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Pakistan Stock Exchange plunges after govt announces 'super tax' on indust
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) crashed shortly after Shehbaz Sharif's government announced a 10 per cent tax on large-scale industries, a measure he promised will help save the country from bankruptcy.
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Opposition accuses Pakistan PM Sharif of plunging country into quagmire of
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led opposition party on Thursday accused the Shehbaz Sharif government of plunging the country into a quagmire of crisis.
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Pashtun leader attacked at Karachi hospital twice, says life in danger
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): While being admitted to Pakistan's Karachi Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre on Tuesday prominent Pashtun leader Ali Wazir has claimed that his life is in danger adding that he had been attacked twice at the hospital, local media reported.
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Pakistan paper association warns 'no books' in new academic year amid pape
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan paper association has warned that due to the paper crisis in the country, books will not be available to students in the new academic year starting August 2022.
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Turkish firms file complaint against Pakistan in World Bank over 'mismanag
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Two Turkish firms have filed a complaint in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), which is a part of the World Bank Group, seeking USD 230 million against Pakistan under the strong claims of "mismanagement by the previous
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Pakistan's ban on import of luxury items leaves 600 to 900 containers stra
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Following a ban on the import of luxury items, around 600 to 900 containers are stuck at Karachi ports.
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People in Pak's Bajaur district continue to suffer from power cut
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Residents of a tribal district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province continued to suffer from power cut and water supply in various areas since Monday, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Punjab CM summons Cabinet session today
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): A day after Pakistan's Punjab assembly passed the Punjab Finance Bill 2022-23, Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz convened the fourth session of the cabinet on Thursday to discuss an 11-point agenda, which includes a budget allocation for the most populous prov
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Pakistan left with no choice but to accept IMF-dictated budget: Minister
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Wednesday accused the Imran Khan's policies of bringing the country on the verge of bankruptcy and said that they are left with no choice but to accept the budget on the terms of International
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Pakistan Int'l Airlines' Toronto-bound flight barred from using Russian ai
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines' had to re-route its Toronto-bound flight from Islamabad after facing difficulties in getting overflying clearance from Russia due to non-payment of outstanding dues, reported local media.
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Oppn was 'afraid' that I would appoint former ISI chief Faiz Hameed as arm
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): Hitting out at the government, Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the then opposition coalition was "afraid" that he would appoint former ISI chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed as the next chief of the army staff, local me
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Pakistan trapped in vicious cycle of taking loans to pay back previous loa
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 23 (ANI): A Pakistani columnist has raised questions to the country's "incompetent and failed rulers" asking them how they will solve the economic problems at a time when the country is trapped in a vicious cycle of taking loans to pay back the previous loans.
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