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Senate, National Assembly to meet in Islamabad tomorrow 

Islamabad, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Sessions of the Senate and the National Assembly will separately be held at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Monday evening. Besides legislative business, both the Houses will take up matters of national and international importance. For more information, contact: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government

Finance Minister calls for greater policy support from IMF, multilateral donors

Islamabad, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has called for greater policy support from IMF and multilateral donors. He was addressing meeting of MENAP (Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan) Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors with the Managing Director IMF Kristalina Georgieva in Washington DC on

ADB assures Pakistan to approve $1.5 billion for BRACE 

Islamabad, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held a meeting with President Asian Development Bank Masatsugu Asakawa. He thanked the President ADB for support provided over the years as a major development partner of Pakistan and also for the recent post flood commitments. The ADB President assured the Finance

Pakistan to provide all facilities to enhance IFC engagement: Finance Minister

Islamabad, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Finance Minister Ishaq Dar also met Managing Director International Finance Corporation Makhtar Diop and discussed financial inclusion and banking on equality. They also discussed potential means of enhancing IFC engagement in Pakistan, particularly for trade finance. Dar assured all the facilitation required by IFC in this

Prime Minister urges public to fully participate in bye-elections

Islamabad, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the public to fully participate in bye-elections in the national and provincial assembly constituencies. In a tweet on Sunday, he said this is a constitutional and legal process and only the people have the right to elect their representatives. The

US appoints Hindu nationalist group’s leader to interfaith council 

Washington, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):A Hindu-American community leader, appointed to the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS), faith-based religious council, is a senior member of an organisation associated with a Hindu supremacist group in India. Chandru Acharya, who was appointed by the DHS to advise the US government on

Pakistan fully committed to achieve UN SDGs: Shehbaz Sharif 

Islamabad, October 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says Pakistan is fully committed to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending poverty, improving health and education and spurring economic growth. In his message on World Food Day, being observed today (Sunday), the Prime Minister said due to