IMF Loan
Experts term Punjab govt’s move "positive", but believe Fund may seek explanation on source of funding.
Updated 19 Aug, 2024 08:04am
Punjab government’s ability to divert Rs45bn from its budget towards significant consumer subsidies is a step that only a province flush with cash can afford.
Updated 18 Aug, 2024 08:57am
Govt starts filling up four key positions in Debt Office.
Updated 16 Aug, 2024 10:26am
While energy experts agree on potential benefits of using local lignite in power plants, the transition is fraught with challenges.
Updated 08 Aug, 2024 07:42pm
Says Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told reporters the volume of rollovers will be the same as last year.
Published 06 Aug, 2024 10:10pm
Pakistan is at risk of being reduced to a supplicant in its key bilateral relationships.
Updated 05 Aug, 2024 08:45am
Govt’s proposed austerity plan aims to merge aviation, maritime divisions into defence ministry.
Updated 05 Aug, 2024 07:55am
Where developing a policy for restructuring FBR and expanding the tax net is concerned, the timing is not in our favour.
Updated 03 Aug, 2024 09:27am
Advises against politicising the issue; calls out inefficiencies, corruption in FBR, energy sector.
Updated 03 Aug, 2024 08:15am
Says Chinese President Xi Jinping had shown “keen interest in his idea” of using local coal to cut down imports.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 06:45pm
Former, incumbent finance ministers attend SECP event; Dar dismisses concerns over heavy debt, highlights country’s potential.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 10:30am
For many, incomes are no longer sufficient for covering household expenses.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 08:54am
More than a month after the prime minister’s visit, they are only at the beginning of the process.
Updated 02 Aug, 2024 02:43pm
JUST when we thought that the new $7bn IMF bailout was within our grasp, the finance minister surprised the nation ...
Published 30 Jul, 2024 08:00am
Pakistan asks China, Saudi Arabia, UAE to roll over $12bn annual debt portfolio by three to five years.
Published 29 Jul, 2024 07:41am
Since the country’s creation, our decision-makers have always been on the lookout for an external cushion.
Updated 29 Jul, 2024 08:58am
The country needs political calm to stabilise the economy, not escalation of tensions.
Updated 22 Jul, 2024 08:46am
Energy sector debt re-profiling talks to be held in Beijing this month, says power minister.
Updated 22 Jul, 2024 08:09am
Plummeting exports as a ratio of GDP is one of the major reasons driving the current economic slowdown and the balance-of-payments crisis.
Updated 18 Jul, 2024 11:15am
Analysts attribute gains to the new IMF deal "that is supportive for continued macroeconomic stability".
Updated 15 Jul, 2024 04:50pm
The practitioners of realpolitik and the guardians of the Constitution and law have demonstrably and dramatically diverged.
Updated 14 Jul, 2024 09:18am
Some reforms agreed with the Fund are going to seriously impact economic growth and fresh investments, at least in the short term.
Updated 14 Jul, 2024 09:08am
"It is our responsibility to act speedily and work tirelessly," premier says; finance minister says new deal to bring macroeconomic stability.
Updated 13 Jul, 2024 10:01pm
New programme to be approved by Fund's Executive Board; enable Pakistan to cement stability and create conditions for growth.
Updated 13 Jul, 2024 07:24am
Is a life lived happily and respectably too much to ask for from your country?
Updated 12 Jul, 2024 08:30am
Says agro-farm and agro-industry were the future and big landowners would have to be taxed.
Published 10 Jul, 2024 05:28am
Topline Securities Ltd said trading was halted for two hours due to a fire and trading resumed once the blaze was controlled.
Updated 09 Jul, 2024 10:00am
Urges elected representatives of PML-N, Balochistan Awami Party and National Party to play their role in development of the province.
Updated 09 Jul, 2024 08:03am
It is no wonder that every other conversation within the white-collar salaried class is about foreign migration.
Updated 08 Jul, 2024 09:09am
Minister of State for Finance Ali Pervaiz Malik hopes to culminate the IMF process in the next three to four weeks.
Updated 03 Jul, 2024 12:54pm
