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Traders, shopkeepers hold protests against price hike, flour shortage in K
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Due to a surge in price and shortage of wheat flour, a large number of people, including traders and shopkeepers staged protests here, The News reported on Wednesday.
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Pak rupees hit new low vs USD, slides to Rs 227.88 a dollar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The fresh drop came after the government failed to make any headway in its talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the revival of its stalled USD 6.5 billion loan programme.
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Pak: People hold demonstrations against inflation across Khyber Pakhtunkhw
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
People on Sunday protested over rising flour and other vital commodity prices in a number of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities and demanded that the government take immediate action to regulate prices and guarantee the supply of daily-use food products in the province, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan's economy facing one of its worst crises: Pakistan Chambers of Co
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
FPCCI former president and BMP Chairman Mian Anjum Nisar has said that the number is likely to drop further amid debt repayment obligations of more than USD 8 billion in the first quarter of 2023.
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Pakistan: SBP's forex reserves dwindle to USD 4.5 billion, Islamabad left
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to sources, the development left Pakistan with an import cover of only under a month, as the country grapples with a deteriorating economic crisis while trying to bring down imports amid a dollar shortage.
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Surge in flour, meat prices push weekly inflation up to 1.09 pc in Pakista
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A surge in the prices of meat especially Chicken, rice and wheat flour pushed weekly inflation up 1.09 per cent in Pakistan, Geo TV reported.
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif to form committee over country's sliding exports: Re
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid a slump in the country's exports due to the shrinking economy, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee for which he has sought recommendations, ARY News reported citing sources on Thursday.
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FATF may 'greylist' Nepal for money laundering, terror financing
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nepal is in a vulnerable position again, and liable to being greylisted if not blacklisted, officials have said.
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While Pakistan economy faces bankruptcy, politicians engaged in grabbing p
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan citizens are left to bear the brunt of rulers' failed policies that resulted in historic inflation, jacked up petroleum prices, and devalued rupee, as well as warnings of impending bankruptcy among other things, reported The Express Tribune.
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Imran Khan's party protest against inflation in Punjab's Gujranwala
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The party started its protest drive from Gujranwala on December 31. Major protest rallies would be taken out on January 1 in Lahore from Azadi Chowk to Choburji Chowk, Multan, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad.
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State Bank of Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves plunge to 8-year low at
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The plunge in forex reserve is a worrisome scenario as it will create problems in the repayment of its huge foreign debts.
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Finance Minister Ishaq Dar admits economic situation of Pakistan in slump
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Despite acknowledging that there were problems with the economy, Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar assured investors that "there is no way Pakistan is going to default."
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