At least two people have died in Britain's first winter storm.
Chanel death: Priti Patel not invited for meeting with France
The French government has withdrawn an invitation to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, to attend a meeting about the Channel boat crisis, after Boris Johnson called on France to repatriate people crossing the Channel to the UK in small boats Was.
In an
escalation in the political crisis following the death of 27 people in the
Channel, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmin has written to Patel, saying a
meeting on Sunday would go ahead without British involvement.
It follows
Johnson's letter to President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday night setting out
five steps to avoid a repeat of Wednesday's tragedy. The letter was publicly
sent out as a tweet to the front pages of UK newspapers and French officials
confirmed that Macron had not seen the letter before Johnson tweeted it.
Dormanin told
Patel in a letter to Macron on Johnson's behalf that France's suggestion to
withdraw people crossing the Channel was a "disappointment".
Referring to
Johnson posting the letter on social media, he said: "Making it public
made it worse. That's why I need to cancel my meeting in Calais on
Sunday."
During his
visit to Italy, Macron also said he was "shocked by the ways that are not
serious".
He said:
"One does not communicate from leader to leader, on such questions, by
tweets and by letters which one makes public. We are not whistleblowers."
The French
government's official spokesman, Gabriel Attal, added criticism of Johnson's
letter to French television, calling it "mediocre in content, and wholly
inappropriate with respect to form".
Atal told BFM
TV that the letter "was mediocre as it does not respect all the work done
by our Coast Guard, Police, Gendarmes and Lifeboat Crew ... it basically
proposes a 'transfer' agreement , which is obviously not necessary to solve
this problem.
"We are sick and tired of this dual talk
and outsourcing problems."
Atal added: "What we need is that we need
it to send immigration officers to France, to investigate asylum demands in Britain,
on French territory."
He added that the tone of the letter
"didn't in the least reflect Emmanuel Macron's exchange with Boris Johnson
... Solve it. It doesn't work that way - it works through collaboration."
France was planning to host ministers from all
states along the Channel coast, including Patel, for a meeting on the refugee
crisis in Calais on Sunday.
A source close to Dormain told Agence
France-Presse and French media that the meeting would be with ministers from
other European countries, but said Patel was no longer invited following
Johnson's "unacceptable" letter.
"We consider the British prime minister's
public letter to be unacceptable and contrary to the conversations we have had
with our counterparts," the source said on condition of anonymity.
"Therefore, Priti Patel is no longer
invited to the inter-ministerial meeting on Sunday, which is maintained in the
format of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the European
Commission."
The Transportation Secretary, Grant Shapps,
dismissed the suggestion that Johnson's letter was sent to grab headlines and
insisted it was made in good faith. "I can reassure my French friends
about it and I hope they will reconsider," he told Radio 4's Today
programme.
Johnson wrote to Macron asking France to
immediately take back all migrants who landed in England after crossing the
Channel.
He said taking people back could save
thousands of lives by "radically breaking the business model of crossings,
criminal gangs - if not stopped" behind smuggling.
Johnson's letter also set out areas for
greater cooperation with France, proposing joint border patrolling, aerial
surveillance and intelligence sharing.
The new row adds to post-Brexit tensions
between Britain and France, with French fishermen on Friday leading to a
blockade of Channel Ferry ports and protesting fishing rights blocking goods
entering the Channel Tunnel.
In another development, the head of a UK trade
union, which represents thousands of Border Force employees, has warned that if
members are asked to push back people's boats, they will be given ballots to
strike. could.
His words follow Patel's claims in Parliament
on Thursday that the Border Force is ready and ready to turn around and send
back boats that came from France.
PCS Secretary General, Mark Cervotka, said:
“It is shocking that the government is suggesting the Border Force employees to
return the boats, which would be clearly against international law and morally
reprehensible.
"PCS is reviewing all its options,
including conducting a judicial review against Priti Patel's plans and possible
industrial backlash."
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In 'True Story', Kevin Hart Really Does Kill
In a candid interview, the prolific comedian and actor talks about taking a dark dramatic turn in this Netflix thriller and gaining support from his friend Dave Chappelle.
Sometimes it takes some
persistence to get Kevin Hart's attention, but it's ultimately worth the wait.
As he approached last
Thursday for our lunchtime interview, Hart was in the middle of a phone call
that he couldn't get out or finished. For a few minutes he walked down the
aisles of the MO Lounge at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in midtown Manhattan, a
cellphone pressed into one ear as he strolled closer to our desk, then turned
off in the other direction as he continued the conversation.
Then, in one uninterrupted
motion, Hart ended the call, slumped over a chair in front of me and smoothly
switched to face-to-face conversation mode.
"Talk to me, let's
go," he said.
The 42-year-old stand-up
and comedian, Hart has a constantly busy schedule and he seems to love it. You
can catch him round the clock in light-hearted adventures like the
"Jumanji" series; dramas such as "The Upside" and
"Fatherhood"; animated features such as "The Secret Life of
Pets"; their advertisements for Chase Banking; any of his previous
stand-up specials; Or his streaming talk show, "Heart to Heart."
Hours after we spoke, it was announced that Little Hart would be playing Gary
Coleman in a live TV re-enactment of "Different Strokes." And on
Tuesday, his comedy album "Zero _____ Given" was nominated for a
Grammy.
To this detailed resume you
can now add the Netflix series "True Story," a seven-episode thriller
starring Hart as a celebrity running to cover up a death he may be responsible
for Or not.
