By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchanges reserves plunged almost 4.6 percent or $648 billion in the first week of August on higher external debt payments and dried dollar inflows, central bank data showed on Thursday.
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Islamabad: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Mr. Miftah Ismail presided over the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet at Finance Division- August 11,2022.
ECC raises imported urea price by 25 percent
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday raised the Dealer Transfer Price (DTP) of imported urea, the fertilizer most used by farmers, by near 25 percent to Rs2,150/bag to bring it par with the cost of locally produced fertilizer.
Power utility KE allowed to raise electricity tariff by Rs11.10/unit
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ISLAMABAD: Power regulator Nepra on Thursday allowed fuel cost adjustments (FCA) of Rs11.10/unit to Karachi-based power utility K-Electric for the electricity consumed in June.
PTI’s Khan says govt wages campaign to split his party from military
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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling coalition for conspiring to pit his party against the powerful military, though he also signaled a deepening rift between PTI and army leadership after the arrest of his close aide on sedition charges.
Imran Khan’s close aide Shahbaz Gill arrested for making seditious remarks
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ISLAMABAD: A close aide of former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday after pulling a private TV channel off air for airing his interview considered as seditious and threatening to national security.
TTP Commander Khorasani killed in Afghanistan roadside attack
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ISLAMABAD: A top Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, with a $3 million bounty on his head, has been killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan, the group said.
Stuff of legends: Arshad stuns the world with insane throw
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KARACHI: Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem scripted history as he created a new Commonwealth Games record and became the first ever Pakistani to breach the famed 90 meters mark on way to the gold medal on Sunday night.
Watchdog calls on political parties to reform election law
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ISLAMABAD: A watchdog on Sunday asked political parties and the parliament to strengthen rules on political finance to curb the role of money in elections.
UAE to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies
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ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates is planning to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies spanning various sectors, state-run news agency WAM reported on Friday.
Imran Khan to contest by-elections on all 9 vacant seats
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday announced to contest an election on all nine National Assembly seats that fell vacant after his party’s lawmakers resigned.