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Cash-strapped Pakistan requests another year to pay back Chinese loans
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): A debt-ridden Pakistan has requested its all-weather ally China that it needs another year to pay back a billion dollars Islamabad had borrowed from Beijing last year.
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Former Pak PM Abbasi says new budget is 'fake', warns people of new taxes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sunday said that the national budget for FY 2021-22 is 'fake' and warned Pakistani people about provisions of new taxes worth Rs 343 billion.
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Imran Khan govt wants to steal next general elections, says Pak opposition
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has alleged that the Imran Khan-led incumbent government wants to 'steal' the next general elections by passing the bill on electoral reforms and introducing the electronic voting machine (EVM).
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PM Imran Khan 'deaf, dumb, blind' to plight of citizens says Bilawal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 13 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday lashed out at the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for the proposed budget for FY 2021-22 calling PM Imran Khan "deaf, dumb, and blind" to the plight of the
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Bilawal slams Imran Khan-led PTI's budget, calls for greater increase in s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lashed out at the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over issues of price hike, unemployment and poverty in the country and called for increased salaries.
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Troop withdrawal, anti-US sentiment in Pak may constrain counterterrorism
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): Amid the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, a deepening anti-US sentiment in Pakistan has constrained the America's counterterrorism operations in the conflicted region.
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Pak opposition vows to not let budget pass through National Assembly
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan opposition parties including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday decided to give Imran Khan's government a 'tough time' and vowed to not let the national budget for FY 2021-22 pass through the National
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Pakistan: Imran Khan govt unveils Rs 8.5 trillion FY budget, defence gets
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan government on Friday proposed Pakistani rupees 8,487 billion budget for the next financial year with a fiscal deficit target at 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).
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Satirical publication lampoons misgovernance of Pakistan govt
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Taking a dig at the mis-governance of Imran Khan, a satirical post in a Pakistan publication wisecracked that American spy agency CIA is finally on the verge of getting airbases to host the US drones in Pakistan after being offered a gamut of plots inside
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Pakistan government on backfoot after strong protests over proposed digita
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has found itself on the back foot on the proposed digital regulation draft after a strong protest by the media and journalist community calling for a struggle to preserve free speech.
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Job creation biggest challenge for Pakistan after health crisis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Pakistan is struggling to create job opportunities for 2.5 million people who are looking for re-employment following job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sindh CM slams Pakistan government for 'pittance' schemes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has slammed Imran Khan-led Pakistan government for discrimination against the province and said despite contributing 70 per cent of Pakistan's revenue, the region was offered only a small portion of development schemes co
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