Author: Maghfirat Lutfullayeva

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FOUR men and two women have been charged following a major garda investigation into money laundering and international terrorist financing. The six Uzbek and Irish nationals are facing more than 200 charges between them and were arrested and brought before Dublin District Court today. They are all facing trial and Judge Bryan Smyth adjourned their cases for the preparation of books of evidence. Fatime Jabbarov (43) of Gravel Walk Court, Blackhall Place, Dublin 1; Muhammad Amin (37) of Summer Street North, Dublin 1 and Dawood Mhadhbi (22) of Dodderbrook Terrace, Ballycullen are charged with money laundering. Oybek Jabbarov (45) and…

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz called for joint efforts with Uzbekistan to create an international energy marketplace.Receiving Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Bakhtiyar Saidov and his delegation on Wednesday at the Presidential Complex, Yılmaz said Uzbekistan is currently experiencing a remarkable period of change and development under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s leadership, with Türkiye firmly supporting this reform and transformation journey and offering its assistance whenever needed. He also pointed out that both countries have strong leadership, high political will, and stability, which are essential factors for the development of their relationship. He mentioned that Türkiye is the third-largest investor in Uzbekistan and that…

ISLAMABAD: Army Chief General Asim Munir is on a two-day official visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan. The visit is aimed at enhancing military-to-military cooperation and defence collaboration. He called on Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the President of Uzbekistan, defence minister and the chairman and secretary of the State Security Service of Uzbekistan. The COAS also emphasized enhanced mutual training cooperation and intelligence sharing and appreciated the standard of training and readiness of Uzbekistan military forces and their understanding of regional security issues. On arrival at the Ministry of Defence, the COAS was given a warm welcome and was presented a guard…

The Indian government has made it compulsory for cough syrup makers to get samples tested before exporting their products. Starting 1 June, these companies will have to get a certificate of analysis from a government-approved laboratory. The rule change comes after some Indian-made cough syrups were linked to deaths in The Gambia and Uzbekistan. The controversies had cast a pall over India’s pharmaceutical industry, which makes a third of the world’s medicines. The announcement was made by the Director General of Foreign Trade, which said in a notification that cough syrups would be permitted to be exported “subject to the export sample being tested”. It…

The Taliban continues to claim that there are no foreign terror groups operating inside Afghanistan, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. The latest denial came this week when the Taliban was pressed about the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP), which shelters inside of Afghanistan while it wages a deadly insurgency inside Pakistan. In response to Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif recent accusation that the Afghan “is not abiding by the Doha Agreement” and “terrorists who shed the blood of Pakistanis can find refuge on Afghan soil,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Afghanistan “is not used against…

A Reuters report, citing the two sources, said the syrup was made with industrial-grade PG, a toxic material widely used in liquid detergents, antifreeze, paints or coatings Marion Biotech, the Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last year had poisoned 19 children reportedly used a toxic industrial-grade ingredient rather than the legitimate pharmaceutical version, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The company bought the ingredient – propylene glycol (PG) – from trader Maya Chemtech India, as reported by Reuters. But Maya did not have a licence to sell pharmaceutical-grade materials and “dealt in industrial-grade only,”…

On 20 June, the European Union and the Republic of Uzbekistan held the 19th meeting of the Sub-Committee on Justice and Home Affairs, Human Rights and related issues. The meeting took place in Brussels. The Sub-Committee discussed the recent review of Uzbekistan’s constitution, following a referendum that was held on 30 April 2023. In particular, the participants reviewed the implications of the new constitution for Uzbekistan’s reform programme, and how its new provisions would be implemented going forward. The EU reiterated its commitment to support Uzbekistan in the pursuit of its reform agenda. Looking ahead to July’s presidential election, the EU…

On May 31, a 57-year-old woman from Navai region was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom for liking a social media post in 2018, when she was in Turkey. The video she “liked” on the Odnoklassniki.ru social media platform was a religious speech in Uzbek delivered by a person named Rafik Kamalov. It could have been a video of the late imam Muhammadrafiq Kamalov, who was born in Kyrgyzstan. He was famous for his lectures on politics and Islam before he was reportedly killed in a 2006 special joint operation between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan against alleged members of the Islamic Movement of…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan: Central Asia – home to several landlocked countries – may not be the most accessible market for Singapore companies looking to expand, but the region’s lower profile and growing consumer market offers new opportunities. Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) said Central Asia’s young and growing population can give businesses an early-mover advantage, especially in areas like urban infrastructure, technology and innovative consumer products.  But despite Central Asia’s strategic and resource-rich location, it may still take some work to get Singapore firms that are looking to diversify overseas to venture into the region, said observers.  GROWING CONSUMER DEMAND “I think it’s still…