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Fuel Prices Up, Salaries Cut: Energy Shock To Pakistan Amid Iran War
Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a sweeping austerity and energy-saving plan, saying the steps were necessary as the country confronts a global fuel crisis triggered by the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.
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Eiffel Tower Closed Due To Strikes Across France Against Austerity
Protesters took to the streets of more than 200 towns and cities across France to denounce spending cuts and demand higher taxes on the rich.
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Cash-Strapped Pak Bans Red Carpets At Official Events To Cut Costs
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures to cut down unnecessary expenditures in the cash-strapped nation.
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Milei Swears In As Argentina's President, Warns Of "Shock Treatment" For Economy
Argentina's President Javier Milei took office Sunday with a stark warning to citizens to brace themselves for painful austerity measures as he seeks to cut spending and curb triple-digit inflation, all with empty coffers.
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Pakistan To Cut Expenses Of Ministers, Advisers By 15% In Austerity Drive
Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said today.
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Congress Starts Austerity Drive, Asks MPs To Contribute Rs 50,000 A Year
From urging parliamentarians to use their air travel benefits instead of charging the party, to donating Rs 50,000 a year to the party's coffers, the opposition Congress party has announced a range of measures to cut costs and raise funds.
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Pak Military To Voluntarily Cut Defence Budget, Imran Khan Praises Move
In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.
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Beer King Vijay Mallya May Have To Cut $24,000-A-Week Allowance
Vijay Mallya, the ex-billionaire known as the "king of good times" in India, may have to prepare for a bout of relative austerity as he fights multiple lawsuits against creditors.
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168 Cops, 2 Companies, A Platoon Of Armed Guards Protect UP Governor: RTI
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preaching austerity and cutting down of government expense, Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik is being protected by two companies and one platoon of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 168 security personnel, response to an RTI poser has revealed, the petitioner said on Thursday.
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No Lunch, Only Cookies At Meetings In Pakistan's Austerity Drive
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan got the word helicopter trending on Twitter recently. Khan took a helicopter ride for a nine-mile journey from his hill-side home to his official residence in Islamabad last month. For a new leader who'd pledged to cut the perks of high office and who is trying to fix an economy in crisis, the incident didn't go...
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Fuel Prices Up, Salaries Cut: Energy Shock To Pakistan Amid Iran War
Pakistan's PM Shehbaz Sharif on Monday announced a sweeping austerity and energy-saving plan, saying the steps were necessary as the country confronts a global fuel crisis triggered by the ongoing conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.
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Eiffel Tower Closed Due To Strikes Across France Against Austerity
Protesters took to the streets of more than 200 towns and cities across France to denounce spending cuts and demand higher taxes on the rich.
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Cash-Strapped Pak Bans Red Carpets At Official Events To Cut Costs
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has banned the use of red carpets at government events, reserving them exclusively for diplomatic receptions, as part of austerity measures to cut down unnecessary expenditures in the cash-strapped nation.
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Milei Swears In As Argentina's President, Warns Of "Shock Treatment" For Economy
Argentina's President Javier Milei took office Sunday with a stark warning to citizens to brace themselves for painful austerity measures as he seeks to cut spending and curb triple-digit inflation, all with empty coffers.
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Pakistan To Cut Expenses Of Ministers, Advisers By 15% In Austerity Drive
Pakistan's government will cut back allowances and travel expenses of ministers and advisers as part of an austerity drive that will save it 200 billion rupees ($766 million) a year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said today.
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Congress Starts Austerity Drive, Asks MPs To Contribute Rs 50,000 A Year
From urging parliamentarians to use their air travel benefits instead of charging the party, to donating Rs 50,000 a year to the party's coffers, the opposition Congress party has announced a range of measures to cut costs and raise funds.
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Pak Military To Voluntarily Cut Defence Budget, Imran Khan Praises Move
In an unprecedented voluntary move, Pakistan's military has decided to cut its defence budget for the next fiscal year amid an austerity drive launched by the government to help solve the cash-strapped nation's economic problems.
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Beer King Vijay Mallya May Have To Cut $24,000-A-Week Allowance
Vijay Mallya, the ex-billionaire known as the "king of good times" in India, may have to prepare for a bout of relative austerity as he fights multiple lawsuits against creditors.
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168 Cops, 2 Companies, A Platoon Of Armed Guards Protect UP Governor: RTI
At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preaching austerity and cutting down of government expense, Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik is being protected by two companies and one platoon of Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and 168 security personnel, response to an RTI poser has revealed, the petitioner said on Thursday.
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No Lunch, Only Cookies At Meetings In Pakistan's Austerity Drive
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan got the word helicopter trending on Twitter recently. Khan took a helicopter ride for a nine-mile journey from his hill-side home to his official residence in Islamabad last month. For a new leader who'd pledged to cut the perks of high office and who is trying to fix an economy in crisis, the incident didn't go...