In "True Story,"
which is set to release Wednesday, Hart plays a mega-popular comedian and actor
known as the Kid. After a misguided night out with his struggling older
brother, Carlton (Wesley Snipes), Kidd wakes up in a hotel room next to a dead
woman's body—and then swiftly tries to cover up and protect her death.
initiates a series of reckless decisions. His profession
You might wonder if Hart
could handle such a role with his life or death stakes and sometimes brutal
action sequences. He shares none of these concerns. As Hart explained to me
between a bite of french fries and a sip of coffee, "True Story" was
created to show that he is as capable of hard-edged drama as any other genre.
(Hart is also the executive producer of the series.)
"When it's all said
and done with me and my career, people will realize I've checked every
box," he said. "It's just for show, I got that. It's in my bag. If
I'm itching to do it, I'll make it a thing to scratch."
The "true story"
arose from this ambition and from Hart's conversations with Eric Newman, an
executive producer and showrunner of the crime dramas "Narcos" and
"Narcos: Mexico".
Newman, creator of
"True Story" and a writer for the series, said in a phone interview
that Hart wanted to play a character who was similar to himself, but whom he
perceived as an existential threat to desperate measures.
But, Newman said of the
show's protagonist: "Her version of existential danger may be different
from yours or mine. If my children were in danger I might have been driven to
do something terrible. A Celebrity Matters In, a famous person, if you take
away his career, it is a fate worse than death."
The "true story"
is largely fictional, but Hart's real life doesn't lack for drama. He is only
two years away from a car accident in which he suffered major back injuries,
required surgery and rehabilitation, and is said to have left him a changed
man. And it's almost three years since she stepped down as host of the Academy
Awards after some of her previous jokes and comments were criticized as
homophobic.
While Hart continues to
ponder the Oscar controversy, he has also received renewed public support from
Dave Chappelle, his friend and fellow stand-up, who, in his recent Netflix
special, "The Closer," said that with Hart was mistreated. ("The
Closer" itself has been criticized as transphobic, and dozens of Netflix
employees walked out of the company's Los Angeles office in protest last
month.)
Hart spoke further about
his desire to create a "true story", his understanding of the fact
and fiction behind the series, and the criticism he and Chappelle received.
These are edited excerpts from that conversation.
The "true story"
goes deeper than anything we've seen you before. What did you want to do?
The goal was to present a
side of my talent that could never have been expected. The best way to do this
was to kill. How do I shoot on camera? Bluntly, just like that. The joy in
entertainment is in doing things that you can never do in life. Comedy has
given a chance to be funny in different ways. Buddy-cop movies. action
Adventure. It has given me a world where I am able to play and have fun. Well,
it's the exact opposite. I'm still playing, but I have to be dark as hell.
Is there any chance that
your audience won't accept you in something like a "true story"?
When you start doing it for
the perception of others, you are never going to win. You should be your
biggest believer in what you do. I want to do drama because I know I can do it.
I know that I am good at it. So I'm going to do it and keep it there. I would
never put so much power in someone else to think that their opinion controls my
narrative.
What was it about
"Narcos" that made you want to work with Eric Newman?
Eric made you root for a
bad guy. Although we all know how Pablo Escobar dies, you still found yourself
rooting for Pablo when he was running from officers on a rooftop. You find
yourself walking, "Come on, Pablo, get out there." To me, I said:
"I have to be reliable in this space. If I'm going to kill, how do I make
people care about me the same way?"
The nonstop demands of the
professional world that Kidd stay in "True Story" seem punishable
enough. Do you like your job?
While we were in the
process of development, I explained my world to Eric. Everyone is giving you
their energy, good or bad. their problems. It is: "I need you to -"
"Do you -?" "You know what's going on with me, you think you can
help?" When is it too much? No one wants to hear that you don't want to,
or that you can't. So you find yourself being pushed around.
Do you find, as he does,
that there are temptations for bad behavior around every corner?
[controversial] Yes, it
still is! It's so easy to dumb [derogatory]. It is available whenever you want.
Doing the right thing, living life the right way, is a conscious effort behind
it. And this is work. Not to say it's working poorly, but you're constantly
working to make sure you're doing things the right way in the right way. You
need a good team around you who is okay with saying no.
How did you get Wesley
Snipes to play the baby brother, Carlton?
As we really started to get
into this character, we realized he was such an important piece of the puzzle.
We need a real good actor who can pull off Carlton, and Wesley Snipes' name
comes up. We were like, "Do you think we can have that?" I was like,
"I'm going to reach out." Wesley thought it was a comedy at first; He
was a little far. I had to explain to him that it was serious and I wasn't
kidding. When he lay down on the material, he said: "Well, you better
bring it up. Because if I do that, that's what I'm expecting." I said, "Don't
say that anymore."
[Hart gives himself an
excuse to go to the bathroom. When he returns, he is again talking on his
cellphone, this time with filmmaker F. From Gary Gray, who is directing Hart's
upcoming heist film, "Lift."]
How many balls do you have
to face to make it as an entertainer these days?
My reality is crazy. The
amount of things I am able to manage and delegate and operate at the same time
is mind-blowing. It is a talent within a talent. I can't multitask like nobody
else's business.
I guess you can dial it all back in if you
want - just do one or two projects a year?
Then what should I do with the rest of the
year? [Laughs.] I'm twiddling my thumb. I'll be mad, man.
Dave Chappelle speaks in your defense at the
end of his new Netflix special, "The Closer." How did you feel about
that?
He's my brother. My relationship with Dave is
one that I value, respect and appreciate. In our profession, it's a
crab-in-a-barrel mentality. There is a belief that there can only be one star
or one funny man, and we are always pitted against each other. When you have
the confidence and security to embrace another talent and stand up to another
talent, it says a lot about who you are. Chappelle is working on a different
frequency, man, and I can't be prouder of that.
Were you worried that your mention of him
would reopen your old controversy, or put you in a position to defend Chappelle
from the criticism he received?
