Pakistan
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Economics
Govt to raise Rs3.6tr through bonds
KARACHI: The government will raise Rs3,620 billion through auction of bonds during January to March this fiscal year, reported State…
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Economics
Fuel sales rise 11pc in first half
KARACHI: The country’s overall oil sales rose by 11 per cent in 6MFY21 to 9.742 million tonnes owing to massive…
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Travel curbs on UK passengers extended till 31st
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Monday announced that it had extended travel restrictions on UK passengers till Jan 31 to prevent the…
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Alarm as Pakistan detects three cases of Covid variant
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: As three cases of the potentially more contagious coronavirus variant — first detected in the UK — were confirmed…
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Diplomacy
Pakistan again calls for independent inquiry into extra-judicial killings of 3 men in occupied Kashmir
Pakistan on Tuesday reiterated its call for an independent inquiry under international scrutiny into the extra-judicial killings of three labourers…
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Diplomacy
Next round of Afghan talks to begin in Doha on Jan 5
KABUL: The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government would be held in Qatar from next…
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Saudi Arabia extends entry ban amid coronavirus variant fears
Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry on Monday extended a ban on entry to the kingdom by air, land and sea for…
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Economics
Private sector borrowing plunges 88pc
KARACHI: Bank lending to private sector plunged 88 per cent in more than five months of the current fiscal year…
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Seven more Peshawar areas under smart lockdown
PESHAWAR: With the coronavirus cases and deaths on the rise in the provincial capital, the district administration imposed smart lockdown…
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Four die, 18 fall unconscious due to ‘toxic gas’ in Keamari
KARACHI: A mysterious gas leakage, which had claimed more than a dozen lives earlier this year in Keamari, is feared…
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