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Pakistan Finance minister defends sudden price hike in petroleum products
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Pakistan's finance minister has said the recent decision to hike prices of all petroleum products in the country was done as the government had no other option left to prevent the country from drifting towards a bad situation.
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IMF to discuss subsidies on petroleum products, electricity and gas on arr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): International Monetary Fund's special delegation is all set to arrive in Pakistan to discuss the budget recommendations alongside subsidies on petroleum, electricity and gas with the federal government.
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Fuel prices would have been higher under PTI's deal with IMF: Pak finance
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that the prices of diesel and petrol would have been significantly higher under the agreement former prime minister Imran Khan made with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), local media reported.
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No chance of an immediate hike in petrol prices, says Pak Finance Minister
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 26 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Monday said that there was "no chance" of an immediate hike in the price of petrol in the next few days but did not rule out the possibility of revising the prices on or after May 1, adding that even if the pric
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IMF team to visit Pakistan in May to discuss subsidies
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it will be sending a mission to Pakistan next month after a team of the international lender held discussions with Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in Washington.
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IMF wants Pakistan to reverse Imran Khan's relief package
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 21 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants the country to revoke the subsidies extended by the Imran Khan government by increasing fuel prices and power tariffs, to revive its Extended Fund
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Imran Khan's helicopter commute costs Pakistan PKR 550 mln
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 20 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday revealed that the former premier Imran Khan's helicopter commute from his Bani Gala home to the PM secretariat cost the national exchequer 550 million Pakistani rupees in three years and eight months,
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif orders immediate steps to control inflation in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Amid a declining economy in Pakistan, the newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered immediate steps to control inflation in the country.
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Pak's ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail to be named finance chief ahead of
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Miftah Ismail, former Pakistan finance minister is likely to be named as the new finance chief of the country ahead of crucial talks with the International Monetary Fund as the country's economy is in dire straits.
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Imran Khan should not have reacted publicly against EU, says Pakistan Fina
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 10 (ANI): Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Wednesday said Prime Minister Imran Khan should not have reacted "publicly" against the European Union in his recent speech where he lashed out at the bloc's ambassadors for asking Pakistan to condemn Russia for its inva
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Pakistani Finance Minister says must avoid 'begging' IMF, other nations fo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], February 13 (ANI): Pakistan's Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Saturday emphasised the need of reviving Pakistan's economy in order to avoid having to "beg" for loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other nations.
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Pakistan Finance Minister hints rise in petroleum product prices
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 11 (ANI): Hinting at a further increase in Pakistan's petroleum product prices in the coming days, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that Imran Khan-led government in the country cannot keep fuel rates artificially low, local media has reported.
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