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US to help Pakistan revive IMF deal
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): The United States has agreed to help Pakistan negotiate a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) amidst unprecedented economic instability in the country, reported local media, citing diplomatic sources.
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Former Sri Lankan cricketer serves tea, buns to people waiting at fuel sta
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 20 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented fuel crisis in the country, former Lankan cricketer Roshan Mahanama was spotted serving tea and buns to people waiting in lines outside the stores to buy fuel and cooking gas.
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Sri Lankan govt announces to shut down schools amid power shortage
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 19 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented economic crisis, the Sri Lanka government on Saturday announced to shut down all the schools for the coming week, a local media reported.
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Sri Lankan PM says steps will be taken to mitigate food crisis in country
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 18 (ANI): Amidst the unprecedented economic turmoil in the country, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that steps will be taken to mitigate the food crisis in the island nation.
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Unanimous support on need to stand with Sri Lanka in difficult time: Jaish
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a parliamentary consultative committee meeting on the situation in Sri Lanka and said that there was "unanimous support" on the need to stand with the neighbouring country in this hour of crisis.
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Pakistan following Sri Lanka's path to land in Chinese debt trap
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 18 (ANI): Pakistan is blindly following Sri Lanka's path which will lead the country to fall into the Chinese debt trap.
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Sri Lanka receives 40,000 MT diesel consignment under India's assistance
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 16 (ANI): In continuation of India's assistance to Sri Lanka in fighting its economic crisis, another 40,000 metric tons of diesel consignment under Indian assistance reached Colombo on Thursday.
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China's loans to Africa will plunge world into next economic crisis, warns
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 16 (ANI): Pointing at the serious danger posed by China's lending spree in poorer countries, particularly Africa, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that this could plunge the world into the next financial crisis.
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Pakistanis urged to drink less tea to keep economy afloat
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has urged Pakistanis to drink less tea as the nation grapples with the economic crisis.
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Pakistan in catch-22 situation on IMF, CPEC: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Amid the political instability and debt payments for power plants coming up under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), IMF's threat to delay the release of the USD 3 billion bailouts from six billion has pushed the Islamabad into an economic crisi
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US State Secy Blinken discusses economic, political challenges with Sri La
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) discussed the current economic and political challenges with Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Imran Khan hold Shehbaz govt 'accountable' for Pak's political collapse
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Sunday slammed the Shehbaz government saying they tried to abolish the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) while he blamed the premier's failed leadership for P
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