In what world would he not be a friend if he
wanted to be a friend? With Dave, I think the media have an amazing way of
making what they want a narrative to be. In this conversation related to Dave,
no one heard what his effort was. They are hearing a story that has been
created. So the conversation has now been escalated to something that has
nothing to do with the beginning of what it was. That's where it gets lost.
Everyone has to get off the soap box and get to the solution site.
But where is the middle ground between
Chappelle and the people who feel hurt by "The Closer"?
There is no disgusting bone in that man's
body. And I don't say that because it's fictional - I say it because I know it.
I know his world. I know he embraces the LGBT+ community because he has friends
who are close to him from that community. I know their children understand
equality, fair treatment, love. I know his wife incorporates this into her
children. I know why people hug him. He's a good dude.
Do you agree with the argument - as some
defenders of Chappelle have made, and as often comes when a comedian is
criticized for insensitivity - that anything can be said in the context of the
joke?
You can't say that. "It's just a
joke," isn't it? I understand why people want this. but it's not like
that. If it's a joke, it's a joke. You may find a joke tasteful or distasteful.
If you're a supporter of an artist, you're probably fine with what's going on.
And if you're not a fan, you're angry and you're annoyed. That's right - you
have every right to be. You also have the right not to support it. But the
energy which is put into trying to change or eliminate someone is getting out
of hand.
Has this experience given you a new
perspective on a time when you were criticized for your comments?
I can only relate because of what I have gone
through. Difference in what I experienced: I learned a lesson in arrogance. My
ego blinded me where I couldn't see what the real thing was. My ego kept me
thinking: You want me to apologize? I have already done it. This was 10 years
ago. Why are you asking like this, now, when I have said these things?
But it was not about people who may or may not
have known that I apologized. It was about people who wanted to know that I do
not support violence in any way. Because I missed it, it doesn't make me a
hater—which makes me oblivious for a moment as I wrapped up in my [disgrace]. I
was human You can't lose it. And that's what's happening today: We're getting
lost trying to say, "I'm right and you're wrong and that's all." I
don't understand how we ever evolve.
Does it seem strange that comedians should be
paying so much attention - that their words should carry so much weight?
You cannot ignore the attention that comes
with the platform we are on. One thing you have to be aware of now is that
words have an effect. You have the option of choosing to be a stage person when
you speak. If you want to say something, it is your right. With the things you
choose to speak on, the reaction can come. If you're okay with its pluses and
minuses, that's your choice.
I am much more aware today than I was
yesterday, and I am mindful of what I say. I am making sure that I am on the
side of understanding. It doesn't take away my ability to be myself. It simply
means that in being ourselves, let's make sure we are respectful in our
approach.
Saudi women's footballers eye World Cup participation with launch of soccer league
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's launch of its first women's football league on Monday will clear the way for girls who dream of becoming professionals - and perhaps even playing in the World Cup.
Long condemned for harsh sanctions on women, Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-old ban on female footballers just a few years ago, and now aims to develop a national team large enough to fight in major tournaments. .
The ultra-Orthodox Muslim nation has faced criticism for its poor human rights record and for using sporting events to jail women activists.
Its latest move in a reform campaign came this month when the Saudi Football Federation announced the creation of a women's football league with 16 teams taking part in games in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.
Among those excited by the move was Farah Jaffrey, who said she hopes to play in England's top division and represent her country on the biggest stage at the World Cup.
"At the beginning of my football journey, I faced some difficulties in which not everyone accepted it," she told AFP.
"But my family and friends were very encouraging to me," said the 18-year-old in the jersey ponytail.
Like many other girls who were passionate about football but were unable to participate in competitions, Jaffrey played on the street with relatives or with friends at school.
His only other outlet was watching the game on television, she said.
The state adheres to a rigid interpretation of Islam, and women's participation in sport is still up in some quarters.
But since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power in 2017 some restrictions on women have been lifted as the country opens up to the world through sweeping reforms.
This change has enabled women to get behind the wheel and participate in mixed-gender settings, even as harsh crackdown on dissent remains.
'number one'
According to officials, Jafri is one of around 30 players out of 400 candidates who have been selected to be part of the Saudi national women's team.
"I dream of the day when I can represent my country in the Women's World Cup," she said. She added that she also hopes to play for English team Manchester City at club level.
There is no women's team affiliated with a sports club in Saudi Arabia whose men's team has qualified for the World Cup five times.
During a training session in Riyadh, the women of the national team enthusiastically took to the field at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, some of them without veils but wearing long tracksuits under their shorts.
Authorities have yet to announce a ban on any sporting clothing for Saudi women, who in the past faced severe scrutiny from religious police for enforcing a strict dress code.
The team's goalkeeper Lama al-Onizhi said he was very happy to be part of the team.
"I fulfilled my dream and even my parents' dream because they encouraged me so much on this journey," the 25-year-old told AFP.
Saudi Arabia has so far set up three training centers for girls aged 13 to 17 across the country, with plans to set up nine by 2025.
It announced this week that Germany's Monica Staub has been appointed head coach of the women's national team, dubbed the "Green Eagles".
"Everything new, like a child walking, begins to stand," said Staub, who won the inaugural UEFA Women's Cup in 2002 as manager of Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Saudi national women's team is currently preparing for their first friendly match in February.
Staub, who has previously coached the national women's teams for Bahrain and Qatar, said she was optimistic.
"In five to eight years, they will be number one in the Gulf and that will be a huge achievement," she said.
Climate change
Emissions Gap Report 2021 shows that new national climate pledges combined with other mitigation measures put the world on track for a global temperature increase of 2.7°C by the end of the century. This is well above the goals of the Paris climate agreement and would lead to catastrophic changes in the Earth's climate. To keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius this century, the Paris Agreement's aspirational goal, the world needs to halve annual greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years.
