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60 essential medicines vanish from Pakistani markets due to spike in produ
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): With the economy shrinking and rising inflation in Pakistan, around 60 essential medicines, including suicide-prevention drugs, have vanished from the market due to the spike in the cost of production, prompting psychiatrists to fear high suicide cases in
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Pakistani rupee, stocks continue downward trend, experts blame country's p
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): With the rupee hitting a record low level, losses at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), high inflation and low forex reserves of the country recently, experts in Pakistan believe that the delay in the loan facility from IMF and domestic political upheaval
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Afghanistan: Taliban arrest politician
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): Sayed Javad Hosseini, leader of the Afghan Justice and Development Party was arrested by the Taliban in his home, a local media outlet reported.
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Asia Cup to be held in UAE, confirms BCCI president Sourav Ganguly
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Asia Cup 2022 was supposed to be held in Sri Lanka but due to the ongoing economic crisis, the event has been shifted to UAE.
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Pak: Business community warns of Sri Lanka-like crisis as rupee in freefal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): As the dollar touched an all-time high of 224.92 against the Pakistani rupee, the business community gathered at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) to analyse the looming threat of a Sri Lanka-like economic emergency.
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4,000 people affected with cholera in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): As many as 4,000 people have been affected by cholera in Afghanistan's northern Jawzjan province.
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Sri Lanka to hold swearing-in ceremony for new Cabinet ministers on Friday
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's new Cabinet of ministers is scheduled to be sworn in on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
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India will continue to stand by people of Sri Lanka: MEA
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday reiterated its stance to stand by the people of Sri Lanka at the time of crisis, saying that India has been at forefront of extending economic assistance to Sri Lanka and will continue to do so.
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Sri Lanka: LoP Premadasa meets Wickremesinghe, urges to reinforce parliame
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Sri Lanka's main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Thursday met the country's newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to reinforce the Parliament committee system "to achieve national consensus rather than dishing out ministerial por
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China deploys tanks to prevent people from withdrawing money from crisis-h
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Zhengzhou [China], July 21 (ANI): In a grim reminder of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre, armoured tanks were seen deployed on the streets of China amidst large-scale protests by people demanding the release of their savings frozen by banks.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as President of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lankan President at the country's parliament on Thursday.
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Sri Lanka made 'dumb bets' on Chinese investment: CIA chief
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 21 (ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief has held China responsible for Sri Lanka's economic collapse, saying Colombo's "dumb bets" on high-debt Chinese investment have led to the catastrophic outcomes.
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