IMF’s EFF: Notable progress made towards reaching SLA ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani authorities made significant progress towards... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
Print Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces ISLAMABAD: The federal government may explore the option of sharing debt servicing and electricity circular debt ... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
Business & Finance Cost of CPEC’s ML1 project cut to $6.8bn ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal said on Friday that... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
Business & Finance Pakistan greets $10bn UAE investment pledge ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday welcomed the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s latest pledge of $10 billion investment in... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
Pakistan IMF, Pakistan make ‘significant progress’ towards staff-level agreement, lender says Pakistan's reform programme also broadly outlined in statement Updated 24 May, 2024 03:04pm
Business & Finance Aleem rues low volume of trade with Kuwait ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Investment Board, Privatisation and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan has said that ... Published 24 May, 2024 06:25am
Business & Finance Govt wants private sector investment in infrastructure financing: Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that the... Updated 24 May, 2024 07:24am
Print Third-party projects under CPEC: PM orders MoFA to finalise modalities in a week The PM is scheduled to visit China before presentation of federal budget 2024-25 Updated 24 May, 2024 02:29pm
Opinion Budgets 2024: thinking afresh “Simplify taxes, reduce the cost of excessive documentation, open the economy for higher growth and employment,... Updated 24 May, 2024 05:49am
Opinion Primary surplus, fiscal deficit, over-board austerity policy, and existential threats International Monetary Fund (IMF) wishes government to have primary surplus, which means that before paying interest... Updated 24 May, 2024 01:25pm
Pakistan ‘Not here to seek loans’: Pakistan needs to replicate UAE model of transforming economy, says PM Premier is on day-long visit with investment pitch on the agenda Updated 23 May, 2024 10:45pm
Opinion Privatisation of SOEs: a focus on PIA Pakistan’s economy is confronting numerous challenges like fiscal deficits, low savings, limited investment, low... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:55am
Print Mid-year review: 77pc borrowing for financing fiscal deficit thru domestic sources: MoF ISLAMABAD: The government has borrowed around 77 percent for financing of federal fiscal deficit through domestic... Updated 23 May, 2024 09:22am
Editorials GDP growth for the current year EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) estimated Gross Domestic Product growth rate for the current year at... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:46am
BR Research FDI – better or not? Like other uncertainties in the country, the investment climate in Pakistan is always volatile. This is the very... Published 22 May, 2024 06:34am
Print Aurangzeb tells PRBC team: FBR digitalisation to broaden tax net ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Tuesday informed Pakistan Retail Business Council (PRBC) that... Updated 22 May, 2024 09:27am
Print Federal Budget: PM pledges more facilities for investors Chairs first meeting of Economic Advisory Council Updated 22 May, 2024 09:29am
Business & Finance $171m RDA inflows received in April: SBP KARACHI: Pakistan has received gross inflows of $171 million in Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) in April 2024, the... Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am
Pakistan Brokerage houses see Pakistan’s headline inflation falling below 14% in May Two brokerage house said they see CPI-based inflation reading to post a steep decline, and hover around 13-14% in... Updated 21 May, 2024 08:57pm
Pakistan Agri, industries perform: Pakistan posts 2.09% growth in Q3FY24, says NAC Revises Q1 and Q2 estimates upwards to 2.71% and 1.79%, respectively Targets GDP growth of 2.4% in FY24 Updated 21 May, 2024 10:07pm
BR Research Sky-High FED: Pulping Punjab’s Rural Economy Developing agriculture value chains is the low-hanging fruit in Pakistan’s economy – especially the Punjab economy.... Published 21 May, 2024 09:07am
Markets Tax proposals: PBC calls for ‘out of box solutions’ The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), one of the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platforms, has urged... Updated 20 May, 2024 08:06pm
Pakistan ‘Not an experiment’: At 59, Miftah Ismail is hoping for a sweet transition with political party launch KARACHI: At 59, Dr Miftah Ismail can lead a sweet life. A little over 31% share in a company valued by stock market... Updated 20 May, 2024 11:14am
Opinion U-turn on net metering Delivering a powerful speech at a closing Plenary- Rejuvenating Growth of the World Economic Forum on 29th April... Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am
Opinion Flawed IMF programme design The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) analysis and prescriptions in the second and final review document... Updated 20 May, 2024 06:19am
Opinion Need for a balanced revenue-sharing framework One of the key demands of the IMF is to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio to 13-14 percent by the end of the upcoming... Updated 20 May, 2024 06:21am
Business & Finance IT exports to Saudi Arabia have increased, says leading exporter ISLAMABAD: Information Technology exports to Saudi Arabia increased by $100 million, as the industry has started to... Published 20 May, 2024 05:44am
Pakistan ‘For Pakistan’s sake’: Nawaz says met Imran in 2013 with intent to cooperate PML-N supremo says PTI founder undermined his government after promising to collaborate Updated 18 May, 2024 09:10pm
Print Apr FDI inflow up 172pc to $358.84m YoY KARACHI: The inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan has increased by 172 percent on year-on-year... Updated 18 May, 2024 04:58pm
Print UN projects Pak economy to grow by 2pc in 2024 NEW YORK: Pakistan, which faces significant economic challenges, is expected to have “modest economic growth”, with... Updated 18 May, 2024 08:40am