If implemented effectively, net-zero emissions pledges could limit warming to 2.2 °C, close to the Paris Agreement target of below 2 °C. However, many national climate plans delay action until after 2030. The report finds that reductions in methane emissions from the fossil fuel, waste and agricultural sectors could help narrow the emissions gap and reduce warming in the short term.
"Climate change is no longer a problem of the future. It is a problem now," said Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP (UN Environment Programme). “To stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we have eight years to cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly half: to plan, implement policies, implement them, and ultimately cut Eight years. The clock is ticking hard."
As COP26 delegates conclude talks, we can expect climate action to accelerate in the real economy: at the system level, across countries, across industries and within organizations. However, the net-zero commitments made are holding back the formation of supply chains, market mechanisms, financing models, and other solutions and structures needed to facilitate the world's decarbonization path. For businesses, these conditions will create opportunities to innovate and lead coordinated action by industry peers, value-chain partners, capital providers and policy makers. They also present the additional risk that commodity prices will rise globally.
To have any chance of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, the world has eight years to take an additional 28 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e) from annual emissions, which are in the updated NDC and other 2030 commitments. has been promised. To put this number in perspective, carbon dioxide emissions alone are expected to reach 33 gigatons in 2021. When all other greenhouse gases are taken into account, annual emissions are closer to 60 GtCO2e. So, to have a chance of reaching the 1.5°C target, we would have to cut greenhouse gas emissions by almost half. For the 2°C target, the additional requirement is less: a drop in annual emissions of 13 GtCO2e by 2030.
The net-zero commitments made at COP26 came from all stakeholders—governments, financial institutions, companies, multilateral organizations, and others—who must participate to solve systemic problems. For example, the transition to clean shipping would require customers to request the service, shipping companies to invest in ships operating on zero-emissions fuels, fuel producers to make more of those fuels, And banks will need to provide capital for these efforts. And when these activities are coordinated, they change the entire operational context for companies.
COP26 also saw new commitments from groups such as the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). In many cases, net-zero commitments are being carried out by various global companies ahead of their plans. Relatively few businesses have yet to have a clear, detailed plan for how they will achieve net zero. This is what leaders should now focus on; Investors and regulators expect them to do so. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak reiterated at COP26 that the Treasury would require UK-listed companies to issue net-zero plans by 2023. It is only a matter of time before regulators and supervisors follow that example.
Financial institutions have been at the forefront of the campaign to cleanse zero, and they continue to advance at COP26. GFANZ brought together more than 450 institutions, representing $130 trillion in financial assets (40 percent of the global total), who pledged to align their portfolios with net-zero goals. Various analysts estimate that a net-zero transition would require $150 trillion in capital expenditure, two-thirds of which would be in developing economies. While there is fair debate about what the GFANZ treaty could mean in terms of capital investment – and that far more capital would be needed – the commitment shows that capital is starting to build up.
The challenge now is to deploy enough capital quickly to achieve net zero. At a systems level, the focus should be on growing the markets and institutions that can invest money in decarbonization and adaptation. This includes expanding voluntary carbon markets, restructuring multilateral development banks, creating platforms for developing countries and futures markets for green goods.
Extreme weather will not be the only climate-related threat to supply chains in the coming years. As demand for materials with lower emissions intensity increases, such as green steel, production capacity may not be growing fast enough to keep pace, at least in the near term.
Companies would like to prepare for tight supply and upward pressure on their costs. Some businesses are closing in on buying contracts for commodities such as Green Steel. It may also be possible to hedge the price difference between conventional materials and zero-emissions options - although this would require trading capabilities that few companies outside the financial sector have.
For manufacturers of steel, cement and other materials, the increasing demand for zero-emissions items constitutes an opportunity, which can be met only if they decarbonise their base of installed assets. Doing so would take significant capital as well as technology and time.
Further warming will have physical consequences, and warming is set to continue. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded that further changes in Earth's systems are off limits, no matter how much warming. What's more, several climate-modeling efforts based on COP26 pledges show that continued warming will raise temperatures by more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
The physical threats posed by climate change have revealed human impacts. For example, in a scenario-based analysis of Race to Resilience, a campaign led by the United Nations High-Level Climate Champions, in a scenario where there is 1.5°C of warming by 2030, nearly half of the world's population is at risk of becoming a climate threat. may come into contact. Relating to heat stress, drought, flood, or water stress. And compared to high-income countries, low-income countries such as Pakistan have larger populations that are likely to be exposed to at least one climate threat.
A recent study on the Climate Risk Country Profile placed Pakistan among the top risk countries in terms of average temperature rise and resultant social and economic losses.
The study noted that Pakistan is facing a significantly higher average temperature increase than the global average, with a potential increase of 1.3°C-4.9°C by the 2090s compared to the 1986-2005 baseline Pakistan has faced some of the highest disaster risk levels, the study said. The world ranks 18th out of 191 countries on the Informed Risk Index 2020
Pakistan is the fifth most climate sensitive country in the world. Between 1998 and 2018, according to the Global Climate Risk Index, climate-related disasters in the country are estimated to have killed about 10,000 people and caused about $4 billion in damages from 152 extreme weather events over that period. Analysts estimate Pakistan's climate migrants at around 30 million people over the past decade.
Despite any debate about whether COP26 was successful, the general direction for countries and businesses has been established. Momentum has shifted towards Net Zero, which gives businesses a new organizing principle.
The transition to net zero will be complicated. The best leaders can expect this to be relatively orderly, and not caused by sudden, unexpected changes.
