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Pak Finance Ministry refuses to support PKR 50bn supplementary grant for C
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan's Finance Ministry has refused to support a supplementary grant of another PKR 50 billion for the power projects established under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a media report said on Monday.
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Pakistan delegation to meet IMF to sort out economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Due to the rising political tension in Pakistan, and also the raging economic crisis, a high-profile Pakistani delegation is likely to make fresh contacts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in a meeting at Brent Wood Institutio
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Shehbaz govt to retract from decision on fuel hike
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Days after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif decided not to increase the fuel prices, a well placed official source now said that the government is likely to take a U-turn from this decision and increase the fuel prices to further put a burden on t
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Shehbaz Sharif govt decides to resume talks with IMF for package revival
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): With Pakistan's economy in the doldrums, the new government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to resume talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from Monday, reported local media on Sunday citing sources.
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Pakistan under Rs 60 billion burden as PM Shehbaz Sharif rejects proposal
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 16 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has put an additional burden of around Rs 30 billion on the exchequer by turning down the oil and gas authority's proposal to increase the fuel prices thus further deteriorating the economic situation of the coun
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Massive hike in fuel prices in Pakistan: Diesel to go up by Rs 119
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 15 (ANI): Pakistan's economy is in doldrums and people of the country may face another blow as the prices of petrol and diesel may go up by Pakistani Rs 83.5 and Rs 119 per litre respectively.
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Difficult for Shehbaz Sharif to provide stable govt in Pak: expert
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], April 10 (ANI): Foreign affairs expert Sushant Sareen on Sunday said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif will face a difficult time while running the new coalition government in Pakistan and is likely not to complete the term.
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China's revisionist, revanchist policies now eyes Indian Ocean Region
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], April 10 (ANI): China, whose revisionist and revanchist policies are universal, now has an eye on the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) including the nations on the East-African coast.
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Amid economic decline, Pakistan faces USD 2.5 billion debt servicing oblig
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): Amid a declining economy and political instability, Pakistan has to pay back foreign debt to the tune of USD 2.5 billion on account of principal and mark-up obligations during the ongoing quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal year 2021-22.
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People protest in Gilgit Baltistan against Pak Army's forced land acquisit
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], April 9 (ANI): People in the Pakistan Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan are holding protests against Pakistan as large chunks of areas belonging to villages have been given to the army for setting up various infrastructures for their new security unit created for the China Pa
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China developing nexus to threaten, isolate vulnerable nations: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 8 (ANI): China is developing a nexus with Pakistan, Russia and other allies to threaten and isolate vulnerable nations aspiring for co-existence, equality, mutual respect and sovereignty, a media report has alleged.
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ADB forecasts gloomy picture for Pakistan's economy
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday forecast Pakistan's economic growth rate to slow down to 4 per cent this year from 5.6 pc in the Fiscal Year 2021.
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