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Pakistan in dire need of USD 36 billion to avert economic collapse
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan}, May 29 (ANI): Amid the depleting foreign currency reserves and crashing economy, Pakistan is in dire need of USD 36-37 billion in foreign financing in the next fiscal year.
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Appreciate India's support in difficult period, look forward to strengthen
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 28 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday praised India for extending support amid the continuing economic crisis and expressed a desire to further strengthen ties between the two nations.
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Pakistan govt spends Rs 149 million to maintain law and order during Imran
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Amid the worsening economic woes of the country, the Pakistan government spent Rs 149 million to maintain the law and order during the protest march of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to Islamabad on Wednesday.
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Ongoing bailout deal with IMF 'outdated': Pak Foreign Minister Bilawal
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): With the blame game still on between the present and former governments in Pakistan over the ongoing economic crisis in the country, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto called the ongoing bailout deal with International Monetary Fund outdated, reported The New
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees hold rally demanding shelter in developed countr
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Several Afghan refugees on Monday protested at a rally in Islamabad demanding shelter in developed countries, saying that Pakistan itself is reeling under economic and political crisis and they don't want to go back to their country being governed by the T
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Pakistani rupee hits double century against USD, breaks all previous recor
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): The Pakistani rupee dropped to a new historic low in the interbank market amid increasing political pressure on the government to announce an early election.
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Pakistan: Not lowering fuel subsidies till govt survival assured, PM Shari
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after consultations with allies decided that the subsidy on oil prices would only be withdrawn if the National Security Committee unanimously guarantees the government's survival till August 2023.
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Pakistani rupee stands at 200 against US dollar, maintains downturn in mar
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): While the local currency of Pakistan continues to be on the slippery ground, the Pakistani rupee touched a critical low of 200 in the open market against the US dollar on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: PTI government local representatives protest against unannounced
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Haripur (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa) [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Suffering from an extreme power crunch, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) local government representatives staged a demonstration outside the Haripur deputy commissioners' office in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa district of Pakistan.
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Imran Khan's erstwhile government procured USD 52 billion in loans
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): The erstwhile Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government tops the list amongst the last four administrations in the country with the highest external borrowing of around USD 52 billion in its three-year rule, a media report said.
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Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to decide next election dates, claims PML-N's M
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will decide when the next elections in the country would be held, and asked PTI chief Imran Khan how would he face the people in the polls
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Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves hit all-time low since December 2019
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 13 (ANI): Trade deficits and increasing current account coupled with dried up dollar inflows, and external debt payments have resulted in an alarming dip in Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves, plunging to a record low since December 2019.
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