So courageous leadership will help navigate the transition. Leaders will need to cut down on the noise and articulate a direction for the future, backed by a detailed plan to get there.
Pakistan has a short-term strategy to deal with issues like climate change. Every government wants a policy or a project which can be completed during its tenure. But it will not work in case of environment. There is a need for a policy based on a long-term vision to deal with these issues.
Besides water scarcity and melting glaciers, the monsoon is changing, directly affecting the country's already struggling agricultural output. Pakistan is a multi-threat country in terms of its vulnerability to climate change. Much more needs to be done to protect the environment and local communities from the ravages of climate change.
Pakistan has recently launched an "Eco-systems Restoration Fund" to support nature-based solutions to climate change and facilitate the transition towards environmentally resilient initiatives covering afforestation and biodiversity conservation . Pakistan has officially started the process of creating a National Adaptation Plan to build resilience to climate change. All these efforts should be given top national priority with the ownership of all the key stakeholders. The time to act is now.
Pakistan, IMF reach staff-level agreement for the last time
IMF says Pakistan met all quantitative performance criteria for the end of June, except one, with a wide margin
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to restart its $6 billion Expanded Funds Facilitation Program for Pakistan, as the two sides finally reached an employee-level agreement.
In a statement issued by the international moneylender on Monday, it said, "The agreement is subject to approval by the Executive Board, in particular after the implementation of prior works on fiscal and institutional reforms."
"Completion of the review will make available SDR 750 million (approximately US$1,059 million), bringing the total disbursements under the EFF to approximately US$3,027 million and helping to unlock significant funding from bilateral and multilateral partners."
The IMF recognized that "despite the difficult environment", Pakistan is making progress on implementing the Extended Funds Facility Programme.
"All quantitative performance criteria (PCs) for the end of June were met with a wide margin, except for the primary budget deficit," the IMF said.
It listed the finalization of the National Socio-Economic Registry (NSER) update, the parliamentary adoption of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Act amendments as "notable achievements" by Pakistani authorities.
The IMF also acknowledged Pakistan's efforts in improving anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism infrastructure.
It also approved Pakistan's decision to pay the first tranche of outstanding dues to independent power producers (IPPs) to unlock the payment of reduced capacity as stipulated in renegotiated power purchase agreements (PPAs).
IMF on the macroeconomic front
The IMF has praised Pakistan's response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it has helped in controlling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It also said the Federal Board of Revenue's (FBR) tax revenue collection has been "strong".
The IMF said that Pakistan is bearing the brunt of external pressures in the form of a growing current account deficit and depreciation of the exchange rate.
However, the international moneylender said these were "reflecting the mixed effects of strong economic activity, an expansionary macroeconomic policy mix, and high international commodity prices."
"The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has also taken the right steps by reversing the accommodative monetary policy stance, consolidating certain macroprudential measures to contain consumer credit growth and providing further guidance."
The IMF said that Pakistan shared its plans to introduce a number of fiscal measures to target a small reduction of the primary deficit in relation to the previous fiscal year, with:
(i) High quality revenue measures to make the tax system simple and fair (including adoption of reforms in the GST system)
(ii) Prudential spending restraint, completely protecting social spending.
The IMF said that if Pakistan continues with these fiscal policies, it will help the country to grow at 4% in FY2022 and reach 4.5% in FY2023.
"Although inflation remains high, it should begin to see a declining trend after absorbing the pass-through of the rupee's depreciation and after temporary supply-side constraints and demand-side pressures are eliminated," the IMF said. needed."
The IMF warned that despite some growth in Pakistan's exports, the current account is expected to grow this year. It said this widening of the deficit reflects rising commodity prices across the globe and rising import demand in the country.
IMF on Tax Reforms, Monetary Policy and Power Sector
The IMF said Pakistan would have to continue its efforts to eliminate preferential tax treatment and exemptions, which would ultimately help the country allocate enough resources to spend.
The international moneylender called on Pakistan to ensure that its monetary policy remains focused on curbing inflation, maintaining exchange rate flexibility and strengthening international reserves.
“As economic stability strengthens and the independence of the SBP is strengthened with the ratification of the SBP Act amendments, preliminary work should be done by the central bank to formally adopt an inflation targeting (IT) regime in the medium term.” should pursue, underlined by a forward-looking and interest-rate-focused operational framework," it said.
The IMF said that Pakistan needs additional efforts to strengthen monetary transmission and communication along with modernizing the operational structure of the State Bank.
The IMF said that it is important to bring the power sector to viability and deal with its adverse impact on the budget, financial sector and the real economy.
“In this regard, firm implementation of the Circular Debt Management Plan (CDMP) will help guide planned management reforms, cost reduction, timely alignment.
