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Pakistan PM appeals for 'additional funds' after floods
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 19 (ANI): Battered by the unprecedented floods, cash-strapped Pakistan is looking for additional funds to rebuild the country after the natural disaster pushed its economy to the brink.
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"We were to select one thing...to save our politics or the state": Pak min
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that his country is ready to buy fuel from Russia at the same rate being provided to neighbouring India, according to The News International.
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Flood-hit Pak gives nod to buy 6.2 mn mosquito nets from India
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): The Pakistan government on Tuesday gave a nod to the country's health ministry to procure 6.2 million mosquito nets from India, in a bid to protect the public from vector-borne diseases after the last month's devastating floods that killed more the 1,6
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Pak Govt allots Rs 410 million to clamp down Imran Khan's long march
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): While Pakistan is facing the brunt of devastating floods amid nosediving economy, the Shehbaz Sharif-led government on Monday allocated Rs 410 million to deal with Imran Khan's long march.
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World Bank cuts Pakistan's growth projection to 2 per cent after floods
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 8 (ANI): The World Bank has estimated that Pakistan's GDP growth will slow down from 5 per cent in the fiscal year 2022 to around 2 per cent in the fiscal year 2023 following one of the most devastating floods in the country's history.
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Pakistan's textile factories shut down due to shortage of cotton
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 4 (ANI): The already fragile Pakistan economy, hit hard by the devastating floods, now faces the shutdown of textile factories as the cotton crop has been destroyed.
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Around 1,700 people killed, over 12,800 injured in Pakistan's rain, flood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 3 (ANI): At least 1,695 people were killed while 12,865 were injured so far (October 2) since mid-June due to the devastating floods and rains in Pakistan, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday.
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Pakistan Floods: World Bank to provide USD 323 billion to farmers in flood
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): In the wake of the devastating floods across Pakistan, the World Bank is set to aid the farmers of flood-affected regions in Sindh with USD 323 billion in order to provide subsidies for fertilisers and certified seeds.
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Blinken urges Pakistan to seek debt relief from China amid floods
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 28 (ANI): As Pakistan is facing devastating floods, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Islamabad to seek debt relief from Beijing to deal with the natural disaster.
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Pakistan's finance minister Miftah Ismail quits in middle of trip abroad
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 26 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has stepped down in the middle of a trip abroad amid a serious economic crisis that the country faces following the devastating floods.
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Around 4,000 cases of infectious diseases reported in Pakistan in 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], September 25 (ANI): At least 3,963 new cases of diarrhoea, skin infections, and malaria were reported in the last 24 hours in the worst-hit province of Balochistan, as Pakistan faces the aftermath of devastating floods.
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Pakistan seeks debt relief from Paris Club creditors
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 24 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that his country is seeking debt relief from bilateral Paris Club creditors in view of the devastating floods in the country which have claimed more the 1,500 lives.
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