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Pakistan PM Shehbaz admits there will be more inflation after IMF agreement
Addressing a press conference, the Prime Minister said that he hoped the matters with the IMF will be settled in the next few days. He informed the media that matters with the IMF are in their final stages, Samaa TV reported. The government has tried that the mini budget does not impact the poor population.
Imran's PTI to kick off 'Jail Bharo Tehreek' from Lahore today
"Fill up the prisons and shatter the idols of fear," Khan said in a video message while announcing thestart to the campaign. The PTI's plan is to render their arrests as part of the phase wise court arrest drive in protest against what they call, ouster of their government from power and deliberate attempts to now have elections in the country at the federal and the provincial level by the current ruling coalition government under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Pakistan to cut number of missions abroad under austerity measures
"The Prime Minister is pleased to direct that a well-considered proposal/plan in this respect may please be submitted to this office within two weeks positively," The News quoted a directive issued by the PMO as saying. This official communication titled "Rationalisation of Foreign Mission Abroad" states that in view of the ongoing economic constraints and the consequent need for fiscal consolidation and control of external deficit, the Prime Minister was pleased to constitute a National Austerity Committee (NAC).
Russia-Ukraine war cost world economy $1.6 tn in 2022: Study
According to the study published by the German Economic Institute (IW) on Tuesday, Western economies were particularly affected as they lost two-thirds of their global production, reports Xinhua news agency. The war has a "high global economic significance", IW expert Michael Groemling said in a statement. Above all, energy and raw material supply problems.
Malcolm X's daughter says she's suing FBI, CIA, NYPD for his murder
Shabazz, 60, made the announcement on Tuesday at the site in New York where he was shot dead 58 years ago, which has since been converted into a memorial site, reports the BBC. She was two-years-old when she saw three armed men shooting at her father 21 times as he was preparing to speak at a Harlem auditorium.
Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste bias despite opposition by some Hindu groups
The City Council on Tuesday approved the legislative measure sponsored by Councillor Kshama Sawant, a member of the radical Socialist Alternative party. The legislation, modelled after laws against racial bias, seeks to ban caste-based discrimination in jobs, housing rental and sales and in public places like hotels, restaurants and stores. It pitched some Hindu organisations.
Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy announces Republican bid for President in 2024
In a short video launched on Tuesday, the 37-year-old said: "We've celebrated our 'diversity' so much that we forgot all the ways we're really the same as Americans, bound by ideals that united a divided, headstrong group of people 250 years ago. I believe deep in my bones those ideals still exist. I'm running for President to revive them.
Putin's craven lust for land & power will fail: Biden
Biden delivered his speech on Tuesday following his historic secret trip to Kiev the previous day and just hours after Putin's State of the Nation address in which the Russian leader continued his tirade against the West and accused it and Ukraine of starting the war. Biden started his address by saying that nearly a year ago. "I spoke at the Royal Castle here in Warsaw, just weeks.
Baloch rebels go for the jugular, challenge Pakistan in Punjab
In a video released on Monday, Commander-in-Chief of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) Bashir Zaib has threatened the Pakistani army by attacking it in the heart of Pakistan - Punjab. In his trademark video, other videos also have the same landscape and gun-toting rebels behind him, Zaib says: "If our comrades can attack the Pakistani army camps and check posts.
EU, NATO, Ukraine to ramp up arms production, procurement
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he discussed with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell the need to ramp up weapons production and improve arms procurement "to ensure that Ukraine gets the weapons it needs". "We are looking for ways to accelerate the deliveries from member states to Ukraine," Borrell said.
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