The report follows a December 2021 study by the group which found that the share of global wealth of the world's richest people soared at a record pace during the pandemic.

The foreign minister hoped that problems of masses would end soon. The inflation was a temporary phenomenon and PTI government would control it before 2023.

The minister said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has to repay $ 55 billion loan in its five years tenure due to bad economic policies of the past regimes.

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The ambassador noted that screening of Pakistani movies last year had generated lot of interest for collaboration in film industry.

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The $400 billion agreement between Tehran and Beijing was signed on March 27 last year by then Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Wang during latter's visit to Tehran.

"The Chinese Communist Party has a chokehold on global rare-earth element supplies, which are used in everything from batteries to fighter jets," Cotton said in the statement.

North Korea test fired missiles from a train for the first time in September 2021. Issues were discussed to set up proper railway-borne missile operating system across the country/

The U.S. price of Netflix's premium plan, which enables four streams at a time and streaming in ultra HD, was increased by $2 to $19.99 per month.

Tesla's merchandise, which also include the recently launched "Cyberwhistle" and "Cyberquad for Kids", are a hit with its fans, and usually sell out within a few hours of listing.

The commodities that contributed in decline in weekly inflation included Chicken (3.40%), potatoes (1.65%), tomatoes (1.26%), wheat flour (0.61%), garlic (0.47%), sugar (0.17%), curd (0.16%) and LPG (1.15%): Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.