Norobiik · @Norobiik
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Pakistan is living on borrowed time.
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" have dwindled to just $4.4 billion, enough for only three weeks of imports, and crucial bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund () have stalled since November.

soared to nearly 50 percent in April, according to official data."

Crippled economy fuels former PM Khan's protests |
france24.com/en/live-news/2023

#imrankhan #pakistancrisis #pakistan #inflation #food #imf #dollarreserves

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Norobiik · @Norobiik
311 followers · 4894 posts · Server noc.social

"The are separate from Pakistan’s civilian legal system where the judges are members of the army’s legal branch. The hearings taking place at military installations where the media does not have access. If convicted, a person has no right to appeal their case in another court."

Concerns as moves to try Khan supporters under army laws |
aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/18/c

#pakistancrisis #imrankhan #pakistan #militarycourts

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Bonnie Sonder · @bsonder
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Norobiik · @Norobiik
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" and have skyrocketed since the began, with the price of a kilo of flour rising from 58 to 155 rupees (45p). has more than doubled, while has gone from 145 rupees a litre last year to 272 rupees now."

‘We’d have died of ’: the feeding millions in | | The Guardian
theguardian.com/global-develop

#pakistancrisis #pakistan #charitykitchens #hunger #petrol #rice #UkraineWar #FuelPrices #food

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Energy Flux · @EnergyFlux
39 followers · 136 posts · Server mastodon.energy

“Improving a country’s energy system requires the patient policymaking that neither the government of the day nor international financial institutions have brought.”

#pakistancrisis

Last updated 1 year ago

Tashiki · @CollapseNow
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