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Pakistan rejects allegations of listings of commercial entities links to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme
ISLAMABAD (92 News) - In response to media queries regarding the US decision to impose sanctions against commercial entities on allegations of links with Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch has said that such listings of…
" Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) region is proud to announce a significant milestone in its BISP Kafaalat Disbursement Program. With great pleasure, we reveal that the program has successfully disbursed Rs. 879,928,500 as financial aid to over eighty five thousand BISP beneficiaries, reaching a total percentage success rate exceeding…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is hoping to get a fresh $7 to $8 billion loan programme from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ARY News reported, quoting sources.
As per details available with ARY News according to sources, Pakistan will seek a fresh three-year-loan programme from the IMF next week.
The IMF has hinted at negotiations on…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said that Pakistan needed another loan programme from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilize its fragile economy, ARY News reported.
PM Sharif said this while addressing a ceremony to encourage taxpayers in the country in Islamabad.
The prime minister said the government is compelled to enter into…
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ISLAMABAD:
The review of IMF’s standby arrangement (SBA) is complete, and Pakistan is now seeking another IMF programme with the aim of “permanently resolving its fiscal and external sustainability weaknesses, strengthening economic recovery, and laying the foundations for a strong, sustainable, and inclusive growth”. This is expected to be the 25th IMF programme.
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ISLAMABAD:
The Sehat Tahafuz Programme (STP), which provided medical expense coverage of up to Rs1 million for the poor, has ceased operations.
The poverty alleviation and social safety ministry has issued a notification to the STP director about the suspension of the medical project.
“[The] Sehat Tahafuz Programme is a PSDP [Public Sector Development Programme]…
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KARACHI:
NUST Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS), Director General, Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan, has stated that Pakistan should seek the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan package of $3-4 billion for a maximum period of three years, as a longer and larger programme would be an economic disaster, potentially making Pakistan another Argentina, which is…
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MULTAN:
The quarterly instalment of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Kifalat programme has been increased by Rs10,500 as over 2.2 million beneficiaries of South Zone Punjab would get the benefit.
These views were expressed by the Zonal Director BISP South Zone, Sheikh Muhammad Ameen, while talking to media persons here.
He said that earlier,…