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Devaluation of Pakistani rupee fuels inflation
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The constant devaluation of the Pakistani rupee has caused inflation and also compelled the central bank to raise the interest rates, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Policeman killed in firing by unidentified assailants in Quetta
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Speaking to Dawn, Sariab Superintendent of Police (SP) Zia Mandokheil said that Akhtar Husain posted at the entrance of the Special Branch office in Sariab Mills Colony was heading home after completing his night duty when armed men opened fire at him.
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Pakistan: Gojra Saddar police books 158 people for protesting against infl
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan’s Gojra Saddar police on Tuesday registered two cases against 158 people for protesting against inflated power bills and blocking the M-4 at two points between Gojra and Toba Tek Singh interchanges on Monday, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan stares at another crisis as sugar prices rise to Rs 185 per kg
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Sugar prices in Pakistan have increased to Rs 185 per kg, with the country’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) asking relevant agencies to check for the hoarding and smuggling of sugar, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan court suspends Toshakhana Case verdict, Imran Khan to be released
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s conviction and three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case, Dawn News reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan interim govt plugs additional grants, except for natural calamiti
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Pakistan caretaker government has banned the provision of supplementary grants except in the case of severe natural calamities, reported Dawn.
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Protest continues over inflated power bills, Pak interim PM to hold second
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Following Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over inflated-power bills, consumers continued to stage protests in the country on Monday as the government would hold another round of meeting today to discuss the issue, reported Dawn.
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Russian tourist couple complains of harassment by Pak police
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Slava Skolaniya — a Russian man who is in Pakistan for tourism with his wife told Dawn, “We were travelling in Khyber’s Jamrud when we were intercepted by police personnel who questioned us aggressively and ordered us to not go ahead from there onwards.”
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Work on Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan suspends over not meeting peop
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The families affected by the Dasu hydropower project in Pakistan announced that work on the 4380 megawatts energy initiative would remain suspended until Wapda fulfils its commitments regarding land acquisition and financial package, reported Dawn.
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Experts blame grey market, IMF as rupee goes into free fall
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As the Pakistani Rupee (PKR) goes down steadily against the US dollar, experts and stakeholders in Pakistan point fingers at the powerful grip of the grey market and the “significant interference” by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the country's banking and currency sectors, reporte
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Pakistan caretaker PM Kakar holds emergency meeting over inflated electric
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid country-wide protests over inflated power bills, Pakistan Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar held an emergency meeting on Sunday over the rising issue of electricity rates and inflated consumer bills, reported Dawn.
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Pakistan: Police baton charge people protesting against enforced disappear
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan police baton-charged the people protesting against increasing cases of enforced disappearances of Baloch people on the main Mauripur road in Karachi, according to the organisers, reported Dawn.
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