پاکستان اسٹاک میں مندی:100انڈیکس میں744 پوائنٹس کی کمی
مارکیٹ کے سرمائے میں1کھرب4ارب89کروڑ73لاکھ 96ہزار344روپے کی کمی
مجموعی طور پر70کمپنیوں کا کاروبار ہوا ،263کے حصص کی قیمتوں میں اضافہ،263 میں کمی
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سندھ کے وسائل سے 100 ایم ایم سی ایف گیس واپس کی جائے، محمد ادریس
صدرکراچی چیمبر آف کامرس کا گیس معطلی کے خلاف عام صنعتوں کے مؤقف کی مکمل حمایت کا اعلان
صنعتوں کی پیداواری سرگرمیاں بند ہونے سے کاروبار، معیشت اور عام آدمی کو مشکلات کا سامنا کرنا پڑے گا
کراچی (اسٹاف رپورٹر)کراچی چیمبر آف کامرس اینڈ انڈسٹری (کے سی سی آئی) کے صدر محمد ادریس نے کہا ہے کہ کے سی سی آئی گیس کی عدم فراہمی کے خلاف عام صنعتوں کے احتجاج کی بھرپور حمایت کرتا ہے کیونکہ یہ نہ صرف صنعتوں کی پیداوار کو متاثر کرے گا بلکہ برآمدات پر مبنی صنعتوں پر بھی اس کے شدید اثرات مرتب ہوں گے۔ دونوں ایک دوسرے سے جڑے ہوئے ہیں اور یہی عام صنعتیںہیں جو برآمدی صنعتوں کو خام مال فراہم کرتی ہیں۔ محمد ادریس نے عام صنعتوںکے مالکان کو درپیش مشکلات کو سننے اور کے سی سی آئی سے مدد طلب کرنے پر ہر ممکن تعاون کا یقین دلاتے ہوئے کہاکہ کراچی چیمبر وزارت توانائی سے کوئی مؤثر طریقہ کار وضع کرنے کی درخواست کرے گا جو کراچی کی صنعتوں کو سندھ کے وسائل سے اضافی 10 فیصد گیس کی فراہمی کو یقینی بناسکے جس کے نتیجے میں یقینی طور پر موسم سرما میں عام اور برآمدی صنعتوں کے چلانے میں آسانی پیدا ہو گی۔انہوں نے کہ ہمیں لگتا ہے کہ اگر سندھ کے وسائل سے ایس این جی پی ایل کو غلطی سے دی گئی 180ایم ایم سی ایف ڈی گیس میں سے صرف 100 ایم ایم سی ایف گیس ہی کراچی کو واپس دے دی جائے تو اس سے صورتحال معمول پر آجائے گی اور یقیناً تمام مسائل حل ہو جائیں گے جو گیس کی عدم دستیابی کی وجہ سے تاجر وصنعتکار برادری کو درپیش ہیں جبکہ بلوچستان میں زیادہ کھپت کی وجہ سے قلت پیدا ہوئی ہے جہاں مجموعی کھپت 40ایم ایم سی ایف سے بڑھ کر 200ایم ایم سی ایف ہو گئی ہے۔انہوں نے اس بات پر زور دیا کہ کے سی سی آئی کی طرف سے پہلے پیش کردہ لوڈ مینجمنٹ پروگرام کو اختیارکیا جا سکتا ہے جس میں یہ تجویز دی گئی تھی کہ صنعتوں کے کیپٹیو پاور پلانٹس کے ذریعے رضاکارانہ طور پر گیس کا استعمال کم کیا جائے گا جن کے پاس کے ای کا کنکشن پہلے سے موجود ہے جبکہ کے الیکٹرک کنکشن نہ رکھنے والوں کو مطلوبہ پریشر اور مقدار کے ساتھ گیس فراہم کی جائے۔انہوں نے دہرایا کہ کراچی چیمبر عام صنعتوں کو گیس کی بلاتعطل فراہمی کے جائز مطالبے کی مکمل حمایت کرتا ہے کیونکہ عام صنعتوں کی پیداواری سرگرمیاں بند ہونے سے نہ صرف کاروبار اور معیشت بلکہ عام آدمی کو بھی گیس کی کمی کی وجہ سے مشکلات کا سامنا کرنا پڑے گا کیونکہ بہت سی ضروری اشیاء جو عام صنعتوں کے ذریعے تیار کی جاتی ہیں اور پورے پاکستان میں مقامی مارکیٹوں میں وسیع پیمانے پر سپلائی کی جاتی ہیں ان کی قلت پیدا ہوگی۔حکومت کو سندھ کے وسائل سے 100 ایم ایم سی ایف ڈی اضافی گیس کراچی کی صنعتوں کو واپس دینے کے امکان پر غور کرنا چاہیے اگر ایسا کیا گیا تو سب کچھ بہتر ہو جائے گا جس کے نتیجے میں برآمدات پر مبنی اور عام صنعتیں بغیر کسی پریشانی کے کام کرتی رہیں گی۔انہوں نے کہا کہ اس وقت جب شادیوں کا سیزن جاری ہے اور رمضان سے قبل سیزن کی وجہ سے مارکیٹوں میں تیزی ہے جس کی وجہ سے تمام صنعتوں کو گیس کی فراہمی کو اگلے 4 ماہ میں بغیر کسی تعطل کے یقینی بنانا ہوگا تاکہ کاروبار رواں دواں رہ سکیں۔ انہوں نے خبردار کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ کاروبار ابھی توکورونا وبا سے پیدا ہونے والے بحران سے باہر آئے ہیں اور انہیں معمول پر لانے اور بحال کرنے کی بھرپور کوشش جاری ہے لہٰذا اس اہم موڑ پر کوئی بھی بندش صرف دیوالیہ پن اور بڑے پیمانے پر بے روزگاری کا باعث بنے گی لہٰذا حکومت کو کے سی سی آئی کے 100 ایم ایم سی ایف ڈی گیس کراچی کو واپس دینے کے مطالبے پر غور کرنا چاہیے۔
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LeBron James fired for 'unnecessary, excessive' contact on Isaiah Stewart
The Lakers star has been dropped for only the second time in his career after a brawl with the Pistons in Sunday's game.
Crew chief Scott Foster said Lakers star LeBron James was ruled out of Sunday's 121-116 win over the Pistons for "unnecessary and excessive over-the-shoulder contact" during a brawl that struck Detroit center Isaiah Stewart. There was blood pouring from the top of the right eye.
Foster said during a postgame, "The initial contact on the free throw was considered a loose ball by Isaiah Stewart and then a dead ball act by LeBron James, considered a flagrant foul penalty 2 for unnecessary and excessive contact over the shoulder." Was." Interview with Athletics James Edwards III.
