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Ending multi-week losing streak, Indian stocks back in green
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Indian stock indices extended their gains from the previous week and opened on a positive note Monday, with all sectoral indices tracking in the green.
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Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami leadersbooked for lodging protest against inflat
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Following the protests by Jamaat-e-Islami over inflated power bills in Pakistan, a first information report (FIR) was lodged against JI in Peshawar on Sunday, reported The Express Tribune.
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Pak: Traders stage rallies, shutter-down strikes against inflation, rising
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid increasing inflation and hiked power tariff, traders observed a shutter-down strike and took to the streets across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday.
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Pakistan lawyers to observe strike against inflated electricity bills tomo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
PHBCA, with the approval of the KPBC, announced the boycott of all courts in the province on Sept 4 and took out a rally from district courts to the Rehman Baba Chowk near the provincial assembly’s building via the Khyber Road.
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Pakistan: Traders shut shops, hold protest against inflated electricity bi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The recent increase in electricity bills has further frustrated the people and traders who have already been heavily burdened by the rising inflation in Pakistan.
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Pak Finance Ministry says policy implementation, poor performance of state
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In its latest Fiscal Risk Statement (FRS) 2023-24, Pakistan's Ministry of Finance has stated that federal government exposure to SOEs in the form of the outstanding stock of loans and guarantees was at 9.7 per cent of Gross domestic product (GDP) in FY21.
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Pakistan: People protest, block roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against inflat
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan witnessed a massive protest on Saturday as traders, civil society and political activists staged demonstrations and rallied against the excessive electricity bills and inflation in Shangla on Saturday
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Pakistan interim PM Kakar cancels Kenya visit as public anger sours on inf
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan’s Foreign Office reported PM Kakar was scheduled to visit Nairobi, Kenya to attend the Africa Climate Summit at the invitation of President William Samoei Ruto, from September 4 to 6.
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Pakistan: Jammat-e-Islami leader calls for shutter-down strike against inf
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Jammat-e-Islami (JI) leader Ameer Sirajul Haq announced that a shutter-down strike will be observed across the country on Saturday to protest against rising inflation in the country, ARY News reported.
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As IMF reforms kick in, inflation in Pak stays high at 27.4 per cent
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The inflation rate for food remained high at 38.5 per cent in August, according to figures from Pakistan's statistics department, despite a minor decline from July's 28.3 per cent rate.
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“Initiatives taken to make features phones also operate UPI system,” says
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
“We have encouraged digital payment but the main challenge on the upi is that it usually needs a smartphone but in our country a large number of people are using feature phones. We have launched some products to make feature phones to operate the UPI system as well. We have also tak
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Indian stocks rise marginally; Nifty metal top mover
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Indian stock indices started Friday’s trade on a marginally positive note, with Nifty auto, Nifty metal, Nifty media, and Nifty oil and gas among the sectoral indices gaining the most.
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