching gown. Kylie Jenner arrived at the event wearing a chic black one-shoulder dress. A huge, incredibly lifelike lion’s head was sewn onto her clothing and sat on her right shoulder.

As soon as the American model arrived at the event wearing the unusual dress, her pictures and videos quickly went viral on social media for a variety of reasons, and people started making memes and funny comments about her.

Users in Pakistan were compelled to associate the enormous lion head with politics. Many users of Twitter stated that the makeup artist’s attire was a clear indication of her support for the PML-N.

So this is how I find out Kylie is a PML-N supporter?

A user remarked on the internet, asking the question everyone was thinking about at the time.

so this is how i find out kylie jenner is a pmln supporter??! https://t.co/du4viTAVTH

— ayesha (@ayashbabu) January 23, 2023

Another user posted a creative meme that involved photo-shopping Kendall Jenner into a PML-N billboard. “Kylie supports PMLN,” she wrote in the post’s caption.

Kylie Jenner supports PMLN pic.twitter.com/b3ZrFGryOL

— Areeba (@aree_bae) January 25, 2023

She has joined the PML-N, according to a third cheeky user who posted a photo of Jenner at the ceremony with the caption:

“Kylie ne PMLN join kr liya hy mubarak ho sub-PDM walo ko.” The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) deserves congratulations.

Kylie jenner نے PMLN join kr liya hy Mubarak ho sub PDM walo ko’ @KylieJenner @pmln_org @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL pic.twitter.com/h6qZSMnmgc

— Syedz Nasir Shah (@Syedznasirshah) January 23, 2023

Despite the political and economic unrest the nation is experiencing, it is admirable that Twitteratti can see the humor in things and take a moment to lift everyone’s spirits.

“Kylie expressing her support for PML-N,” a different commenter wrote.

Kylie Jenner showing her support for PMLN pic.twitter.com/jjAB3IMMx8

— Minahil (@minahilorious_x) January 23, 2023