June 9, 2023
People queue outside to use an ATM in Rawalpindi, June 9, 2023. According to a key government report released on June 8 – the day before the new budget is due to be presented to the National Assembly. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM/AFP) KARACHI, June 9, 2023 (AFP). According to a key government report released on
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Iranian President Dr. Ebrahim Raisi (left) bids farewell to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Pakistani-Iranian border after the latter’s visit to Iran, May 18, 2023. Credit: Twitter/Prime Minister’s Office Advertising Pakistan started permitted barter trade with Iran, Afghanistan and Russia to stabilize their economies and reduce the country’s dependence on dollar trade. According
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Advertising In May, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi open cross-border market and power transmission line at the Mand Pishin border crossing. The new transmission line is expected to provide additional 100 MW electricity in the Pakistani port city of Gwadar. Iran and Pakistan share a 900 km border and are
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A worker sits on a cart waiting for customers at a market in Rawalpindi on June 1, 2023. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM/AFP) ISLAMABAD, June 1, 2023 (AFP). Annual inflation in Pakistan reached a record 37.97% in May, the country is on the brink of economic collapse, and important bailout talks have stalled, according to official
READ MOREOn Tuesday, Islamist militants stormed a natural gas and oil plant in northwestern Pakistan, killing four police officers and two private security guards, police said. According to police officer Irrfan Khan, the attack of up to 50 militants took place at the plant of the Pakistani oil and gas company MOL in the Hangu district
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Sixteen people were killed in a years-long land dispute between the two tribes. PakistanOn Tuesday, police said it was in the coal-rich northwest. The Ahorwal tribe opened fire on the Suni Khel tribe on Monday from high ground, police said, as the latter marked their territory in the highlands of Darra Adam Khel, less than
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facebook, YouTube And Twitter were not available in Pakistan on Saturday after he was temporarily restored late Friday night, witnesses told Reuters. Ministry of the Interior suspended mobile broadband services across the country and blocked access to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on Tuesday night amid riots following the former prime minister’s speech. Imran Khan was
READ MORETroops were deployed to the Pakistani capital on Thursday after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan sparked two days of violent protests from his supporters. On Wednesday, Khan was jailed for eight days on corruption charges, the culmination of a rare campaign of defiance against the powerful military. Khan’s arrest infuriated supporters of
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Key points Khan’s arrest came a day after the military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing an officer of trying to plot his assassination. At least one protester was killed in violent clashes between Mr. Khan’s supporters and police. Mobile data services have been suspended and police have banned public gatherings in parts of the country.
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a severe escalation in the political crisis that has seen the current government oppose Mr Trump. Khan, since he was removed from office last year, and now this increases the likelihood of riots. Mister. Khan was at a court hearing in Islamabad
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