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torkham

Barter trade reality

Dr Hafiz Muhammad Usman Rana Pakistan’s economy is under immense pressure due to low foreign reserves, a falling currency, political unrest, and stagflation. The GDP growth forecast has dropped to 0.29 per cent from 2.0 per cent for 2022-23. Slowdowns in the agricultural, industrial, and service sectors all negatively impacted the country’s total growth, with […]

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TAPI

TAPI gas pipeline project to usher in prosperity: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed confidence that TAPI (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline project would usher in an era of regional cooperation, development and prosperity. Addressing the signing ceremony of TAPI Joint Implementation Plan, the prime minister said the project was of utmost importance for the development of the four countries and the region.

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ishaq

Economic Survey shows industrial sector contracting

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the economic survey for the fiscal year 2023 at a press conference in Islamabad on Thursday, which notably showed that the country’s industrial sector contracted by around three per cent. Before presenting his government’s economic performance for the year, the minister went on a diatribe explaining the difficult condition

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CTN

Psychologist deputed at women hospital

CHITRAL: A lady psychologist has been deputed at a centre functioning inside the Women and Children Hospital to counsel women for free on general and special reproductive health-related issues. The facility has been made available at the centre under the Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) Project of the Population Welfare Department (PWD) of the Lower

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