6. Asian Bank to fund projects worth $2bn
• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on May 26, 2022 said that projects worth $2 billion for Pakistan would be finalised after consultation with the private and public sectors.
• `The $2bn ADB-funded projects related to food security, health, irrigation and education would play a pivotal role in the economic development of Pakistan,` said ADB Deputy Country Director Asad Aleem while speaking to the office bearers and members of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI). `In this regard, consultative sessions have been held with the actual stakeholders, including Sindh and Punjab governments,` he added.
• Mr Aleem said that since meetings have also been held with Karachi and Lahore chambers and the Pakistan Business Council to get feedback from the private sector, the bank`s prime objective is to know what should be done in the country
7. Taliban `making women invisible`, says UN expert
• The Taliban government`s restrictions on women are aimed at making them `invisible` in Afghan society, a UN human rights observer said on Thursday during a visit to the nation.
• Since the Taliban stormed back to power last year, they have imposed harsh restrictions on women and girls to comply with their austere vision of Islam.
• Teenage girls have been shut out from secondary schools, while women have been forced from some government jobs and barred from travelling alone.
• This month Afghanistan`s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered women to cover up fully in public, including their f aces
8. Western powers sound alarm on China plan for South Pacific
• Western powers sounded the alarm on May 26, 2022 over leaked plans to dramatically expand China`s security and economic reach in the South Pacific, in what one regional leader called a thinly veiled effort to lock island states into `Beijing`s orbit`.
• If approved by Pacific island nations, the wide ranging draft agreement and a five-year plan would give China a larger security footprint in a region seen as crucial to the interests of the United States and its allies.
• Foreign Minister Wang Yi rejected Western criticism of Beijing`s deepening engagement in the Pacific as he launched an eight nation tour to present the potentially lucrative offer
9. Taliban step up coal exports to boost revenues
• The Afghan Taliban are stepping up coal exports to Pakistan and have raised duties on sales, officials said, as the group aims to generate more revenue from its mining sector in the absence of direct foreign funding.
• The move comes with global coal prices near record highs after top exporter Indonesia imposed a shock ban on exports earlier in 2022 and then Russia invaded Ukraine, pushing prices up further.
• No country has officially recognised the Taliban government, which has meant international financial assistance has dried up even as the country faces a humanitarian and economic crisis
10. Probe finds Israeli soldier shot at Al Jazeera journalist
• The Palestinian Authority`s attorney general said on May 26, 2022 that its investigation proves an Israeli soldier shot Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a targeted killing in Jenin on May 11.
• The bullet that killed Abu Akleh is a 5.56mm round with a steel component used by Nato forces, he said, adding that the Palestinian Authority will not hand the bullet over to Israel.
• Al Jazeera TV Network will refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it said in a televised statement on Thursday
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