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Business & Finance

Parties exhorted to take urgent steps for economic stability

KARACHI: Expressing concern over the deteriorating situation in the country, President of Korangi Association of...

Published 18 May, 2022 06:59am

Pakistan

No friendly country is willing to offer support to current govt: Asad Umar

Former planning minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar said on Sunday that no friendly...

Published 15 May, 2022 08:04pm

Pakistan

Govt rules out increasing fuel prices for the time being: Miftah Ismail

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, finance minister says he will talk to the IMF over the fuel-subsidy issue

Updated 15 May, 2022 06:07pm

Pakistan

Miftah holds Imran Khan responsible for present economic scenario

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has held the former prime minister Imran Khan-led government responsible for the...

Published 13 May, 2022 10:45pm

World

Putin says West is triggering a global economic crisis

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West had triggered a global economic crisis and a wave of ruinous...

Published 12 May, 2022 06:00pm

Print

The paralysis gripping the coalition govt?

EDITORIAL: There is a looming economic crisis due to the paralysis within the federal government to implement...

Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am

World

Sri Lanka orders ‘offensive’ to contain riots

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to stop rioting, a top...

Published 11 May, 2022 10:39am

Print

Living beyond means

Pakistan’s external debt averaged USD 65.223 billion from 2002 until 2021, reaching an all-time high of USD ...

Updated 11 May, 2022 10:26pm

World

Sri Lanka police tear gas student protesters outside parliament

COLOMBO: Police fired tear gas on students attempting to storm Sri Lanka’s parliament Thursday as the protesters...

Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am

World

Thousands of Sri Lankans rally over government handling of crisis

COLOMBO: Thousands of supporters of Sri Lankan opposition parties rallied on Sunday in the commercial capital...

Published 01 May, 2022 06:48pm

Markets

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis exposes gaps in renewable energy push

COLOMBO: It is hard to know how much Sri Lankan forest has been cut down as fuel shortages force people to use...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am

Business & Finance

LCCI pins its hopes on new PM, his cabinet colleagues

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has hoped that the new federal Cabinet would play an...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:12am

Business & Finance

HCSTSI for better policies to overcome economic crisis

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industries (HCSTSI) President Muhammad Altaf Memon on Sunday...

Published 18 Apr, 2022 06:16am

Business & Finance

Engineering-, electronics-related industries: Experts underline need for expanding industrial base

ISLAMABAD: Economists at a seminar have underlined the need for expanding Pakistan’s industrial base from textile,...

Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am

World

Sri Lanka PM offers protesters talks as opposition eyes no-confidence vote

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step...

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

Business & Finance

LCCI urges SBP to help arrest PKR slide

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Thursday has urged the State Bank of Pakistan to control ...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

World

Sri Lanka's president will not resign despite crisis, protests

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, a minister said on Wednesday, despite protests...

Published 06 Apr, 2022 01:46pm

BR Research

RDA: Growth against all odds

In the ongoing fluid economic situation – both due to growing external vulnerabilities and domestic political (and...

Updated 05 Apr, 2022 12:32pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka gets new finance minister, cenbank governor

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister and sought a new central...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

World

Sri Lanka imposes curfew after protests over economic crisis turn violent

COLOMBO: Police imposed an overnight curfew in several parts of Sri Lanka's main city of Colombo early on Friday...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 01:37am

World

Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving drugs

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s state-run hospitals are running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of dollars...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

Print

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeks further $1bn credit line from India

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has sought an additional credit line of $1 billion from India to import essentials amid its worst...

Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am

World

‘Have to eat half’: Sri Lankans feel pain of spiralling economic crisis

MINUWANGODA: Thusitha Hadaragama stood at a corner store near his home in Sri Lanka’s Minuwangoda town this week and...

Published 24 Mar, 2022 12:13pm

Markets

Gulf markets rebound, Saudi gains 1.4pc

DUBAI: Major Gulf markets reversed course to end higher on Monday, boosted by strength in commodities, with oil...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 05:34am

Print

Afghan central bank says US plan for frozen funds an ‘injustice’

KABUL: Afghanistan’s central bank on Saturday criticised Washington’s plan to use half the bank’s $7 billion ...

Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am

Print

Country facing deteriorating economy: Shehbaz

LAHORE: Expressing concern over soaring inflation and deteriorating economy, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

Print

Price hike issue: Shujaat puts his weight behind PM

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Tuesday that internal and external...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 04:45am

Print

Turkish Cypriots vote under shadow of economic crisis

NICOSIA: Turkish Cypriots cast their ballots on Sunday in a snap legislative election in the breakaway northern ...

Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am

World

Taliban foreign minister in first trip to Iran

KABUL: The Taliban's foreign minister visited Iran on Saturday to discuss Afghan refugees and a growing economic...

Published 08 Jan, 2022 08:59pm

Print

Afghan Taliban leaders appeal for help as migrant crisis looms

KABUL: Senior Taliban officials appealed on Saturday for international help to combat a deepening economic crisis...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 04:37am