Morning Digest | Supreme Court orders immediate action against hate speech, Pakistan is out of FATF ‘grey list’ on terror funding, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.

Don’t wait for complaints to act against hate speech, Supreme Court tells police

The Supreme Court on October 21 said it is “tragic what we have reduced religion to” in the 21st century and a “climate of hate prevails in the country”, while directing police and authorities to immediately and  suo motu register cases against hate speech makers without waiting for a complaint to be filed.

January 6 panel issues subpoena to Donald Trump

The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued a subpoena Friday to Donald Trump, exercising its subpoena power against the former President who lawmakers say is the “central cause” of a coordinated, multi-part effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Pakistan is out of FATF ‘grey list’ on terror funding

Four years after it was placed on the “grey list” and penalised with severe financial strictures by the Financial Action Task Force, Pakistan won a major reprieve on Friday, as the international watchdog on terror financing and money laundering agreed to remove Pakistan’s name from the list of countries under “increased monitoring”. Reacting to the decision, the Ministry of External Affairs said that Pakistan must continue to take “credible, verifiable, irreversible and sustainable” action against terror groups on its soil.

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