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Priyanka Gandhi calls for polling in record numbers in phase 2
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a post on X, Priyanka Gandhi said, "This election is to save the country's democracy and constitution. This election is to provide relief to the people struggling with unemployment, inflation, corruption and economic hardship."
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UKPNP highlights the poor state of affairs in PoK
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The speakers also discussed the denial of basic facilities and human rights, economic hardships, political suppression, forced migration of nationalist and rights activists, and Islamabad's suppressing voices of the Kashmiris.
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Afghanistan: Faryab residents complain of economic hardships, unemployment
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The residents of Balcharagh district of northwestern Faryab province complained of unemployment and asked the authorities to address the problems of people.
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EU contributes 50 million euros to World Food Programme for Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Having struggled through a year of unprecedented economic hardship and environmental disasters like earthquakes and flooding, the people of Afghanistan are less prepared than ever to weather another harsh winter.
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Pakistan: Farmers protesting in Islamabad for power tariff reduction threa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Farmers protesting in Islamabad for electricity tariff reduction and other economic issues have threatened to march to D-Chowk if their demands are not met, and the Pakistan government has failed to persuade them to call off the protest, local media rep
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Pakistan: Thousands of farmers hold protests in Islamabad amid economic ha
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 29 (ANI): Thousands of farmers from Punjab flocked to Islamabad to stage a protest demanding reduction in electricity tariffs and resolution of other economic issues they are facing pertaining to agriculture.
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Nepali traders dying by suicide due to undeclared blockade by China
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 15 (ANI): For the last two years Beijing has imposed an undeclared blockade at the transit points on the Nepal-China border citing the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused economic hardships for Nepali traders and deaths by suicide.
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IMF, Pakistan to meet today for key talks on loan plans
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 29 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet the top officials of cash-strapped Pakistan on Monday to consider a bailout package as the country continues to face several economic hardships.
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Pak Finance Minister Ismail warns of economic hardships till September
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], August 6 (ANI): Owing to rising inflation, high energy prices and the depreciating Pakistani currency, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday warned that economic hardships would continue till September.
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Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women
Updated : 3 years, 7 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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Sri Lanka crisis: Since January, over 1.5 lakh people left country for job
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 21 (ANI): As Sri Lanka scrambles to get back on track following the election of a new President, the people in the country -- who are facing severe economic hardship -- are still uncertain about the future.
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China rolling over Pakistan's USD 2 billion loan at reduced rate
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): China has assured Pakistan of a rollover of over USD 2 billion at a much-reduced rate amid Islamabad's ongoing economic hardship due to high inflation and a sharp rise in the import bill.
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