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To develop the country’s social sector, Pakistan has signed three agreements with the World Bank. The agreements, worth $350 million in total, were signed by the World Bank’s Acting country director Said Al-Habsy and Pakistan’s Secretary Economic...
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Due to the widespread corruption in the government departments, as revealed to the public off and on via the media, the average Pakistani feels that paying tax is just...
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