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Increasing vulnerability will force Pakistan deeper into debt, say speaker
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The seminar, organised jointly by the Wilson Centre, Washington, and the International Academy of Letters (IAL), USA, tried to explore how to promote US- Pakistan relations after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
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Pakistan listed in countries which are under enormous debt stress
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Economic and financial analyst Ateeq ur Rahman said that Pakistan needs to get rid of such circumstances as soon as possible.
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Debt sustainability indicators worsen in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan's major debt sustainability indicators have witnessed marked deterioration during the first half of this fiscal year in the middle of steep currency devaluation and interest rates hikes, revealed a semi-annual debt bulletin of the finance ministry, The Tribune reported.
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Defaulting Pakistan takes the steam out of CPEC
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China's ambitious CPEC project launched in 2013 was flawed from the beginning when it was assumed that it would be able to generate jobs and growth in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's external debt servicing jumps by 70pc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the first half of the fiscal year, Pakistan paid USD 10.21 billion in external debt servicing while in the same period of 2021-22, the country paid USD 6 billion, State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) data showed.
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Pakistan: SBP forex reserves reach USD 4.34 billion, Islamabad left with t
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The foreign exchange held by the State Bank of Pakistan reached a low of USD 4.343 billion.
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Pakistan's interest expenses increases, spends over PKR 3.2 trillion on de
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
With a net income of PKR 2.5 trillion, Pakistan's total spending on debt servicing and defence reached over PKR 3.2 trillion more than the government's net income.
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Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar assures country 'will not default'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Ishaq Dar stressed that Pakistan was on the verge of default in 2013. However, their government was able to move the country out of the crisis by using "good economic steps."
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Pakistan's foreign investment bill fits well with Chinese salami-slicing p
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
As per the report, the new bill "fits very well with the Chinese playbook of "salami slicing and gobbling up the territories" to advance its own geostrategic ambitions.
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Pakistan's total external debt stocks by 2021 stood at USD 130.43 billion:
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
In its latest report "International Debt Report 2022, Updated International Debt Statistics," the World Bank said that the total external debt stocks were at USD 130.433 billion by 2021.
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Pakistan's total debt surges to Rs 12 trillion in first quarter
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In the fiscal year, 2022-2023, in July-September the debt and liabilities stood at Rs 62.46 trillion which is more than the same period of last fiscal year, accounting for Rs 50.49 trillion.
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Quest for development pushes developing nations to China's debt trap
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Developing countries are moving toward China's debt trap and Daily Times, a Pakistani newspaper, is suggesting Pakistan that necessary measures may be taken to avoid Islamabad going Colombo's way
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