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IMF says Pakistan's economy unstable, proposes implementation of structura
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 4 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan's economy remains vulnerable because of delayed implementation of structural reforms and widening imbalances on external accounts.
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Afghanistan: People face myriad challenges, concur experts during virtual
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 21 (ANI): The people in Afghanistan are facing numerous challenges - be it the drought, COVID-19, an impounding economy and declining rights under the new regime, says experts during a recently held virtual summit.
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Pakistan's economy on ventilator, says PPP leader terming Imran govt's min
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 7 (ANI): Pakistan's economy is on the ventilator and inflation is at a 22-month high, any government that heeds the cries of the people protesting out in the streets would have put this mini-budget to bed a long time ago, said Pakistan's Peoples Party leader She
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Pakistan Finance Minister acknowledges IMF's pressure on its fragile econo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister of Finance Shaukat Tarin on Sunday conceded that many decisions made by the government were the result of pressure applied by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Pakistan's draft finance bill approval a challenging task: Report
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 28 (ANI): Approval of the draft finance bill envisaging not only the withdrawal of sales tax exemptions amounting to 330 billion rupees and granting autonomy to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) from the Cabinet and then the Parliament is going to be a challengi
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Pakistan's foreign remittances fall in November, exchange rate against US
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): In Pakistan the exchange rate witnessed a persistent decline against the US dollar for the last several months because of the fall in foreign remittances by 6.6 percent despite contradicting claims by Pakistan economic managers.
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Pakistan's trade balance worsening sharply adding to economic woes
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 3 (ANI): Pakistan's trade balance is worsening at an accelerated pace adding to its economic woes and financial problems it faces.
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Pakistan revisits ties with Saudi Arabia to revive its crumbling economy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] December 1, (ANI): Pakistan is trying to mend its ties with Saudi Arabia in order to get financial help to revive its crumbling economy.
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Fault lines of Pakistan's economy exposed, it borrows to fund govt expendi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 20 (ANI): Amid a growth rate of 4 to 5 per cent, Pakistan continues to borrow to fund the annual rise in government expenditure which is the real fault line of the country's economy.
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Opposition slams Imran Khan govt for drowning country's economy under debt
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] September 22 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday slammed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government saying that the ruling party has drowned the country's economy under debts.
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Pakistan finance ministry warns of risks to country's economy
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): Pakistan's economy is at risk as the increase in international commodity prices could worsen inflation and affect Balance of Payments (BoPs), said the country's finance ministry.
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World Bank, ADB delay USD 1 billion loans to Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): In a major setback for Pakistan's dwindling economy, two of its largest lenders - World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) -- have deferred approval of another USD 1 billion worth of loans due to delay in meeting some set conditions.
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