1/10 - Pakistan economic crisis
2/10 - World Bank delays loans approval for Pakistan
In a major blow to cash-strapped Pakistan, the World Bank has delayed the approval of two loans worth USD 1.1 billion until the next fiscal year.
3/10 - Pakistan central bank may hike rates by another 100 bps to tame inflation
Pakistan\'s central bank looks set to raise its key policy rate by 100 basis points to 17% at its review on Monday as it struggles to rein in persistently high inflation.
4/10 - UAE approves USD 2 billion funding to cash-strapped Pakistan
Pakistan on Thursday announced that the UAE has rolled over its deposits of USD 2 billion, providing critical support to the country\'s depleting foreign exchange reserves.
5/10 - Meanwhile, Pakistan foreign exchange reserves rise to $4.6 billion
Pakistan\'s foreign exchange reserves rose $258 million and were recorded at $4.6 billion in the week that ended January 13, the central bank said on Thursday.
6/10 - In the meantime, Pakistan PM and Russian energy minister discuss oil and gas supply
Pakistan\'s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Russia\'s energy minister in Lahore on Thursday, discussing the possibility of Moscow supplying oil and gas to the South Asian nation, according to a Pakistani government statement.
7/10 - As residents grapple with inflation, flour shortage, protests erupt in PoK & other parts
Protests also erupted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\'s Swabi over flour shortage.
8/10 - Flour shortage
Opposition leaders have criticised the government over its failure to give flour to people at an affordable price, stressing that they had been left at the mercy of hoarders and profiteers.
9/10 - Pharmaceutical firms also threatened to start protest
Amid acute shortage of life-saving drugs in Pakistan, the pharmaceutical firms threatened to start a protest on January 5.
10/10 - Pakistani rickshaw drivers also protested
Pakistani rickshaw drivers protested in Lahore against price hike in Pakistan.