Ames was kicked out of the game after drawing blood on Stewart's face after he was entangled while boxing for a rebound on Sunday night.
Stewart, who had been called for a foul before James hit him, was also ruled out of the game in the third quarter after two technical fouls were assessed for his role on the field. James was called for a Flagrant 2 foul.
Teammates quickly separated the two, but Stewart became furious as blood started pouring down his face. Attempting repeatedly to get James, Stewart made several technical glitches and later his own disapproval as coach and teammates desperately tried to hold him back.
“Isaiah received two technical mistakes for several inconsistent acts during the brawl,” Foster said.
Officials reviewed the play and its repercussions after a technical evaluation to Lakers guard Russell Westbrook determined he was an "escalator" while pushing, pushing and talking trash.
James was carried off the floor and the fans threw nothing at him as he headed to the team's locker room.
It is only the second career ejection for James in 1,318 career regular-season games. He did not speak to the media after Sunday's game, but teammate Anthony Davis inadvertently defended the strike.
"Everyone in the league knows LeBron isn't a dirty man," said Davis, who scored 30 points with 10 rebounds as the Lakers dismissed the Pistons for 17 following James' dismissal. As he did so, he looked back and said to (Stewart), 'My bad. I didn't try to do that. 'I don't know what (Stewart) tried to do. There was no one in our team of 1-15 years old."
Pistons coach Dwayne Casey said, "(Stewart) was upset. I told him, 'Don't let it define who you are. It doesn't define your game.' I felt for that youngster because he was a Such a competitor and he works very hard.
Stewart broke free more than once and appeared to be running into a tunnel that potentially provided a passage towards the Lakers' bench.
"I don't think James is a dirty player, but Stu cut his eye out," Casey said. "She felt like she was shot cheaply across the browbone. I'm not even sure she knew who hit her."
Earlier this season, Stewart faced former teammate Blake Griffin of the Brooklyn Nets after they were embroiled in a game.
"He just needs to keep his head up and not get a reputation," Casey said.
شیر کی ایک دن کی زندگی گیڈر کی صد سالہ زندگی سے بہتر ہے
(شیر میسور سلطان ٹیپو ؒ کے دو سو اکہترویں یوم پیدائش پر تحریر)
امتیاز یٰسین فتح پور
ہندوستان پر بر طانوی تسلط کے خاتمہ،مذہب ،ملت اور آزادی کی خاطرتا دمِ آخر سر بکف رہنے والے فتح علی ٹیپو سلطان جرأت و بہادری،غیرت و حمیت،شجاعت وصلابت،حلیم و حیاء،محبت و شفقت،اور رحم و کرم کے ایسے لاز وال عہد کا نام ہے جسے تاریخ صرفِ نظر کر سکی نہ کھبی فراموش کر پائے گی۔1707میں اورنگ زیب کی وفات کے بعدہندوستان پر مغلیہ خاندان اور فرمانرواؤں کی حکومتی گرفت کمزور ہونے لگی۔1744تا1764تک فرانسیسیوں سے انگریزوں کی کرناٹک کے میدان میں جاری محاز آرائیوں میں کامیابیوں سے مشرقی ہندوستان میں انگریزوں کی طاقت بڑھنے لگی۔ہندوستان میں مغلیہ او راسلامی سلطنت کا سورج غروب ہونے کے بعد برطانوی سامراج اپنے مکمل اقتدار کے غلبہ اور حکومت کی راہ میں اگر کسی کو مزاحم سمجھتے تو وہ جنوبی ہندوستان میں تین قوتیں نظام،مرہٹے اور سلطان حیدر علی (والد ٹیپو سلطان) تھے۔حیدر علی جذبہ ایمانی اور جرأت و فراست سے انگریزوں کی عملداری اور ریشہ دوانیاں ختم کرنا چاہتے تھے اس لئے برطانوی سامراج انہیں اپنا زبر دست حریف تصور کرتے تھے۔عظیم سپہ سالار و جرنیل حیدر علی کو اپنے ہاں اولاد نرینہ کی کمی کا احساس انہیں ایک ولی کامل حضرت مستان ٹیپو کی درگاہ تک لے آیا۔اللہ تعالیٰ نے اپنے فقیر کی دعاء کو شرفَ قبولیت بخشتے ہوئے امتِ مسلمہ کی راہنمائی اور اسلام کی ترویج و اسلام کے لئے حیدر علی کے ہاں منگلور (دہلی) کے مقا م پر 20نومبر 1759کو چاند سے بیٹے سے نوازا۔