Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Pakistan Mint. Valuation. Inflation. 11.8% (May 2024) The Pakistani rupee ( ISO code: PKR) is the official currency in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the State Bank of Pakistan. It was officially adopted by the Government of Pakistan in 1949.
Zone 8 uses four 2-digit codes (81, 82, 84, 86) and four sets of 3-digit codes (80x, 85x, 87x, 88x) to serve East Asia, South Asia and special services. 83x and 89x are unallocated. Zone 9 uses seven 2-digit codes (90–95, 98) and three sets of 3-digit codes (96x, 97x, 99x) to serve the Middle East , West Asia , Central Asia , parts of South ...
This was accomplished by adding 9 to the beginning of all phone numbers that started with a 9 i.e. government and semi-government lines and adding 3 to all other lines. [1] [2] [clarification needed] The following is the list of dialling codes for various cities and districts in Pakistan. [3] [4] [5] [clarification needed]
Afghan migration to Pakistan dates back to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, which led to over three million Afghans seeking refuge in Pakistan. [10] Significant waves of Afghan refugees also came to Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and in 2021 when the Taliban returned to power following the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. [11]
In late January, Pakistan lifted the artificial cap on its currency, causing the rupee to plunge 20% against the dollar in a few days. The government raised fuel prices by 16%. And the Pakistani central bank raised its interest rate by 100 basis points to battle the country's highest inflation in decades, expected to be as high as 26% in January.
Up until the 1980s, the largest overseas market for Indian films was the Soviet Union. After Dharti Ke Lal, [1] the first Indian film to become a blockbuster at the Soviet box office was Awaara (1951), directed by Raj Kapoor and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, released in the Soviet Union in 1954. [9]
In 2016, German Merck KGaA executed a binding contract to divest its shareholding in Pakistan to Martin Dow Ltd. [9] [10] [11] In 2016, in a €1.5 million deal, Martin Dow acquired the Laboratoires Salem (before 2010 Bristol-Myers Squibb ) pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Meymac , France.
The following is a list of highest-grossing films in India, with gross revenue in Indian Rupees. This is an official tracking of figures, as reliable sources that publish data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates. Box office collections have been steadily increasing in the 21st century, the main reasons attributed to the rise in ticket prices, and increase in number of theatres ...