According to information, Pakistan will require Rs23 billion in foreign funding for the upcoming FY2024–2025. In light of this, Islamabad has apparently chosen to pursue the rollover of a $12 billion loan from friendly nations, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and China.

According to information provided by sources inside the finance ministry, rollovers for loans totaling $5 billion from Saudi Arabia, $4 billion from China, and $3 billion from the United Arab Emirates would be pursued in order to cover the external funding requirements for the upcoming year.

Budgetary allocations also take into account the new funding from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and other financial organisations.

Read more: Prior to the arrival of the IMF team, Pakistan will “finalise” its FY2024–25 budget targets.

On May 2, it was revealed that the government of Pakistan had made the decision to “finalise” the FY2024–25 budget targets before to the arrival of an IMF team in Islamabad.

Pakistan has scheduled the arrival of the IMF team on May 15th for negotiations on the new loan programme that it is requesting to meet its financial demands.

According to sources, the government hurried budget target preparations prior to the IMF mission’s arrival. The relevant ministries have been instructed by the Ministry of Finance to meet their targets as soon as possible.

In a plea to the court chaired by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto, the family of a missing person expressed dissatisfaction at the police’s inability to locate the individual, even after numerous years had passed.

The case’s investigating officer informed the court that Raees, the citizen who went missing, had a history of mental illness. “The state still has an obligation to find him even if he is a mental patient. With these justifications, the police could not escape their responsibilities,” the bench said.

Who is going to find the girl who vanished from a bungalow? The investigation will look at a number of things, including if the minor girl has married or whether there is another issue, according to Justice Phulpoto.

The court expressing condolences to the relatives of the missing individuals stated that efforts are on to locate their loved ones.

Additionally, the bench directed the police departments in Steel Town, Mochko, and Super Market to file missing person’s reports.

The federal government and many state organisations were also asked to provide reports on the subject by August 12 by the court.

In a Wednesday hearing on 10 cases involving missing residents, the Sindh High Court voiced its displeasure with the investigation officers’ and other parties’ lack of progress in finding the missing individuals.

Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto said, “Even after 12 years, it has not yet been decided whether the missing persons went by their own or someone took them by force.”

The bench also requested reports from all of the nation’s prisons and detention facilities.

The chief of the joint investigation team (JIT) was also called before the court over the unavailability of efforts to locate a citizen who has been missing for the past 12 years from Karachi’s Ajmer Nagri.

The bench ordered the family of a citizen who has been missing from Karachi’s Mominabad neighbourhood since 2012 to receive financial support.

According to specifics, three planes with a combined total of 530 Pakistani travellers touched down in Madina Munawara for the Hajj 2024 ceremonies.

A third aircraft, which left from Islamabad with 200 pilgrims, also arrived in Saudi Arabia. Two flights from Karachi, carrying 179 and 151 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims, landed in Madina.

At the Madina airport, the Pakistani Envoy to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Farooq, DG Hajj, Abdul Wahab Soomro, Director Hajj Madina, Ziaur Rehman, and Director of Cooperation and Facilitation, Ahmed Nadeem, greeted the pilgrims.

Commencing today, May 9, the flying operation will last until June 10, 2024.

The spokesperson said that this year, PIA will be offering direct flights from eight Pakistani cities—Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Quetta, Sialkot, and Sukkur—to Jeddah and Madina.

A PIA representative announced the travel schedule, claiming that from May 09 to June 10, 2024, 170 flights will carry around 34,000 pilgrims.

A representative for the national airline verified that 15,000 private pilgrims and 19,000 pilgrims from the government programme will fly via the PIA.

One of the fifth pillars of Islam is the Hajj, a holy pilgrimage. Millions of Muslims from all over the world journey to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, each year to complete the Hajj.

Every year, at the same time, it occurs in the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, which is a holy month. The Hajj starts on the eighth day of Dhul Hijjah and lasts for five to six days, depending on when the moon is visible.

Muslims celebrate Eidul Adha, a four-day festival, when they see the new crescent moon.