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"Indian Rupee has performed much better...," FM Sitharaman on Rs vs USD
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (local time) said that Indian Rupee has performed much better than many other emerging market currencies in reference to the value of Rs dropping against the USD as geo-pol
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Shehbaz Sharif to leave for two-day Qatar visit amid political turmoil in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 23 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to embark on a two-day official trip to Qatar on Tuesday even as political tensions continue to rise in the country.
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Pakistan: Punjab Bar Council Secy killed in gun attack
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): As the political tensions continue to simmer in Pakistan's Punjab province after contentious Chief Minister elections, Monday saw a brutal killing of a Secretary of the Punjab Bar Council in a gun attack, media reports said.
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Imran Khan calls for protests on Sunday as political tensions rise in Paki
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called on people to hold protests across the country this Sunday against the "imported" government as he continued with his foreign conspiracy diatribe that started after his ouster from power in Apr
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Gilgit-Baltistan CM booked for shelling during Imran Khan's Azadi March
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Gilgit-Baltistan(GB) Chief Minister Muhammad Khalid Khurshid Khan was booked in a case of alleged shelling and open fire on the police during former Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan's Azadi March on May 25.
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Pakistan: SC dismisses govt's contempt petition against Imran's long march
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the government, looking for the contempt proceedings against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan for 'violating' the apex court's orders regardi
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Pakistan on the boil as Imran Khan's 'march to chaos' continues
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Police in Pakistan fired tear gas and clashed with supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the wee hours of Thursday as former Prime Minister and party chief Imran Khan started reaching Islamabad to demand fresh elections.
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As Imran Khan enters Islamabad, Pak govt deploys army to protect Red Zone
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Failing to control the growing unrest due to the protest march launched by Imran Khan, the Shehbaz Sharif government has been forced to call in the army to protect the Red Zone as former Pakistan Prime Minister and PTI chief entered Islamabad in the ear
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Pakistan: Imran Khan vows not to vacate protest site in Islamabad until fr
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister and PTI chief Imran Khan on Wednesday warned his supporters would not vacate D-Chowk in Islamabad until a date for fresh polls was announced by the Shehbaz Sharif government, a move that will lead to a rise in political tensi
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JUI-F party to launch protest against Imran Khan amid rising political ten
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Amid the rising political tensions in Pakistan, the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has said that they would launch a protest in a few days against the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
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Pakistan delegation to meet IMF to sort out economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Due to the rising political tension in Pakistan, and also the raging economic crisis, a high-profile Pakistani delegation is likely to make fresh contacts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in a meeting at Brent Wood Institutio
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Imran Khan defers address to nation amid political tensions in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 30 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday deferred his address to the nation hours after an announcement was made that he will take people into confidence about a "foreign-funded conspiracy letter" to show "evidence" of attempts to topple his g
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