Pakistan PM meets IMF director in a last-ditch effort to get bailout

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday as the cash-strapped country made a last-ditch effort to get a much-needed loan from the global lender, a media report said. The two sides exchanged views on the ongoing programmes and cooperation between crisis-ridden Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in…

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UK ex-teacher pleads guilty to child abuse in India

London: A former deputy head teacher of a London primary school has pleaded guilty to paying and instructing teenagers in India to abuse younger children. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed this week that it had arrested Matthew Smith, 34, from East Dulwich in south London in November last year after its investigators identified that…

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