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Cash-strapped Pakistan mulls taking another IMF loan as floods wreak havoc
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 1 (ANI): As Pakistan struggles to deal with the devastating flood situation, the cash-strapped country is mulling another emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), days after it managed to secure the much-needed bailout package to avert an imm
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Pak soldier killed in Bajaur blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's province
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Two Frontier Crops (FC) personnel were targeted by a roadside bomb when they were on routine patrol in the Yousafabad area on Tuesday, resulting in the death of one and injuring the other.
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Pakistan can consider imports from India after assessing supply shortage p
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that international agencies have approached the country's government to allow the imports from India through the land border, however, the Pakistan goverment can consider it only after assessing
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Afghan Envoy to UN calls country's future "bleak and opaque"
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 31 (ANI): Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Charge d'Affaires of Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the UN, said that the prospects for a prosperous and secure Afghanistan are "bleak and opaque", local media reported.
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UN rights chief slams Israel's failure to grant visas for staff in West Ba
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday denounced Israel's refusal to issue or extend visas for UN staff to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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UN Chief Guterres to visit Pakistan amid devastating flood situation
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI): UN Chief Antonio Guterres will visit Pakistan to take stock of the catastrophic flood situation, the one described by country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as "the worst in history."
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Dumka killing: Section 144 to remain in force
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 30 (ANI): The Dumka administration said on Tuesday that situation in the city which saw tension over the horrific murder of a 16-year-old girl was under control but section 144 would still continue to be in force.
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Jharkhand UPA MLAs reach Raipur; Hemant Soren says ruling alliance ready t
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], August 30 (ANI): Amid political uncertainty over reports that Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren could be disqualified as an MLA, nearly 31 MLAs and ministers of the ruling coalition have reached Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur.
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Sri Lanka's economic situation continues to deteriorate, inflation rate sp
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 30 (ANI): The economic situation has continued to deteriorate in Sri Lanka, with the headline inflation rate spiking to another record high in July, World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Former Jharkhand CM Babulal Marandi hits out at Hemant Soren government ov
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Dumka (Jharkhand) [India], August 30 (ANI): Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday hit out against the chief minister Hemant Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand alleging that it was not acting proactively in the case in which a school girl died after being set on fire in the state's
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India's economic prospects bright amid malign geopolitical situation: PM's
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): India's economic growth prospects are bright amid the malign geopolitical situation and is one of the relatively better-performing countries, said Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Chairman Bibek Debroy said on Tuesday.
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Pak Planning Minister warns of acute food shortage amid grim flood situati
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to battle the country's worst monsoon floods, the Federal Minister of Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday warned that the country will be confronted with acute food shortages in the near term.
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