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Trouble mounts for Pakistan govt as IMF rejects loan request
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Pasha, in a policy statement delivered during the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance, stressed that Pakistan's only choice was to return to the IMF.
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Pakistan govt sets conditions for negotiations with Imran Khan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that the talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan were only possible if the latter "apologise to the nation for the May 9 riots," Pakistan-based ARY News reported
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Pakistan: Govt panel rejects allegations of sexual assault of women in Pun
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Speaking to reporters outside Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, SSP Investigations Lahore Anoosh Masood and Deputy Commissioner Lahore Rafia Haider said they "strongly" rejected PTI's claims.
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Rights bodies urge Pakistan govt to end clampdown on opposition
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Amnesty International, Equidem, CIVICUS, and Forum Asia released a joint statement on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Two govt schools for girls blown up in North Waziristan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Attackers around midnight targeted Government Girls Middle School, Noor Jannat, and Government Girls Middle School, Yunus Kot.
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Pakistan govt files plea in SC to hear petitions challenging act curtailin
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The plea said that the issue must be addressed by the full court and even mentioned the cases concerning the judiciary's independence.
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Pakistan govt borrows PKR 239 billion credit from State Bank of Pakistan:
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the State Bank of Pakistan Act amended in 2022 on the dictation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), government borrowing from the central bank is banned.
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Pakistan govt negligent towards ongoing environmental crisis
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan suffered a major flooding event in 2022 which eventually caused a wheat crisis, massive civilian casualty and displacement, all of which the Shehbaz Sharif government has been using to evoke global sympathy and funding. The unprecedented food crisis requires long-term steps to incre
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After petrol price, Pakistan govt hikes LPG price
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the notification issued by OGRA, the LPG price was increased to Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 10 per kilogram. The new price of LPG has been fixed at PKR 229, as per the ARY News report.
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Pakistan govt should respect citizens' right to speak, organize, demonstra
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The US Congressman in a letter to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on human rights and democracy in Pakistan, wrote that "it is critical that we see a calm, orderly, democratic, and prosperous Pakistan where Pakistanis can have a free and open political dialogue."
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Confrontation between govt and SC plunges Pakistan into "escalating politi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The legal community welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court and expressed dismay over the internal divisions exposed in the process.
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PTI chairman Imran Khan to present white paper against Pakistan govt's per
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to sources, Khan will via a video link address, issue a white paper on the country's economic situation.
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