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Traders, industry leaders slam Pak govt for fuel prices hike
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Trade and industry leaders of Pakistan have slammed the Shehbaz Sharif government for increasing the petrol and diesel prices by PKR 30 per litre causing a surge in the cost of production in the country.
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Pakistan:Fault lines visible in Shehbaz govt as PML-N calls for immediate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): A faction of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has shown its support for holding an immediate election in the country and expressed that if prices of petroleum products are hiked to meet the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) demand it will dent t
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Extended Fund Facility programme: Pakistan government fails to persuade IM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): The talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the 7th review under the USD 6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme were delayed as they didn't reach any staff-level agreement.
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Ongoing bailout deal with IMF 'outdated': Pak Foreign Minister Bilawal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): With the blame game still on between the present and former governments in Pakistan over the ongoing economic crisis in the country, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto called the ongoing bailout deal with International Monetary Fund outdated, reported The New
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Instability in Pakistan may impact China ties, CPEC, IMF loans
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 23 (ANI): China's interactions with the new government in Pakistan may not have generated the necessary confidence to consolidate bilateral ties and in particular, give the necessary push to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Economic crisis: Talks between Sri Lanka, IMF to conclude on May 24
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 21 (ANI): The ongoing discussion between International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Sri Lanka, to help mitigate the economic situation will conclude on May 24, local media reported on Saturday.
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Pak government agrees on implementing IMF demands
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): Reeling under an adverse economic crisis, the Pakistan incumbent government has finally agreed on implementing most of the demands laid out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in order to receive the next IMF loan tranche.
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Pakistan engages in talks with IMF over economic crunch
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Battling an acute economic crunch, the Pakistan government has begun engaging in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the Qatari capital Doha on Wednesday over the release of crucial funds. The talks are expected to continue even in the next
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Pakistan: Shaukat Tarin takes potshot at Shehbaz Govt for its 'confusion'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Taking a jibe at contradictory statements given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government on fuel subsidy, the former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that the government has no policy and is utterly confused in
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Pak govt mulls over withdrawing subsidy on petroleum products ahead of IMF
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led government is likely to gradually abolish subsidies on petrol and with this, there will be an increase in the prices of petroleum products for the next fortnight.
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India's forex reserves dip by $1.77 billion; 9th weekly fall
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves dropped by $1.77 billion to $595.95 billion for the week ended May 6 dragged by a sharp drop in the country's foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed.
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Pakistan government to hike power tariffs by Rs 7.14 per unit
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 14 (ANI): Amidst a devastating power crunch in Pakistan, the Pakistan government has decided to gradually revive the stalled International Monetary Fund(IMF) programme by raising the electricity tariffs along with hiking the petrol prices.
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