جنہیں دنیا آج شیر میسور کے نام سے جانتی ہے۔عظیم باپ نے بیٹے کی تعلیم و تربیت پر بھر پور توجہ دی اور انہی تربیت کا خاصہ تھاکہ سلطان عملی زندگی میںعالم با عمل ،زیرک و دور اندیش،بہادر ،سیاسی و عسکری قیادت کے طور پر سامنے آئے۔آپ علم و ادب اور ثقافت کے دلدادہ تھے۔آپ کی قابلیت و اہلیت جانچتے ہوئے حیدر علی نے آپ کو صرف سترہ سال کی عمر ہی میں ریاست کے سفارتی و فوجی امور کا اختیار سونپ دیا تھا۔وہ ریاست کے اندرونی بد خواہوں(نظام،مرہٹے)اور بیرونی مخالفوںانگریزوں کے مقابلے میں اپنے باپ کے دستِ راست سمجھے جاتے تھے،انہوں نے ریاست میسور کے ساتھ انگریزوں کی جنگ 1767تا1769کم عمری میں دفاعی و عسکری امور کی قیادت کی اور بہادری کے جوہر دکھاتے ہوئے کارہائے نمایاں سر انجام دئیے۔جنگی میدان میں انگریزی افواج کو رگیدتے اور ناکوں چنے چبواتے ہوئے انہیں مدراس کے قلعہ تک پہنچا کر ذلت انگیز شکست سے دوچار کر دیا۔انہوں نے عالمی طاقتوں میں ریاست میسور کو جنوبی بھارت کی ایک ناقابلِ تسخیر قوت اور خود کوطاقت ور و کامیاب ریاست کے حکمران کے طور پر منوایا۔سلطان ٹیپوؒ اپنے باپ کی وفات کے بعد چوبیس دسمبر1782کومیسور کی حکمرانی پر مسند نشیں ہوئے۔اقتدار سنبھالتے ہی انہوں نے بہت سی تعمیری ،اصلاحی، معاشی،دفاعی اصلاحات کیںا ور معاملات درست کئے۔انہوں نے اپنی سلطنت کو مملکتِ خدا داد کا نام دیا۔آپ ؒ نے سوچا کہ برِصغیر کے لوگوں کا پہلا مسئلہ ملک سے برطانوی اخراج ہے۔ اس لئے انہوں نے اسلحہ سازی ،فوجی نظم و نسق اور دفاعی اصلاحات میں تاریخ ساز کام کیا۔۔وہ مرد، مجاہد اور مردِ میداں تھا۔فنوں سپہ گری کے ماہر ،حسنِ وتدبر،جاہت ورعب ا ور جنگی مہارت کے تذکرے آپ ؒ کے دشمن بھی کرتے۔با ہمت و حوصلہ مند مسلمان تھے۔آپؒ بھارت میں پہلے راکٹ سازی کے موجد مانے جاتے ہیں،سرنگا پٹم کی عظیم تاریخی مسجدِ اعلیٰ کی تعمیر کا سہرا آپؒ کے سر ہے۔ان کی کامیاب اور سحر انگیز مہمات میں لوگوں کو معجزات کا گماں ہونے لگتا۔شرعی عدالتوں کا قیام اور غیر اخلاقی و غیر شرعی،معیوب رسومات کا خاتمہ اور منشیات کو ممنوع قرار دیا۔ ٹیپو سلطانؒ نے اپنے باپ کی طرح برِ صغیر کے عوام کو غیر ملکی تسلط سے نجات دلانے کے لئے سنجیدہ و عملی اقدامات کئے۔ انگریزی سامراج کو ٹف ٹائم دیا۔ اور مضبوط مزاحم برقرار رکھی۔میسور کے آخری معرکے میں آپ کے جرنیلوں ننگِ وطن،ننگِ دیں میر جعفر،میر صادق کی غداری سے جب آپ کے قلعہ سرنگا پٹم کے داوازے کھول دئئے گئے اور اسلحہ بارود کو آگ لگا دی گئی ۔ اپنے ساتھیوں کی کمزور ہوتی مزاحمت دیکھی تو چشم، فلک نے دیکھا کہ ریاست کا حکمران خود تلوار لیکر اپنے وفادار ساتھیوں کے ساتھ جنگ کے کارزار میں مکار دشمن کے خلاف نبرد آزما ہے۔شکست کے واضح آثار میں فرانسیسی افیسر نے آپ ؒ کو جان بچا کر بھاگ جانے کا مشورہ دیا۔مگر آپ کے خون میں یہ شامل تھا نہ غیرت کو گوارا۔اس نے شکست تسلیم کر کے سرنڈر کرنے کی ہزیمت ،بزدلی دکھانے او بزدلی کے داغ کی بجائے اخلاقی طور پر ایک فاتح کی حثیت سے جان دینے کو ترجیح دی۔ اس موقع پر آپؒ نے شہرہ آفاق اور تا ریخی ٰ جملہ کہا ’’گیدڑ کی صد سالہ زندگی سے شیر کی ایک دن کی زندگی بہتر ہے‘‘ آپ انگریزی فوج کے خلاف اپنے ساتھیوں کے ساتھ لڑتے رہنے کے دوران 4مئی1799کو جامِ شہادت نوش کر گئے۔آپ ساتھیوں کے ساتھ زخمی حالت میں میدان جنگ میں پڑے تھے تو ایک انگریزی سپاہی نے قریب آ کر طنزیہ جملہ کہا تو آپ نے تلوار کا وار کر کے اسے ڈھیر کر دیا پھر آپ کی شہادت کے کئی منٹوں بعد تک برطانوی افواج کو آپ کے قریب آنے کی ہمت نہ ہوئی۔مرنے کے بعد آپ کی تلوار آپ کے ہاتھوں میں مضبوطی سے جکھڑی ہوئی تھی۔شہادت کے وقت سلطان کی عمر پچاس سال تھی۔اس مردِ میدان نے اپنی زندگی کے پینتیس سال ہندوستان کو غلامی کی زنجیروں جھکڑنے والے غیر ملکی طاغوتی قوتوں اور برطانوی سامراج کے خلاف بر سرَ پیکار رہنے میں گذاری۔اپنے عہد کے ناساز حالات میں ٹیپو ؒ کی اصلاحات اور کارناموں سے ان کا موازنہ مشرق میں صلاح الدین ایوبیؒ اور مغرب میں نپولین بونا پارٹ سے کیا جائے تو بے جا نہ ہو گا۔14اگست 1947میں پاکستان کا قیام در اصل ٹیپو سلطانؒ کی کاوشوں و مقاصد کا ہی تسلسل ہے جن کی شہادت نے انگیزوں کو پیغام دیا تھا میرے بعد تم زیادہ دیر یہاں قدم جما نہ سکو گے۔ آج اس مرد ِمجاہدکادو سو اکہترواں یومِولادت ہے۔
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