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Pakistan receives 2nd tranche of $ 1.2b from IMF

May 14, 2025

Pakistan receives first tranche of $1.02bn from IMF under EFF

September 28, 2024

IMF yet to include Pakistan’s $7b EFF on Executive Board agenda

September 10, 2024

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ordered released by federal judge
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to release pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody. Khalil has been in the custody of immigration agents since March 8. Government attorney Dhruman Sampat had argued that Congress has given the executive branch sweeping powers to determine who could be removed…
Indian Anchor calls for investigation over Trump’s ‘Love for Pakistan’
Indian Anchor calls for investigation over Trump’s ‘Love for Pakistan’ Controversial Indian anchor Arnab Goswami has once again stirred debate with his bizarre and baseless comment—this time targeting former U.S. President Donald Trump. In a video clip now going viral, Goswami claims that Trump should be investigated for “repeatedly expressing love for Pakistan.” According to…
Supreme Court rejects Trump tariff challenge fast track
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from two toy companies to expedite their challenge to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The ruling from the nation’s high court means that the Trump administration now has the standard 30-day window to file its response to the challenge. Two small family-owned companies, Learning Resources and hand2mind, argued…
Stanley Cup Final ratings drop from last year’s contest
U.S. television ratings for the Stanley Cup Final rematch between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers declined from their first matchup a year ago. An average of 2.5 million viewers watched on TNT, with 2.8 million tuning in for the Panthers’ series-clinching Game 6 victory. The overall number on cable is down from 4.17…
Sara Burack, star of Netflix’s ‘Million Dollar Beach House,’ killed in apparent Hamptons hit-and-run
Sara Burack, who starred in the Netflix series “Million Dollar Beach House,” was killed in an apparent hit-and-run on Thursday, police said. She was 40. Southhampton Town Police said in a press release that they received a 911 call in the early hours of Thursday morning about a woman lying on Montauk Highway in Hampton…
The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year
Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the shortest day of the year and winter will start. The word…
Wounded Gaza children find respite from war at Ohio summer camp
BUTLER, Ohio — Their bodies are maimed or burned. Their childhoods have been shattered. And their futures are filled with uncertainty as war rages in Gaza. But for one week, three dozen wounded Palestinian children and members of their families have found a respite from the fighting at a summer camp in Mohican State Park,…
Japan to cut superlong government bond sales amid record yields
TOKYO — Japan’s Finance Ministry will reduce the issuance of superlong government bonds starting next month in response to record-high yields, taking the unusual step of revising its offering plan this early in the fiscal year. During Friday’s private meeting with prim dealers that take part in the auctions, the ministry proposed cutting the issuance of Japanese government bonds…