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The Pakistan government spent over 1 trillion rupees (about $16.7 billion) on poverty alleviation programs during the past four years, reducing poverty from 35% in 2000–01 to 29.3% in 2013 and further to 17% in 2015. [56] Rural poverty remains a pressing issue, as development in those areas has been significantly slower than in major urban areas.
The International Monetary Fund approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan to help its economy, with $1 billion being disbursed immediately and the rest in instalments over 37 months. [135] 26 September – Eight militants are killed in a military raid in North Waziristan. [136] 28 September –
With a worldwide box-office gross of more than Rs. 4 billion, [1] The Legend of Maula Jatt is the highest-grossing Pakistani film.. The following list shows Pakistan's top 24 highest-grossing films, which include films from all the Pakistani languages.
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Pakistan, [e] officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, [f] is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, [g] having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre.
Pakistan owes US$7.541 billion to Paris Club, US$38.813 billion to multilateral donors, US$7.596 billion to International Monetary Fund, and US$7.8 billion to international bonds such as Eurobonds, and Sukuks. [14] According to a report by AidData, Pakistan's total external debt owed to China amounted to $68.91 billion as of November 2023. [13]
In November 2016, China announced an additional $8.5 billion investment in Pakistan, with $4.5 billion allocated to upgrading Pakistan's main railway line from Karachi to Peshawar, including improvements to tracks, speed, and signaling, and $4 billion directed towards an LNG terminal and transmission lines to alleviate energy shortages. [68]
The plan was awarded 7.5 billion rupees ($46m) in funding. [286] According to an editorial published in The Nation in September 2022, the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) discovered over Rs3.49 billion in irregularities during the three-year special audit of the PTI flagship 10-Billion Tree Tsunami Project (BTTP). The irregularities included ...