Cash-strapped Pakistan mulls taking another IMF loan as floods wreak havoc \
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Cash-strapped Pakistan mulls taking another IMF loan as floods wreak havoc

01-Sep-2022
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 imminent default.
01-Sep-2022 World
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Pak Minister meets US envoy, seeks financial investments as country faces economic turmoil \
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Pak Minister meets US envoy, seeks financial investments as country faces economic turmoil

29-Jul-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): In a similar move to Pakistani Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa's appeal to US to help Pakistan in securing an IMF loan tranche, country's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has met the Ambassador of the United States (US) to Pakistan, Donald Blome, to get financial investments from Washington, media reports said.
29-Jul-2022 World
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Pakistan gas tariff surges by a staggering 235 per cent \
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Pakistan gas tariff surges by a staggering 235 per cent

09-Jul-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 9 (ANI): The Shehbaz Sharif government has approved an increase in natural gas prices in the range of 43 per cent to 235 per cent with effect from July 1 to recover 660 billion Pakistani rupees (Pkr) from the majority of domestic and all other categories of consumers.
09-Jul-2022 World
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Pakistan: Textile industry to remain closed amid shortage of gas supply \
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Pakistan: Textile industry to remain closed amid shortage of gas supply

01-Jul-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Amid the shortage of gas supply in Pakistan, the textile industry decided to remain closed from July 1 to 8, a local media reported.
01-Jul-2022 World
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Pakistan jacks up petrol price by PKR 14.84 per litre \
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Pakistan jacks up petrol price by PKR 14.84 per litre

01-Jul-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): The prices of petrol in Pakistan have again risen by PKR (Pakistani rupee) 14.84 per litre, a fourth time within a month, local media said.
01-Jul-2022 World
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Pakistan seeks update from its envoy in China over USD 21 billion support request \
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Pakistan seeks update from its envoy in China over USD 21 billion support request

17-Mar-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 17 (ANI): Pakistan's finance ministry has sought an update from its ambassador to China, Moin ul Haq, on Islamabad's request for USD 21 billion financial packages amid the country's deteriorating economic conditions, media reported citing reliable sources.
17-Mar-2022 World
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Pakistan faces acute wheat shortage, barely enough to last through April end \
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Pakistan faces acute wheat shortage, barely enough to last through April end

12-Mar-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Finance Ministry confirmed that there is an acute shortage of Wheat in Pakistan and asserted that the wheat stocks in the country stand at 3.3 million tons which is barely enough to last through the end of April given annual demand of 30 million tons.
12-Mar-2022 World
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Pakistan: Budget deficit hits record PKR 4.3 tr \
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Pakistan: Budget deficit hits record PKR 4.3 tr

11-Mar-2022
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 11 (ANI): The Pakistani budget deficit is Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 4.3 trillion, the highest ever.
11-Mar-2022 World
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