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Pakistan's public debt soars by PKR 18 trillion
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Pakistan's public debt has soared by over 18 trillion Pakistani Rupees (PKR) in the last three and a half years of the outgoing Imran Khan's government, which is more than the liabilities accumulated by any government in the country's history, a central b
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Pak opposition leader rejects former CJP Gulzar Ahmed's name for caretaker
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday rejected former chief justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed's name for the post of caretaker prime minister, local media reported.
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Pakistan: PTI members of Sindh Assembly hang effigy symbolising 'traitors'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) members of the Sindh Assembly on Wednesday carried out symbolic hanging of the "traitors" allegedly involved in toppling the Imran Khan government, according to Pakistani media.
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Imran Khan to demand judicial inquiry into lettergate from apex court
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will demand the Supreme Court to form a judicial commission to probe "lettergate" that involves a threatening letter from a foreign country for regime change in the country, local media reported.
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PoK, Gilgit-Baltistan stare at more suffering as Pakistan plunges into pol
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
(Diamer) [Gilgit-Baltistan] / (Muzaffarabad) [PoK], April 6 (ANI): As Pakistan is grappling with an unprecedented political crisis, the spiralling instability in the country is set to have bearings all around, especially in the illegally occupied regions.
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Sri Lanka economic crisis: Bank of Ceylon employees protest against 'wrong
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Bank of Ceylon employees union staged a protest against the government over the economic and political crisis in the country.
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Pakistani rupee hits new low against US dollar amid political instability
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in the country, the Pakistani rupee (PKR) continued to decline against the US dollar in the interbank market as it hit a new low on Tuesday, reported local media.
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Pak SC adjourns hearing over dissolution of National Assembly till tomorro
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): As the political crisis turned into a constitutional crisis in the country, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing over the dissolution of the National Assembly till Wednesday, local media reported.
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Sri Lankan food vendors accuse Rajapaksa govt of selling everything to Chi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Food vendors in Sri Lanka are accusing the Rajapaksa government of selling everything to China adding that the country has nothing and it had bought everything from other countries on credit.
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IMF funding to Pakistan virtually on hold till formation of new govt
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): As the political crisis in Pakistan turned into a constitutional crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) funding to the country is expected to hit another 'pause'.
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Ongoing line of credit to Sri Lanka touches USD 1.5 bn, consignments to co
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): The ongoing Lines of Credit (LOCs) that India has extended to crisis-hit Sri Lanka for procurement of fuel and food have currently totalled USD 1.5 billion and the consignments will further continue, India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay tol
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Imran Khan's desperate effort puts Pakistan's foreign policy in limbo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has created several problems for Pakistan by cosying up with Russia and China while keeping at bay US who considered Islamabad as a strategic non-NATO ally.
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