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Sri Lanka: EU delegation hold talks with Wickremesinghe, assures support t
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): The delegation of the European Union (EU) to Sri Lanka met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to devote special attention to Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), IMF and Human Rights Council as it assured the island country
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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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Pakistan army chief reaches out to UAE, Saudi authorities on IMF loan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): Chief of Pakistan Army, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, held a conversation with the authorities of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and discussed disbursement under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme.
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Pak diplomats posted abroad raise concern over imposition of tax on foreig
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): Pakistani diplomats posted abroad have raised concern over the Shehbaz Sharif government's proposal of implementing 35 per cent tax on foreign allowance.
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Assurance from friendly countries needed for IMF-Pakistan loan deal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): Amid dwindling foreign reserves, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday announced the approval of USD 1.2 billion in loans on the condition that Pakistan should timely secure adequate assurances from friendly countries in order to tackle the wi
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General Bajwa's seeking help from US reveals Pakistan's catastrophic econo
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): COAS (Chief of Army Staff) General Qamar Jawed Bajwa's phone call to US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman kicked up a storm and shows that Pakistan's economy is in tatters.
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Pak: Imran's dual standards over Army's role in economic policies
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned Army chief Qamar Bajwa for requesting the US for an IMF bailout, however, it is contradictory to Khan's own stance where during his tenure his own party allowed Army's involvement in the country's eco
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'Old habits die hard': Pak army chief's US outreach sparks row
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan army Gen Qamar Bajwa has come under fire for the phone call he made to a senior US State Department for securing disbursement of IMF funds to help the country's ailing economy.
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Pak Army chief Bajwa approaches US to secure IMF loan amid dwindling forei
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Amid the worsening crisis due to shrinking foreign reserves, Pakistan army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has approached the US for help in securing an early disbursement of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to prevent the south Asian cou
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PKR 30 bn taxes to be imposed to save Pakistan State Oil from default: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to impose additional taxes totalling Pakistan Rs (PKR) 30 billion as it struggles to arrange PRK 100bn in emergency funds to prevent an international default on oil and gas payments and sustain its staff-level agreement with the Inte
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On protest threat, Sri Lanka's President Wickremesinghe says he has no hom
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 (ANI): Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that there is no point in demanding that he "goes home" as he has no home to go to while referring to the threats received from the protestors.
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Pak FO officers threaten to go on strike over tax on foreign allowance
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 31 (ANI): Officers of the Foreign Office (FO) threatened to go on strike over the imposition of income tax on their foreign allowance.
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