THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS
Ø  Influential US senator assures Pakistan of engagement to bolster bilateral
ties
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/973320-ambassador-masood-khan-
discusses-pak-us-defence-cooperation-with-key-american-senator
Ø  Pakistan Navy’s ‘Made in China’ Warships Are Failing To Fire Missiles;
US Security Expert Decodes The Flaw
https://eurasiantimes.com/pakistan-navys-made-in-china-warships-are-failing-
to-fire-missiles-us/
Ø  Pakistan’s foreign policy reset hits a dead end
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/pakistans-foreign-policy-reset-hits-a-dead-end/
Ø  U.S. Special Representative Syed Strengthens U.S.-Pakistan Economic Ties and Support For Entrepreneurship
https://pk.usembassy.gov/u-s-special-representative-syed-strengthens-u-s-
pakistan-economic-ties-and-support-for-entrepreneurship/
Ø  India and the United States: Two Countries That Can’t Live With Each
Other or Without Each Other
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/books/review/a-matter-of-trust-
meenakshi-ahamed.html
Ø  Biden Should Welcome the Middle East’s New Player: India
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/biden-should-welcomethe-middle-easts-new-player-india/2022/07/13/5403db62-0300-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html
Ø  India’s Gamble in Afghanistan
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/afghanistan/2022-07-11/indias-
gamble-afghanistan
Ø  Pakistan seeks UN action on supply chain shocks
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365673/pakistan-seeks-un-action-on-supply-
chain-shocks
Ø  Guterres hails ‘critical step forward’ on resuming Ukraine grain exports
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1122452
Ø  Report: 25 Years of Children And Armed Conflict: Taking Action To Protect
Children InWar
https://www.unicef.org/media/123021/file/25%20Years%20Children%
20in%20Armed%20Conflict.pdf
Ø  Report: World Population Prospects 2022
https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/
files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf
Ø  Report: Sri Lanka Situation Report
https://reliefweb.int/attachments/58aae54f-a52f-4f59-819c-510ef763393a/Sri%20Lanka%20Economic%20Crisis_EXTERNAL%20Situation%
20Report%204_6%20July%202022.pdf
Ø  Report: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022
https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc0639en
Ø  Report: Rethinking risks in times of COVID-19
https://unupublications.org/ehs/carico/
RUSSIA & EUROPE
Ø  France’s PM survives No-confidence vote in parliament
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/11/france-prime-minister-elisabeth-borne-survives-no-confidence-vote-parliament
Ø  Amid Russia-Ukraine war, Putin to visit Iran for Syria talks
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/12/putin-to-travel-to-iran-for-talks-on-syria
Ø  BBC probe suggests Afghanistan war crimes by UK special forces
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/12/bbc-probe-suggests-afghanistan-war-crimes-by-uk-special-forces
Ø  German official says nuclear would do little to solve gas issue
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/12/german-says-nuclear-would-do-little-to-solve-gas-issue
Ø  Six candidates still in race to replace UK PM Boris Johnson
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/six-candidates-still-in-race-to-replace-uk-premier-boris-johnson
Ø  Euro drops below $1 for the first time since 2002
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/euro-drops-below-1-for-first-time-since-2002
Ø  Hungary declares ‘energy emergency’ over threat of fuel shortages
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/hungary-declares-energy-emergency-over-threat-of-fuel-shortages
Ø  At G20 talks, West urges Russia to unblock Ukraine’s grain ports
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/8/at-g20-talks-west-urges-russia-to-unblock-ukraines-grain-ports
Ø  Nord Stream 1 pipeline shuts down amid German suspicion of Russia
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/11/gas-pipeline-shutdown-starts-amid-german-suspicion-of-russia
Ø  Ukraine summons Canadian envoy over turbine return to Germany
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/11/ukraine-summons-canadian-envoy-over-turbine-return-to-germany
Ø  UN hails progress over grain exports
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/russia-ukraine-live-news-moscow-forces-building-near-sloviansk-liveblog
Ø  Ukraine cuts North Korea ties over recognition of separatist regions
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/n-korea-recognises-breakaway-of-russias-proxies-in-east-ukraine
Ø  EU says Russian rail transport to Kaliningrad not banned
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/13/eu-says-russian-rail-transport-to-kaliningrad-not-banned
Ø  Brazil to buy as much as possible energy resources from Russia – FM
https://tass.com/economy/1479105
Ø  First Russian train with India-bound cargo arrives in Iran – Minister
https://tass.com/economy/1479195
Ø  Gas prices in Europe above $1900 per 1000 cubic meters – ICE data
https://tass.com/economy/1479413
Ø  Moscow hopes Saudis refrain from steps aimed against Russia
https://tass.com/politics/1479447
Ø  The BRICS announced the possible entry of Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5459782?from=top_main_6
Ø  Iran plans to supply Russia with combat drones, US warns
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62130725
Ø  25th anniversary of the NATO-Russia Founding Act
https://www.dw.com/en/25th-anniversary-of-the-nato-russia-founding-act/g-61936093
POLITICAL ECONOMY & NON-TRADITIONAL THREATS
Ø  SBP Weekly Data Report
http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.asp
Ø  IMF says staff-level agreement reached with Pakistan for release of $1.17bn loan tranche
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699558/imf-says-staff-level-agreement-reached-with-pakistan-for-release-of-117bn-loan-tranche
Ø  Monetary policy: SBP jacks up interest rate to 15% — highest since November 2008
https://www.geo.tv/latest/426563-monetary-policy-sbp-jacks-up-interest-rate-to-15
Ø  Accelerating financial inclusion
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699363/accelerating-financial-inclusion
Ø  Private sector borrowing hits record
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365339/private-sector-borrowing-hits-record
Ø  Growth in micro-loan disbursals flatlines
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699116/growth-in-micro-loan-disbursals-flatlines
Ø  An IMF-directed decision
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699347/an-imf-directed-decision
Ø  The dreaded inflation numbers
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699353/the-dreaded-inflation-numbers
Ø  Govt fails to appoint SBP governor
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365221/govt-fails-to-appoint-sbp-governor
Ø  IMF loan most effective solution
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365215/imf-loan-most-effective-solution
Ø  Structural reforms hamstrung by stagnant productivity
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699356/structural-reforms-hamstrung-by-stagnant-productivity
Ø  Soaring inflation pushed 71m into poverty: UN
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699114/soaring-inflation-pushed-71m-into-poverty-un
Ø  Global outlook has ‘darkened significantly’: IMF
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699505/global-outlook-has-darkened-significantly-imf
Ø  Power sector’s blackhole
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699365/power-sectors-blackhole
Ø  The Russian price Pakistan is paying
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699355/the-russian-price-pakistan-is-paying
Ø  CPEC a model for energy scenario
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365804/cpec-a-model-for-energy-scenario
Ø  Oil prices rise ahead of potential large U.S. rate hike
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-prices-tick-down-inflation-woes-take-centre-stage-2022-07-14/
Ø  The limited blessing of monsoons
https://www.dawn.com/news/1699360/the-limited-blessing-of-monsoons
Ø  With rains, crop outlook improves
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365471/with-rains-crop-outlook-improves
Ø  Satellites to be used to manage solid waste
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365346/satellites-to-be-used-to-manage-solid-waste
Ø  Govt eyes solar power as solution to electricity crisis
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2365252/govt-eyes-solar-power-as-solution-to-electricity-crisis
Ø  Unprepared for climate change
https://www.dawn.com/news/1698809
Ø  Conflicts, climate change: Pakistan calls for emergency plan to help crises-hit developing countries
hhttps://www.brecorder.com/news/40185531

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