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Pakistan inflation slows to 23.1% yr/yr in Feb, lowest since mid-2022
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Pakistan inflation slows to 23.1% yr/yr in Feb, lowest since mid-2022

KARACHI: Pakistan’s consumer price index for February was up 23.1% from the same month last year, marking the slowest rate of annual inflation since June…

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Pakistan's petroleum prices hike to fuel sky-high inflation
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Pakistan’s petroleum prices hike to fuel sky-high inflation

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced an increase in petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday to meet fiscal objectives laid down in a deal with the International Monetary…

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Pakistan: Pakistan inflation eases for first time in seven months
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Pakistan: Pakistan inflation eases for first time in seven months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s headline inflation eased for the first time in seven months in June, figures released Monday showed, a bright spot for a beleaguered government…

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Pakistan's inflation outpaces Sri Lanka's as Asia's fastest
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Pakistan’s inflation outpaces Sri Lanka’s as Asia’s fastest

Pakistan took the crown for Asia’s fastest inflation from Sri Lanka as a weaker currency and rising food and energy costs drove price gain to…

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Pakistan’s inflation outpaces Sri Lanka as Asia’s fastest

Pakistan took the crown for Asia’s fastest inflation from Sri Lanka as a weaker currency and rising food and energy costs drove price gains to…

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Pakistan inflation hits record 36.4% in April, highest in region
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Pakistan inflation hits record 36.4% in April, highest in region

KARACHI: Pakistan consumer prices rose a record 36.4% in the year to April, the highest inflation rate in South Asia, up from March’s previous record…

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Imran Khan to present white paper against Pakistan govt's performance
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Imran Khan to present white paper against Pakistan govt’s performance

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan will be presenting a white paper against the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government’s performance over the last…

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Deadly chaos: As Pakistan scrambles for aid, poor are losing lives in stampede for food
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Deadly chaos: As Pakistan scrambles for aid, poor are losing lives in stampede for food

NEW DELHI: For a middle class family in Pakistan, making ends meet has become increasingly difficult due to a paralyzed economy and skyrocketing inflation. But…

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Pakistan central bank raises rate by 100 bps to 21% to rein in inflation
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Pakistan central bank raises rate by 100 bps to 21% to rein in inflation

KARACHI: Pakistan‘s central bank raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to its highest-ever level on Tuesday, as the cash-strapped country bids to…

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Inflation at nearly 60-year high, 16 killed in stampede for food: Pakistanis face brunt of economic crisis
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Inflation at nearly 60-year high, 16 killed in stampede for food: Pakistanis face brunt of economic crisis

NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s year-on-year inflation hit 35.37% in March, the highest since 1965, as the Shehbaz Sharif government scrambled to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF)…

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