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People visit a market to buy grocery and other stuff, in Peshawar.(AP)
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Pak inflation skyrockets to 47%, essential prices soar: Report

Pakistan’s economic crisis continues to worsen with each passing day. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the inflation based on sensitive price indicator…

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Take steps to function as a country: IMF tells cash-starved Pakistan
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Take steps to function as a country: IMF tells cash-starved Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Cash-strapped Pakistan must take steps to ensure that its high earners pay taxes and only the poor get the subsidies if it wants to…

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Pakistan Petrol Price: Pakistan hikes petrol price by 22.20 rupees a litre
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Pakistan Petrol Price: Pakistan hikes petrol price by 22.20 rupees a litre

NEW DELHI: Pakistan government hiked petrol price in the country by another whopping 22 rupees a litre on Thursday. The finance ministry in a statement…

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Inflation in Pakistan could average 33% in H1 2023, says Moody's economist
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Inflation in Pakistan could average 33% in H1 2023, says Moody’s economist

MUMBAI/ISLAMABAD: Inflation in Pakistan could average 33% in the first half of 2023 before trending lower, and a bailout from the International Monetary Fund alone…

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Pakistan: What life is like in crisis-hit Pakistan as inflation soars
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Pakistan: What life is like in crisis-hit Pakistan as inflation soars

As Pakistan lurches from one crisis to another, citizens are taking to the streets to protest a dual economic and political meltdown with little precedent…

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Pakistan round-up: Wikipedia blocked for 'blasphemous' content
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Pakistan round-up: Wikipedia blocked for ‘blasphemous’ content

NEW DELHI: Talks with IMF for a bailout package to aid Pakistan’s struggling economy hits more hurdles, Wikipedia banned for “blasphemous” content, and other news…

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Why IMF is doubling down on bailout package for Pakistan
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Why IMF is doubling down on bailout package for Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday that his government has to accept “beyond imagination” conditions to unlock an IMF bailout package.“I…

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