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China using CPEC to gain control of Gwadar, Gilgit-Baltistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 25 (ANI): Beijing has been using the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to gain control of the Gwadar port and the region of Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said.
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Pharma MNCs finding it difficult to survive in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Several foreign pharmaceutical multinational corporations (MNCs) are planning to move out of Pakistan after the government imposed heavy taxes on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and other raw materials which has led to a spike in production costs
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Pakistan continues to import luxury items despite ban
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): To pull the country out of the economic crisis, Pakistan had put a ban on the import of luxury items however country's finance minister now said that Islamabad continues to allow these imports.
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Pakistan: The Nuclear Power without a Stable Economy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Pakistan may have nuclear capabilities however the country is fighting with its fast exhausting foreign currency reserves and widening fiscal and current account deficits, along with a rupee that has lost almost 20 per cent of its value in just 7 month
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Baloch activist seeks India's support to eliminate Pakistani terrorism
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): A prominent Baloch rights activist and professor Naela Quadri Baloch on Saturday urged India to support Balochistan to contain Pakistan and eliminate Pakistani terrorism from South Asia.
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Xi Jinping's Xinjiang visit signals no change in China's Uyghur policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day visit to Xinjiang, where he was criticised for actions against Uyghur Muslims, signals no change in his Uyghur policy.
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Pakistan: Local protests and failed govt strategies derail CPEC projects i
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Gwadar [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Several projects under China Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) umbrella continue to face considerable delays due to frequent protests by the locals in Gwadar over denial of basic services and failed executions by governments, authorities and companies involv
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Pakistani rupee, stocks continue downward trend, experts blame country's p
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): With the rupee hitting a record low level, losses at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), high inflation and low forex reserves of the country recently, experts in Pakistan believe that the delay in the loan facility from IMF and domestic political upheaval
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Pak: Business community warns of Sri Lanka-like crisis as rupee in freefal
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): As the dollar touched an all-time high of 224.92 against the Pakistani rupee, the business community gathered at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) to analyse the looming threat of a Sri Lanka-like economic emergency.
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Pakistan: Gwadar activists to hold large sit-in protest over CPEC
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): Activists in Gwadar district of Pakistan's Balochistan province have announced a large sit-in protest this week, alleging the government has failed to address their concerns regarding China's Belt and Road infrastructure endeavours in the country.
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Pakistan, China mull extending CPEC to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19 (ANI): Pakistan and China are mulling the possibility of extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, a development that may prove to be a security concern for India.
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US seems less interested in trade with Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 17 (ANI): Pakistan's dismal record in labour conditions, human rights, religious freedom and governance can turn out to be roadblocks in its attempts to secure a General System of Preferences (GSP) favour from the United States, according to a media report.
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