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Pakistan to face full-fledged financial crisis by end of fiscal year
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): A full-fledged crisis will be knocking at the doors of Pakistan's struggling economy by end of the current fiscal year if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) program does not revive by the end of January or early February this year, said a recent rep
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Uproar in Pakistan's National Assembly after passing of SBP Bill, Mini Bud
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 14 (ANI): Pakistan opposition parties restored to a ruckus in the National Assembly after the passing of the State of Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Bill and Mini Budget.
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Imran Khan govt likely to pass controversial mini-budget today amid opposi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 13 (ANI): The Imran Khan government has finalised the preparations to get the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2021 passed from the National Assembly on Thursday amid massive criticism from the opposition leaders in the country as Islamabad seeks to hike widespread
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Pakistan: Shahbaz Sharif says Oppn ready to support Imran Khan govt for st
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 12 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the Opposition is ready to support the government if it decides to take a stand against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the public interest.
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IMF appoints Gourinchas as chief economist replacing Gita Gopinath
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed French-born University of California-Berkeley economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas as the next chief economist, replacing Indian origin Gita Gopinath.
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PML-N senior leader Ahsan Iqbal urges Government's allies to part ways wit
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday has urged the Government's allies to part ways with the ruling party and to bring about a vote of no-confidence to send the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) packing, reported local
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Pakistan lacks financial independence, its foreign policy not free from US
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): Pakistan does not have financial independence and its foreign policy is not free from the US influence, said the country's National Security Adviser Dr Moeed Yusuf on Monday.
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Emerging economies must prepare for US Fed policy tightening: IMF
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): High inflation and COVID-19 new variant Omicron have made the outlook for emerging markets like India more uncertain. Another big challenge for the emerging economies would come from the policy rate hike from the United States Federal Reserve.
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IMF defer Pakistan's 6th review to release USD 1 billion
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 10 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday deferred Pakistan's consideration of the completion of the sixth review and release of a USD 1 billion tranche under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
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Pakistan's economy on ventilator, says PPP leader terming Imran govt's min
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 7 (ANI): Pakistan's economy is on the ventilator and inflation is at a 22-month high, any government that heeds the cries of the people protesting out in the streets would have put this mini-budget to bed a long time ago, said Pakistan's Peoples Party leader She
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Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin tables 'mini-budget' in Senate ami
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 5 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin tabled the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021 also called as 'mini-budget' in the Senate on Tuesday amid protest from opposition members.
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Pakistan Finance Minister acknowledges IMF's pressure on its fragile econo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin on Sunday conceded that many decisions made by the government were the result of pressure applied by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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