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Pakistan International Airlines debt now rests on taxpayers shoulders
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad: The government and banks have decided on a plan to restructure PIA's debt, totalling Rs268 billion. The Ministry of Finance, which initially didn't want to include PIA's debt in the overall public debt, has changed its mind. Now, they agreed to use the budget to pay both the princ
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Pakistan: Gas prices set to triple as subsidies for wealthy exporters rema
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
For domestic consumers, gas prices are set to surge by up to 172 per cent, with commercial consumers facing a 137 per cent increase, while cement manufacturers will experience a staggering 193 per cent hike starting November 1.
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Pakistan caretaker Finance Minister rules out relief in power bills
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar on Wednesday told senators and the electricity consumers to “manage (their) expectations” raised by caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar for relief in excessive power bills, saying the country’s fiscal space did not permit any subsid
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FATF delegation likely to visit Pak next week
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 9 (ANI): A delegation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an anti-terror money laundering global watchdog, is likely to visit Pakistan on August 13 to review the implementation of its action plan imposed on Pakistan to tackle terrorism funding.
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Nadeem Nusrat welcomes FATF move to keep Pakistan on 'grey list'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Mohajir activist and the Voice of Karachi chairman, Nadeem Nusrat, has said that the decision of global anti-terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), to keep Pakistan on its 'grey list' is a right step in the right direction.
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FATF puts Pak on 'grey list'
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jun 28 (ANI): Global anti-terror financing watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided to keep Pakistan on its 'grey list'.
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Pak interim PM chairs NSC meet, discusses FATF
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jun 9 (ANI): Newly-appointed Pakistan's caretaker prime minister Justice (retired) Nasir-ul-Mulk presided over National Security Committee (NSC) session and discussed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting which is scheduled to take place in Paris from June 24 t
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Six-member interim Pakistan cabinet takes oath
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): A six-member interim cabinet, led by Pakistan's caretaker prime minister Justice (retired) Nasir-ul-Mulk, took oath at the President's House here on Tuesday.
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