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Pakistan's inflation records highest in January 2023 after 1975: Report
Updated : 3 days, 22 hours ago IST
According to The News International, Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in January 2023 accelerated to 27.55 per cent from 24.47 per cent a month earlier, as the unprecedented surge in food items' prices in the month jacked up the general inflation.
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Gilgit-Baltistan reels under the mismanagement by Pakistan
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan is currently in a serious financial crisis and seeking the release of funds from the federal government.
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Pakistan: SBP forex reserves reach USD 4.34 billion, Islamabad left with t
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
The foreign exchange held by the State Bank of Pakistan reached a low of USD 4.343 billion.
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Weekly inflation in Pakistan rises to 31.83% due to surging prices of food
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Index (SPI), has seen an rise of 31.83 per cent for the combined income group on a year-on-year basis, ending January 19, due to a massive increase in prices of food and non-food items, the Dawn reported citing data released by the Pakistan Burea
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Pakistan: Prices of pulses go up amid non-clearance of imported shipments
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Rauf Ibrahim, the chairman of Karachi Wholesalers Grocers Association (KWGA) said traders on Thursday, held a protest outside the State Bank's head office against the non-clearance of over 6,000 containers of pulses at the port for the past two months.
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Former Pak minister warns inflation will rise by 40 per cent if govt accep
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Criticising the PML-N-led coalition government, Azhar said that the economy has been brought on the verge of collapse during the past nine months.
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Pakistan: As flour price shoots up, it's harder for the poor to buy it
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Following a record increase in price, it is now harder for low-income groups to buy a bag of flour in Pakistan and people are looking to the government for help, according to The News International newspaper.
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Pakistan: Weekly inflation witnesses 30 percent rise compared to last year
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in its weekly report on the movement in prices of 51 essential items, collected from 50 markets in 17 major cities around the country said that the year-on-year (YOY) shows a rise of 30.60 percent.
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Flour rate rises to Rs 150 per kg in Pakistan's Rawalpindi
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
A 15 kg bag of wheat is being sold for Rs2,250 in the city, a part of Pakistan's Punjab province.
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Surge in flour, meat prices push weekly inflation up to 1.09 pc in Pakista
Updated : 1 month ago IST
A surge in the prices of meat especially Chicken, rice and wheat flour pushed weekly inflation up 1.09 per cent in Pakistan, Geo TV reported.
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Pakistan govt takes cost-cutting measures to address country's 'financial
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
The measures taken in view of the financial emergency include that all government vehicles used by officers (entitled) should not be given over 120 litres of fuel per month. Employees travelling out of town, city or village on official work should be given two DAs according to their grade an
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan blames Sharif govt for looming threat of def
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Imran Khan blamed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for the looming threat of default.
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