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Economic Diplomacy
Pakistan’s military helps stifle currency black market to stabilise rupee
Islamabad: When the military was called on to help defend Pakistan’s ailing currency, licensed foreign exchange traders cheered while their black…
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Sri Lanka
Drought dents Sri Lanka’s economic hopes, farmers’ livelihood
Colombo: HJM Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his…
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Pakistan
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to dissolve Parliament on 9 August
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday announced the dissolution of the National Assembly on 9 August. The decision came…
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Diplomacy
Sitharaman asks China to join Japan, India and France in their effort to help Lanka
New Delhi: India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has invited China, as a large creditor to Sri Lanka, to join Japan,…
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Highlights news
No quick fix to Pakistan’s economic problems: Elizabeth Horst
WASHINGTON: There’s no quick fix to Pakistan’s economic problems but following the arrangement it has made with the International Monetary…
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Pakistan
Pakistan’s Imran Khan expresses support for bailout deal in IMF meeting
KARACHI, Pakistan, July 7 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s main opposition leader and former prime minister Imran Khan expressed support for a…
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka parliament approves domestic debt restructuring plan
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s parliament approved a domestic debt restructuring plan on Saturday that is crucial to continue a $2.9 billion bailout…
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Highlights news
Pakistan gets first shipment of Russian crude under discount deal
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan has received its first shipment of Russian crude oil under an agreement signed between the two…
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka to fulfill IMF agreements by September
Colombo: Sri Lanka will fulfill the agreements reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by September, State Finance Minister Ranjith…
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka lifts import limits on 286 items as crisis eases
Colombo: Sri Lanka lifted import restrictions on 286 items, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday, a fresh sign the South…
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