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Pak Minister Asks Citizens To Drink Less Tea As Economy Faces Loan Burden: Report
Cash-strapped Pakistan has urged its countrymen to cut down the consumption of tea to help reduce the import bill eating into the country's fast depleting foreign exchange reserves.
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India Borrowed Our Economic Reforms, Says Pakistan Minister
Pakistan has squandered the economic growth opportunity in the past because of political instability, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said, asserting that "tanks and missiles" alone cannot save a country.
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Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Recovering After Gun Attack
Pakistan's interior minister was recovering in hospital Monday after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.
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Pakistan Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt, Say Officials
Pakistan's interior minister Ahsan Iqbal survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political tensions ahead of general elections expected in late July.
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Pakistan Renews Pervez Musharraf's Passport Fearing He May Not Return
Pakistan's former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf's diplomatic passport was renewed two months before its expiry as the government feared that he might not return to face the high treason case, the country's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said.
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Pakistan To Reveal CPEC Plan On December 18
The long-term plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be made public on December 18, Pakistan's Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said.
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China Stops Funding For Key Projects Under Economic Corridor With Pak: Report
China has halted the release of funds for three key projects under the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) till Beijing revised its financial mechanism, a media report today quoted Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal as saying.
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Nawaz Sharif Struggles With Parallel State as Army Rises in Pakistan
Civil-military tensions are rising in Pakistan. The latest sign of a rift came Oct. 2, when paramilitary troops barred their boss, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, from entering the court hearing a corruption case against former premier Nawaz Sharif.
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China Will Fund $12 Billion Mega-Dam Opposed By India, Says Pakistan
Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, with work beginning next year, its Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an interview to news agency Reuters.
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Pakistan Government, Frustrated by Power Crisis, Changes Tack
Pakistan's government, struggling to fulfil election promises to end daily power cuts, is shifting from big generation projects to less splashy reforms including new transmission systems, privatisation and better management.
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Presented With Draft Amendments For Trying Terrorists: Reports
A draft of amendments for trying enemy combatants and hardcore terrorists involved in execution, abetting, and financing mass murders was presented to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday.
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Pakistan Anti-Government Protests Continue Amidst Deadlock
The anti-government protests in Pakistan entered the ninth day today amidst serious differences between the negotiators and the protest leaders, who are demanding nothing less than Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation as a pre-condition for talks.
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Pak Minister Asks Citizens To Drink Less Tea As Economy Faces Loan Burden: Report
Cash-strapped Pakistan has urged its countrymen to cut down the consumption of tea to help reduce the import bill eating into the country's fast depleting foreign exchange reserves.
-
India Borrowed Our Economic Reforms, Says Pakistan Minister
Pakistan has squandered the economic growth opportunity in the past because of political instability, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said, asserting that "tanks and missiles" alone cannot save a country.
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Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Recovering After Gun Attack
Pakistan's interior minister was recovering in hospital Monday after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked to blasphemy, with the attack seen as an ominous sign for security ahead of nationwide elections.
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Pakistan Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt, Say Officials
Pakistan's interior minister Ahsan Iqbal survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political tensions ahead of general elections expected in late July.
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Pakistan Renews Pervez Musharraf's Passport Fearing He May Not Return
Pakistan's former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf's diplomatic passport was renewed two months before its expiry as the government feared that he might not return to face the high treason case, the country's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said.
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Pakistan To Reveal CPEC Plan On December 18
The long-term plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be made public on December 18, Pakistan's Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said.
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China Stops Funding For Key Projects Under Economic Corridor With Pak: Report
China has halted the release of funds for three key projects under the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) till Beijing revised its financial mechanism, a media report today quoted Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal as saying.
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Nawaz Sharif Struggles With Parallel State as Army Rises in Pakistan
Civil-military tensions are rising in Pakistan. The latest sign of a rift came Oct. 2, when paramilitary troops barred their boss, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal, from entering the court hearing a corruption case against former premier Nawaz Sharif.
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China Will Fund $12 Billion Mega-Dam Opposed By India, Says Pakistan
Pakistan expects China to fund a long-delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, with work beginning next year, its Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said in an interview to news agency Reuters.
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Pakistan Government, Frustrated by Power Crisis, Changes Tack
Pakistan's government, struggling to fulfil election promises to end daily power cuts, is shifting from big generation projects to less splashy reforms including new transmission systems, privatisation and better management.
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Presented With Draft Amendments For Trying Terrorists: Reports
A draft of amendments for trying enemy combatants and hardcore terrorists involved in execution, abetting, and financing mass murders was presented to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday.
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Pakistan Anti-Government Protests Continue Amidst Deadlock
The anti-government protests in Pakistan entered the ninth day today amidst serious differences between the negotiators and the protest leaders, who are demanding nothing less than Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's resignation as a pre-condition for talks.
