{"id":16841,"date":"2022-05-19T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=16841"},"modified":"2022-05-19T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:54:15","slug":"the-government-prohibited-the-import-of-non-essential-luxury-commodities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/19\/the-government-prohibited-the-import-of-non-essential-luxury-commodities\/","title":{"rendered":"The government prohibited the import of non-essential luxury commodities."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb declared that the government had banned the import of all non-essential luxury commodities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister told a press conference in Islamabad that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/04\/26\/prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif-paid-a-visit-to-the-chinese-embassy\/\">Prime Minister 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