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News18
10-05-2025
- Business
- News18
IMF's $1 Billion Loan To Pakistan Puzzles Many, Including Omar Abdullah: 'Not Sure How...'
Curated By : Edited By: Last Updated: May 10, 2025, 09:21 IST J&K CM Omar Abdullah (R) slammed the IMF, while Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif (L) said India's attempts failed. (File photos) Even as many leaders globally have called for de-escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan, the International Monetary Fund has approved a fresh $1 billion loan to Pakistan. '…Not sure how the 'international community' thinks," said an appalled Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as he slammed the IMF. 'I'm not sure how the 'International Community" thinks the current tension in the subcontinent will be de-escalated when the IMF essentially reimburses Pakistan for all the ordnance it is using to devastate Poonch, Rajouri, Uri, Tangdhar & so many other places," Abdullah posted on X on Saturday. I'm not sure how the 'International Community" thinks the current tension in the subcontinent will be de-escalated when the IMF essentially reimburses Pakistan for all the ordnance it is using to devastate Poonch, Rajouri, Uri, Tangdhar & so many other places.— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 10, 2025 The IMF's decision has puzzled many, who took to social media to question the decision. 'A complex issue—foreign aid unintentionally fueling conflict, wrote X user @f1rat007. A user, @Nagetheworld, tagged US President Donald Trump and his special government employee Elon Musk to ask 'exactly, honestly what's going on?" In a pre-dawn strike on Saturday, Pakistan launched drones and missiles, including a Fattah-1 missile, at India. This operation was referred to as Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos by Pakistani media. The neighbouring country has been launching swarms of drones and missiles over Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Punjab for the past two days, while resorting to heavy shelling at the LoC. India previously expressed doubts regarding the effectiveness of IMF programs in Pakistan due to its unreliable track record and the risk of debt financing funds being diverted to support state-sponsored cross-border terrorism. Consequently, New Delhi opposed the IMF's proposal to grant new loans amounting to USD 2.3 billion to Pakistan, arguing that these funds could potentially be misused for financing terrorism across borders. India expressed its disapproval during the IMF board meeting on Friday, which was held to review the USD 1 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) lending program and to consider a new USD 1.3 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) lending program for Pakistan. Although abstaining might seem passive, it was a deliberate diplomatic message based on both principle and policy. A report in MoneyControl explained why India's abstention was not an act of neutrality, but a diplomatic rebuke couched in IMF protocol. Swipe Left For Next Video View all Why India Abstained From Crucial IMF Voting Pakistan Army's Grip on Economy: India expressed significant concerns regarding the extensive involvement of the military in Pakistan's economic management. The Pakistani Army's control over substantial areas of the economy through military-operated conglomerates and its considerable influence on fiscal policies was criticized by India. They contended that such dominance hampers transparency, civilian oversight, and the efficacy of reforms driven by the IMF. News india IMF's $1 Billion Loan To Pakistan Puzzles Many, Including Omar Abdullah: 'Not Sure How...'
India Today
10-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Pakistan's Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos: Why the name, what it means
Pakistan fired drones and missiles, including a Fattah-1 missile, at India in a pre-dawn strike on Saturday under what Pakistani media called Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos. The firing of the Fattah-1 ballistic missile came as Pakistan escalated the situation a day earlier targeting 26 locations in India with drones and missiles after India's Operation Sindoor."Pakistan has started 'Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos'," reported Radio Bunyan Ul Marsoos or Bunyan-un-Marsoos or Bunyanun Marsoos means "solid wall of lead". Bunyan Ul Marsoos is a verse from the Quran, the holy book of to Al Jazeera, "Bunyan Marsoos is an Arabic phrase which directly translates into 'a structure made of lead'."According to the Qatar-based Al Jazeera, the verse from Quran reads: "Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure."With the name, Pakistan likely wants to portray itself as an impregnable wall or structure fighting for a Here For Operation Sindoor Live UpdatesThe massive escalation comes after India hit terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) as part of Operation Sindoor after the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attacks in which 26 civilians were attacked nine sites in Pakistan and POK as part of the aerial strikes on May must have named its military misadventurism -- Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos -- because it has been was the first time since the 1971 War that India hit a target in Punjab province, deep in Pakistan territory. The terror camp in Pakistan's Punjab was 100km from the use of Quranic verse could also be part of the pattern of giving the attacks a religious Pahalgam on April 22, Pakistani and Pakistan-trained terrorists asked the tourists to read kalma to identify the non-Muslims, and shot them dead from point-blank range in front of their family communal line in the attack also comes after the dog-whistling by General Asim Munir."Our forefathers believed that we were different from Hindus in every possible aspect of life. Our religion is different. Our customs are different... That was the foundation of the Two-Nation Theory," said General Munir on April was perceived as a signal to the Pakistani terror assets, according to has been targeting gurdwaras, convents and temples in India with drones and missiles since Operation Sindoor. While India targeted only terror camps, Pakistan has tried to hit civilian and military is again trying desperately to impart a communal hue to the situation with an intention to create discord. We are not surprised," Misri added. "India's steadfast unity in itself is a challenge to Pakistan," said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on May in India have also called out Pakistan's subterfuge."This act [Pahalgam attack] shows you [Pakistan] are the successors of ISIS," Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said after the Pahalgam attacks."Be it ISI or ISIS or the deep state establishment of Pakistan, they want communal riots between Hindus and Muslims. The reason why our Hindu brothers were killed was that they wanted to tell us that non-Muslims cannot come to Kashmir," he is no secret to the international community that Pakistan is a breeding ground for Islamic terrorism. It has tried using these terrorists in its project to bleed India with a "thousand cuts". The use of a verse from the Quran -- Bunyan Ul Marsoos -- to name its mission to target Indian civilian sites and protect terrorists won't cover for its diabolical and fiendish Watch
Russia Today
06-04-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
UK touts hypersonic missile test
UK scientists have collaborated with the US and private firms to successfully test hypersonic missile propulsion, the British Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. Hypersonic missiles are projectiles that can travel at speeds at least five times the speed of sound, velocities that make them either extremely difficult or impossible to intercept using modern air defenses. Russia has introduced and deployed its own missiles of this kind during the Ukraine conflict. Successful tests of the prototype cruise missile engine will aid in arming the UK with hypersonic weapons by 2030, the ministry said. A joint team led by the UK's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), collaborating with the US Air Force Research Laboratory and companies in the industry, have run 233 tests of the new high-speed air-breathing engine. Once completed, the propulsion system could see missiles traveling at several thousand miles per hour. READ MORE: France and UK rebrand possible military deployment to Ukraine 'We are living in a more dangerous world and it has never been more important for us to innovate and stay ahead of our adversaries,' UK Defense Secretary John Healey said in the statement. The test was part of the AUKUS military bloc's hypersonic weapons research program, according to Dstl CEO Paul Hollinshead. The bloc encompasses the US, the UK, and Australia. Last December, Washington touted a successful test of its domestic Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, developed by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. China, India, Iran, and North Korea have touted their own hypersonic weapons tests over the last several years. Tehran used its hypersonic Fattah-1 missile in its exchange of attacks with Israel last year, according to Iran. READ MORE: Russia surpasses Western Europe in defense output – UK report Moscow and Beijing have pulled ahead in the race to develop hypersonic weapons over the last decade. Russia put its first armament of the kind, the air-launched Kinzhal, into service in 2017, while China rolled out its DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle two years later. Russia has used Kinzhal and naval Zircon hypersonic missiles throughout the Ukraine conflict. Last November, Moscow carried out the first combat test of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, striking Ukraine's Yuzhmash military industrial facility in Dnepr.
