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Several PTI leaders arrested after clashes erupt during Imran Khan's Azadi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders were arrested on Wednesday after a clash broke out between the leaders and police as PTI chief Imran Khan flagged off the protest march towards Islamabad.
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Pakistan: Over USD 13 billion debt incurred in 10 months
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 25 (ANI): Pakistan's failure in handling its economy is an unpleasant result of its own actions as the country incurred a foreign debt of USD 13.033 billion from multiple financing sources in the first 10 months (July-April 2021-22) including USD 2.623 billion from
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees hold rally demanding shelter in developed countr
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Several Afghan refugees on Monday protested at a rally in Islamabad demanding shelter in developed countries, saying that Pakistan itself is reeling under economic and political crisis and they don't want to go back to their country being governed by the T
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Pakistan govt rejects PTI's demand to hold general elections, decides to c
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government on Monday rejected the demands of ousted former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan for holding re-elections in the country, and said that the
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Pak: Sindh water crisis skyrockets due to 'indecisive' water governance
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): Amid the ongoing water shortage in Pakistan and incessant rise in water theft, a high profile committee has been appointed during the proceedings of the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Water Resources in Islamabad to deal with the alarming crisis.
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Pak: Shehbaz Sharif govt wary of tough decisions to stabilise economy ahea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): In the wake of the country's tanking economy, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) coalition refuses to take tough decisions.
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Economic crisis: Talks between Sri Lanka, IMF to conclude on May 24
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 21 (ANI): The ongoing discussion between International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Sri Lanka, to help mitigate the economic situation will conclude on May 24, local media reported on Saturday.
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Cracks emerge between Pakistan's new government, military
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 20 (ANI): Having come to power after an intense political drama which saw the first no-confidence motion being successfully carried out in the country, the Shehbaz Sharif led coalition government seems to have developed serious differences with Pakistan's all-powerf
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Sri Lankans look towards India amid unprecedented economic crisis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 17 (ANI): As Sri Lanka continues to face a dearth of fuel across the country, the island nation is looking toward India for assistance in the face of the unprecedented economic crisis.
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Pakistan: Rupee witnesses sharp decline due to dwindling foreign reserves
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): In the wake of the dwindling foreign reserves and the inflows taking more than expected time to support the exchange rate, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a meeting with the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (ECAP) on Monday to h
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Pakistan: Former Punjab governor seeks treason trial of Shehbaz Sharif
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Pakistan's Punjab province, PTI leader and former Punjab governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema has announced that he is approaching the court for a high treason case against Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
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People should be ready to face economic challenges in forthcoming months,
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in an address to the nation on Monday gave an account of the grave economic situation facing the island nation and said that the people need to be prepared to make sacrifices.
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