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Imran Khan govt 'mortgaging' the State Bank of Pakistan: PDM chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 8 (ANI): Slamming the Imran Khan government, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday said the federal government is 'mortgaging' the State Bank of Pakistan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for loan.
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IMF's USD 1 bn tranches to Pakistan forces Islamabad to slap Rs 160 bn tax
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 5 (ANI): The now-resumed International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme that revived Pakistan's stalled programme and cleared USD 1 billion tranches has forced the federal government to impose Pakistani Rs 160 billion tax on the country's salaried class by reducin
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Islamabad HC strikes down subsidised plots for judges, bureaucrats
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that the allotment of plots on subsidised rates to Pakistan's top judges, lawyers and bureaucrats was illegal and ordered the federal government's real estate entity to initiate housing schemes for the general p
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Pakistan: Sindh declares two islands 'protected forests' amid dispute with
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): Amid ownership dispute between provincial and federal governments, Sindh has declared two islands off the coast of Karachi as "protected forests", local media reported on Friday.
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Pakistan's trade deficit exceeds annual target in current fiscal year
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Pakistan's trade deficit widened to USD 28.8 billion in the first seven months of the current fiscal year more than the annual target set by the federal government further increasing the foreign borrowing requirement to bridge the yawning gap.
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KCCI holds Pakistan PM Imran Khan responsible for gas shortages
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 1 (ANI): Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has alleged that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and the federal government is responsible for the current gas crisis.
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Pakistan police to seek ban on China's PUBG, other videogames after youth
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], January 29 (ANI): Pakistan police have decided to send recommendations to the provincial and federal governments for banning dangerous video games including China's PUBG after a youth shot dead his mother and three siblings in the Lahore district of Punjab province.
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Pak Finance ministry says debt burden is Rs 11.8 trillion higher than lega
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 26 (ANI): A report prepared by the Pakistan's Ministry of Finance showed that the federal government's burden was Rs11.8 trillion higher than legally allowed limit set by parliament and that some targets fixed under the debt management strategy were also breache
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Somali Prime Minister condemns terror attack on government spokesperson
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble condemned the terrorist attack targeting a car with the Federal Government Spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, the Office of the Prime Minister said on Sunday.
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Pakistan government begins probe into misuse of petroleum imports from Chi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 15 (ANI): Probe into misuse of petroleum imports from China began in Pakistan as the federal government on Friday ordered all oil marketing companies (OMCs) to provide evidence-based data on the import of petrol from China amid reports of the misuse of China-Pak
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Germany appoints first Commissioner for 'Sexual and Gender Diversity'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 8 (ANI): Germany appointed Sven Lehmann, a Green Party lawmaker as a Federal Government Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity, a first of its kind position in the country's history.
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Pakistan opposition rejects Imran Khan govt's mini-budget, terms it anti-p
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 31 (ANI): Rejecting the mini-budget tabled by the Imran Khan government, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has termed it as an "anti-public budget".
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