| 11. | Lakhani blamed the chaos in large part on a government decision to freeze foreign currency accounts.
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| 12. | Sharif announced the lifting of the freeze on foreign currency accounts before leaving Kuwait on Monday.
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| 13. | But the military-led government passed an ordinance which prohibits freezing of foreign currency accounts.
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| 14. | The trouble began with a rumor that the government was preparing to arbitrarily freeze foreign currency accounts.
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| 15. | The businessman said all foreign currency accounts in Pakistan will be exempt from taxation, he said.
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| 16. | Until now individual South Africans have been barred from investing abroad or in local foreign currency accounts.
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| 17. | The bank also increased reserve requirements on hard-currency accounts in an effort to tighten liquidity.
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| 18. | Nearly all banks in Indonesia operate such foreign currency accounts, both for savings and time deposits.
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| 19. | Afzal said changes may include taxing foreign currency accounts, thus denying rich Pakistanis a tax shelter.
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| 20. | Settlements can be made in a foreign currency and foreign currency accounts can be opened in Mauritius.
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