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Shehbaz Sharif wants IMF loan programme to be Pakistan’s last
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz urged that the $3 billion pact signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be the country’s last loan programme with the global lender. The staff-level agreement…
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Pakistan, IMF reach $3bn deal after 8 months of delay
Islamabad: After an eight-month delay, the Pakistan government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finally reached a staff-level pact on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement as the cash-strapped nation is teetering…
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‘Most painful Eid’: Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday in his Eid greetings to fellow countrymen said this year’s Eid festival was the “most painful” one for him. Taking to Twitter to…
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Eid: 84 Pak organizations barred from collecting sacrificial animal hides
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government on Wednesday issued a list of 84 banned organisations prohibited from collecting sacrificial animal hides during Eid ul-Adha, including 10 so-called charity offshoots of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) headed…
- Middle East
Nawaz Sharif, Zardari meet in UAE over Pakistan election
Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari have reportedly met in the UAE to consult and decide on the timing of the next general elections in…
- Hyderabad
Why is PM Modi getting inspiration from Pakistani law, asks Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding his remarks on the issue of triple talaq and said that the law brought in by the center has increased the…
- Sports
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023: India vs Pakistan on Oct 15
Mumbai: The fixtures list for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India has been released along with the ten venues for the mega event that will span across 46 days…
- India
Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir is a part of India: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: “People living in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir will raise a demand to go with India. Pakistan does not have a locus standi there as it has illegally occupied the area. The Indian Parliament…
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Cash-strapped Pakistan’s Parliament approves Rs 14.48 trillion budget for 2023-24
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Parliament on Sunday approved the Rs 14.48 trillion budget for 2023-24 after new taxes were added to it as dictated by the IMF as a condition to release the remaining…
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SGPC chief condemns murder of Sikh man in Pakistan
Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Sunday condemned the murder of a Sikh man in Pakistan. Manmohan Singh, 35, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen when he…
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Sikh man shot dead in Pakistan’s Peshawar; suspects arrested
Peshawar: Pakistan police on Sunday arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of a Sikh man here who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, in a probable case of targetted killing. Manmohan…
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IMF asks Pakistan to revise budget as deadline looms: Report
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to revise the budgetary framework for 2023-24 before its passage from the parliament in order to strike a staff-level agreement, The News International…
- World
Family of Pakistani father, son aboard Titan submersible express ‘profound grief’
The family of the British-Pakistani father and son who were on board the missing Titan submersible, expressed “profound grief” at their loss. Shahzada Dawood, 48 and his son Suleman 19, were among…
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Pakistan, IMF close to signing deal
Islamabad: There has been a likely breakthrough in Pakistan’s long-drawn-out parleys with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the tightly-negotiated ninth review and an official announcement regarding the signing of the deal…