Daily Analysis of 'The Hindu' - 25th August, 2020 | Additional Study Material for UPSC PDF Download

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Back and forth | TH
The challenge of catching elusive taxpayers | TH
Reinventing India’s strategic autonomy | IndExp
New Age Of Reason | ToI
Politics over vaccine race | Asian Age
NEWS
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Back and forth | TH
The challenge of catching elusive taxpayers | TH
Reinventing India’s strategic autonomy | IndExp
New Age Of Reason | ToI
Politics over vaccine race | Asian Age
NEWS
Back and forth | TH
?Pakistan show off to tackle terrorism
?It is often described as one step forward and one
step back.
?Recently, the country has launched Statutory
Regulatory Order listing
?This list has names of terrorists like Dawood
Ibrahim, Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi & 85 others
?SRO is also directing officials to implement the
UNSC committee resolutions against them
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Back and forth | TH
The challenge of catching elusive taxpayers | TH
Reinventing India’s strategic autonomy | IndExp
New Age Of Reason | ToI
Politics over vaccine race | Asian Age
NEWS
Back and forth | TH
?Pakistan show off to tackle terrorism
?It is often described as one step forward and one
step back.
?Recently, the country has launched Statutory
Regulatory Order listing
?This list has names of terrorists like Dawood
Ibrahim, Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi & 85 others
?SRO is also directing officials to implement the
UNSC committee resolutions against them
?The listing had UNSC and Interpol information on at least five
Pakistani passports and three Karachi addresses that belonged
to Dawood.
?However, the MFA says that the SRO did not imply an admission
that he lives there.
?Pakistan is required to align its domestic terror listings with
those issued by the UN S C’ s ISIL and Al-Qaeda Sanctions
Committee (under UNSC Resolutions 1267/1989/2253).
?Thus far, the domestic listing, maintained under the cou ntry’ s
Anti-Terrorism Act by the National Counter Terrorism
Authority (NACTA), had not included either Dawood or Lakhvi,
who was tried briefly for the 26/11 attacks but was granted bail
in 2014.
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Back and forth | TH
The challenge of catching elusive taxpayers | TH
Reinventing India’s strategic autonomy | IndExp
New Age Of Reason | ToI
Politics over vaccine race | Asian Age
NEWS
Back and forth | TH
?Pakistan show off to tackle terrorism
?It is often described as one step forward and one
step back.
?Recently, the country has launched Statutory
Regulatory Order listing
?This list has names of terrorists like Dawood
Ibrahim, Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi & 85 others
?SRO is also directing officials to implement the
UNSC committee resolutions against them
?The listing had UNSC and Interpol information on at least five
Pakistani passports and three Karachi addresses that belonged
to Dawood.
?However, the MFA says that the SRO did not imply an admission
that he lives there.
?Pakistan is required to align its domestic terror listings with
those issued by the UN S C’ s ISIL and Al-Qaeda Sanctions
Committee (under UNSC Resolutions 1267/1989/2253).
?Thus far, the domestic listing, maintained under the cou ntry’ s
Anti-Terrorism Act by the National Counter Terrorism
Authority (NACTA), had not included either Dawood or Lakhvi,
who was tried briefly for the 26/11 attacks but was granted bail
in 2014.
?In contrast, LeT chief Hafiz Saeed and JeM chief
Masood Azhar, who was designated by the UNSC in
May 2019, have been added to the domestic NACTA
list.
?If, in fact, the SRO had named these terrorists in
past orders, then why has it failed to add them to
its domestic listing?
?Regardless of which list Pakistan places any of the
terrorists named, and when it did so, the question
is what has Pakistan done to investigate,
prosecute and apprehend them?
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Back and forth | TH
The challenge of catching elusive taxpayers | TH
Reinventing India’s strategic autonomy | IndExp
New Age Of Reason | ToI
Politics over vaccine race | Asian Age
NEWS
Back and forth | TH
?Pakistan show off to tackle terrorism
?It is often described as one step forward and one
step back.
?Recently, the country has launched Statutory
Regulatory Order listing
?This list has names of terrorists like Dawood
Ibrahim, Zaki Ur Rahman Lakhvi & 85 others
?SRO is also directing officials to implement the
UNSC committee resolutions against them
?The listing had UNSC and Interpol information on at least five
Pakistani passports and three Karachi addresses that belonged
to Dawood.
?However, the MFA says that the SRO did not imply an admission
that he lives there.
?Pakistan is required to align its domestic terror listings with
those issued by the UN S C’ s ISIL and Al-Qaeda Sanctions
Committee (under UNSC Resolutions 1267/1989/2253).
?Thus far, the domestic listing, maintained under the cou ntry’ s
Anti-Terrorism Act by the National Counter Terrorism
Authority (NACTA), had not included either Dawood or Lakhvi,
who was tried briefly for the 26/11 attacks but was granted bail
in 2014.
?In contrast, LeT chief Hafiz Saeed and JeM chief
Masood Azhar, who was designated by the UNSC in
May 2019, have been added to the domestic NACTA
list.
?If, in fact, the SRO had named these terrorists in
past orders, then why has it failed to add them to
its domestic listing?
?Regardless of which list Pakistan places any of the
terrorists named, and when it did so, the question
is what has Pakistan done to investigate,
prosecute and apprehend them?
?In October, Pakistan is expected to face some of
these questions at the FATF plenary session, which
will decide if its actions merit a reprieve from the
grey or “increased monitoring ” list, or be
downgraded to the black or “high-risk
jurisdiction ” list and face sanctions.
?Pakistan needs to show proof of its actions on the
ground, rather than going back and forth on the
paperwork.