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India, US pressure works, Pakistan amends anti-terror law

In an effort to escape getting included in “grey list” for UN watchdog’s international money laundering and terror financing, Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has quietly promulgated an ordinance amending Anti-Terrorism Act-1997 regarding proscription of terrorist individuals and organizations to include entities listed by UNSC. President signed the ordinance on Friday, which was made public on Monday.
US and India were reportedly spearheading an effort to get Pakistan included in the watchdog’s international money laundering and terror-financing “grey list”.
Hafiz Saeed, the co-founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the UN designated terror organizations operating from Pakistan. The US administration announced a bounty of $10 million on Saeed for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, killing 164 civilians, including six American citizens.
According to Dawn, this move will end ambiguity over the status of Hafiz Saeed-linked Jamaat-ud- Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) by firmly placing them on the proscribed groups list along with UN listed outfits of Al Akhbar Trust and Al Rashid Trust.
The promulgation of the ordinance amending Anti-Terrorist Act 1997,which ends and old discrepancy between the UN sanctions list and the national listing of terrorist groups and individuals, has come over a week before the crucial meeting of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), scheduled to be held from February 18 to 23 in Paris.
The reports from Islamabad suggest that on February 2, the National Security Committee (NSC) had directed the “ministries concerned to complete the few outstanding actions at the earliest”.
The FATF plenary held in Buenos Aires in November last year had asked Pakistan to furnish “a compliance report on actions taken against Lashkar-e-Taiba and JuD at the Paris meeting.
In January this year a UNSC 1267 sanction committee’s monitoring team visited Pakistan to review the compliance. The analysts fear that the FATF review this time could be tougher with some punitive action against Pakistan.
The international monitoring body FATF maintains “grey” and “black” list for identifying countries with “weak measures” to combat money laundering and terror financing. It does not have the powers to impose sanctions on the country not meeting the required standard. However, its listing may affect international transactions from the country concerned as those would then become subject to greater security.
Pakistan was earlier placed in the “grey list” in February 2012 and stayed on it for three years. If placed in this list, doing international or cross- border transactions becomes more expansive and ultimately causes difficulty in doing business locally.
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Watch: PM Modi poses for selfie with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni at COP28 climate summit in Dubai
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni captioned the post Good friends at COP28 with the hashtag melodi.The post has got 5,63,598 likes on Instagram.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a moment of delight at the COP28 climate action summit in Dubai as he posed for a selfie with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The 46 year old Italian leader posted the selfie with PM Modi on her Instagram handle. She captioned the post Good friends at COP28 with the hashtag melodi.
The post has got 5,63,598 likes on Instagram. Large number of comments started coming on the social media post. One user said the world is one family. One user said this is the photo of the decade and there is so much power in this picture. Earlier PM Modi met Meloni on the sidelines of COP28.
He said India and Italy are looking for a sustainable and prosperous future. The two nations shared friendly relations when the Italian prime minister visited New Delhi for the G20 summit. She was warmly received by PM modi and she shook hands with him. Both the leaders burst into laughter after a brief conversation. PM Modi shared took to X (formerly Twitter) and said he had an excellent meeting with PM Giorgia Meloni. He said their talks covered sectors such as trade, commerce, defence, emerging technologies.
The Italian Prime minister had also wished PM Modi on his 73rd birthday on September 17. She took to X(formerly Twitter) and wrote Happy Birthday Narendra Modi. A friend committed to building the future and proud of the history of great nation close to Italy. In March Meloni made her maiden visit to India and praised PM Modi. She said he is the most loved one of all leaders around the world.
The Italian prime minister’s visit coincided with the 75th anniversary of the bilateral relationship between the two countries. PM Modi warmly welcomed Meloni and congratulated her for becoming the first woman and youngest prime minister of Italy.
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PM Modi proposes to host COP33 in India in 2028
The 28th conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC), refered as COP28, is currently taking place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12.

Prime Minister Modi was addressing the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Friday, he proposed hosting COP33 in India in 2028. PM Modi said India is committed to UN framework for climate change process. That is why, from this stage, he proposed to host COP33 Summit in India in 2028.
The 28th conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations framework Convention on climate change (UNFCCC), refered as COP28, is currently taking place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12.
As a special gesture by the UAE, PM Narendra Modi was given the honour of speaking at the Ceremonial opening of the summit, in which discussion will held on issues regarding climate change in the coming days. He said he announced one more pro planet, pro active and positive initiative- green credit initiative.
PM Modi said India’s goal is to bring down the emissions intensity by 45 % till 2030 and also said the country has decided to increase the share of non fossil fuel to 50%. He said India will keep going ahead towards the goal of net zero by 2070.
PM Modi will also attend three other high level events on the sidelines of the summit. Bilateral meetings with World Leaders like Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Israeli President Issac Herzog.
The COP28 conference brings together the heads of the state, climate activists, government ministers, scientists and other stake holders from all over the world so that discussion can take place and action can be taken on climate change. The key themes of the conference include slashing energy emissions before 2030 and fast tracking the energy transition, transforming climate finance, putting nature, lives, people and livelihood at the heart of climate action and mobilizing for more inclusive COP ever.
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US looks forward to seeing results, says Antony Blinken as India probes Pannu murder plot
White House spokesperson John Kirby earlier echoed Blinken’s remarks, but cushioned the statement by stressing the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State on Thursday said that Washington takes very seriously the allegations that an Indian government official was involved in a foiled plot to murder Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil. Speaking to the media at Tel Aviv, the US top diplomat said that he couldn’t comment in detail on the matter as it was under judicial consideration, but welcomed the investigation launched by India into the alleged plot to kill Pannu.
He added that a number of them have raised this directly with the Indian government in past weeks. He mentioned that the Indian government announced that it was conducting an investigation, adding that it is good and appropriate, and that they look forward to seeing the results.
White House spokesperson John Kirby earlier echoed Blinken’s remarks, but cushioned the statement by stressing the importance of the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Addressing a press conference, he said that India remains a strategic partner, and they are going to continue to work to improve and strengthen that strategic partnership with India. He noted that at the same time, they take the aforesaid allegations and investigation very seriously.
John Kirby was responding to a question about the US Justice Department’s indictment of Indian citizen Nikhil Gupta, which accused him of working with an Indian government agency employee to hire a hitman to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US citizen and founder of the Khalistani outfit, Sikhs for Justice.
Kirby further acknowledged India’s responsiveness to the matter, stating that they are glad to see that India is also taking it seriously by announcing their own efforts to investigate this. He added that the US has been clear that they want to see anybody that’s responsible for these alleged crimes to be held properly accountable.
Meanwhile, India has already constituted an investigation team to probe the allegations relating to the foiled plot to kill Pannun. The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday described it as a matter of concern and also contrary to government policy the US linking an Indian official to the man charged with the alleged conspiracy.
As per reports, Nikhil Gupta, 52, has been charged with two counts of murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire for allegedly participating in the Pannun murder plot. He can be sentenced to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, if convicted.
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