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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami protests against arrest of MPA Abdul Rasheed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) staged a demonstration outside the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) City office to protest against the registration of a case against the member of the Provincial Assembly Syed Abdul Rasheed, local media reported.
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India's future lies in strengthening liberal democracy and institutions: R
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 30 (ANI): The notion that democracy holds back economic development is wrong and India's future lies in strengthening its liberal democracy and institutions, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said.
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India does not have problems like Pakistan and Sri Lanka, says former RBI
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 30 (ANI): India has sufficient foreign exchange (forex) reserves, external debts are low and the country is not having the economic problems like Sri Lanka and Pakistan, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said.
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Sri Lanka way? Moody's, Fitch and S&P downgrade Pakistan's rating
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Citing the country's weakening economic position, Moody's, then Fitch, and now S&P Global - three major global rating agencies have downgraded Pakistan's long-term rating from stable to negative, according to media reports.
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Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 30 (ANI): In Sri Lanka, which is battling a crushing economic crisis, is now facing another predicament with its women, most of them who have lost their jobs in the textile sector, now forced to become sex workers to earn a livelihood.
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Pakistan power authority NEPRA to raise electricity tariffs again
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Pakistan's National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has issued a decision to increase the basic electricity tariff once again after it raised the basic electricity tariff by Rs 7.9 per unit last week.
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Pakistani rupee may slump further to PKR 275 per dollar: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Pakistan is already staring down an economic nightmare and amid this more troubling news keeps coming as IGI Securities Ltd, one of the leading securities firms in Pakistan, said that the Pakistani rupee may slump further to 275 per dollar, media reports
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Japan hands over medical supplies consignment to Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 29 (ANI): The Japanese government came forward to help Sri Lanka and handed over the first consignment of a total donation of USD 1.5 million of essential medicines through UNICEF to meet the urgent needs of the population.
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India committed to assist Sri Lanka in overcoming economic crisis: Preside
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Newly-elected President Droupadi Murmu while extending felicitations to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India has been committed to assist the people of Sri Lanka in overcoming the challenges posed by the economic crises.
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Asia's richest woman lost half her wealth in China's property crunch
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 29 (ANI): As China's property crisis escalates, Asia's wealthiest woman has seen her wealth fall to USD 11 billion from nearly USD 24 billion this year, a media report said.
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Bleak future lies in store for Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Pakistan is at a crossroads as most paths lead to further disaster than seen in the last six months.
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Pakistan's economic outlook is uncertain, blurry
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): The ongoing political unrest in Pakistan is increasing economic uncertainty, causing the rupee to depreciate, and impacting the cost of production.
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