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Feb 11, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Ministry of Defence has already agreed to contribute their share to national exercise amid serious financial crisis faced by country

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#TheNews The recommendations of committee to which prime minister has already agreed to, if implemented, will massively cut perks, privileges and other luxuries enjoyed by ruling elite, parliamentarians, judges, generals, civil and military officers from taxpayers’ money.

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Feb 11, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Cabinet's ECC approved withdrawal of subsidies in electricity tariff for export-oriented sector and Kissan package

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#TheNews Under various heads including quarterly tariff adjustments, deferred fuel price adjustment, and imposition of a surcharge of Re1 per unit on big power consumers, govt approved revised CDMP where tariff would be hiked around Rs7-8 per unit till August 2023.

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Feb 10, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
"People were already aware of who was behind overthrowing the PTI regime," former PM says

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#TheNews Image "General Bajwa told a journalist with much pride how he had our government ousted due to economic policies and other matters," Khan said in an interview with Voice of America (Urdu).

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Feb 10, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
IGP, chief secretary say they will follow whatever Election Commission of Pakistan decides

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#TheNews Punjab Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar and the chief secretary appeared before the court during today's hearing. The chief secretary said that they would follow through on the court’s order.

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Feb 10, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
Federal govt has allocated Rs10 billion to help Turkey's earthquake relief efforts, says premier

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#TheNews PM Shehbaz, while speaking on the occasion of sending relief goods to Türkiye at the Lahore airport, said no stone will be left unturned to provide full support to the people of Turkiye in the wake of massive devastation caused by the earthquake.

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Feb 10, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
Global lender, however, says "considerable progress" made, virtual talks to continue on implementation of IMF policies

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#TheNews The visiting IMF mission concluded its review parleys in 10 days and left Islamabad to return back to headquarters in Washington DC without signing of the SLA.

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Feb 10, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
LIVE: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar addresses press conference after an IMF mission left Pakistan without signing a staff-level agreement

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#TheNews LIVE: Pakistan-IMF talks concluded "positively", claims minister Dar.

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Feb 9, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
IMF mission and Pakistani officials held "tough" talks for 10 days in Islamabad

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#TheNews The sources, familiar with the development, said that a meeting took place between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the IMF delegation, where the mission informed the premier about the agreement.

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Feb 9, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
"It is categorically stated that COAS is on an official visit to UK from 5th to 10th February," says ISPR

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#TheNews Image The military's media wing, in a series of tweets, said: "There have been baseless speculations on social media that COAS is visiting USA."

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Feb 9, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Pakistani authorities expect IMF to share draft memorandum of economic and financial policies today

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#TheNews Image The local currency appreciated by Rs2.82 or 1.04% in the interbank market to close at Rs270.5 against the greenback, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

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Feb 9, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says government will make headway, reaching a deal after "tough" talks today

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#TheNews Image The government will make headway, reaching a deal after "tough" talks today as parleys with the global lender were "on track" and there were "no differences" with the IMF team, the finance czar said while speaking to the media in Islamabad.

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Feb 9, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
AML chief's bail plea stated he had been targeted for political vengeance

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#TheNews Image AML chief is facing charges of levelling murder plot allegations against PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, threatening police personnel, and passing "offensive" and "filthy" comments against Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in multiple cities.

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Feb 9, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Scheduled timeframe for completion of 9th review is going to end today

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#TheNews Image Differences persist over external financing needs and power sector losses between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistani side, delaying handover of the draft memorandum of economic and financial policies (MEFP) to the Pakistan side.

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