Inflation likely to pick up: FY22 growth rate projected to slow to 4pc YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth rate is projected to slow to four percent in fiscal year 2022 from 5.6 percent in... Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am
Business & Finance 7th review of EFF: IMF says will enquire over programme engagement with new govt Says will engage on policies on macroeconomic stability with new administration in Pakistan Published 04 Apr, 2022 08:17pm
Editorials Expenditure galore EDITORIAL: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) administration meticulously adhered to the politically challenging... Published 04 Apr, 2022 05:38am
Print Macroeconomic stability: IMF, govt discuss new initiatives ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani authorities are further discussing existing... Updated 01 Apr, 2022 10:03am
Pakistan Moody's sees no-confidence motion as 'credit negative' for Pakistan Expects current account deficit to widen to 5-6% of GDP in fiscal 2022 compared with its previous forecast of 4% Updated 31 Mar, 2022 03:39pm
Editorials Private sector’s prospects EDITORIAL: It’s undoubtedly good news that private sector credit off-take has jumped to a record Rs911bn in... Updated 31 Mar, 2022 10:24pm
Print 7th review under IMF’s EFF ‘Negotiations are continuing’ ISLAMABAD: Sections of the media have been speculating recently about the on-going 7th review under IMF’s Extended... Updated 25 Mar, 2022 11:03am
Business & Finance PM’s relief package, political uncertainty: Talks with IMF may continue to linger: Pasha ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) talks on seventh review under the Extended Fund Facility... Updated 25 Mar, 2022 02:23pm
Opinion Hawkish Fed haunts SBP Now you know why the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) implied that the monetary policy committee (MPC) might meet before... Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am
Editorials Remittances, reserves and development EDITORIAL: Inflow of remittances crossed the $20 billion mark in the first eight months (Jul-Feb) of the current... Published 17 Mar, 2022 04:53am
Print Two-day virtual discussions with IMF begin today ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan would start two weeks long virtual discussions on 7th... Updated 04 Mar, 2022 10:00am
Print IMF will question PM’s relief package 7th review under the EFF is expected by the end of the current month Updated 02 Mar, 2022 08:48am
Opinion Ministerial appraisals: teething problems? Last week, the federal government did a performance review of its ministries and ranked the top performers. One may... Published 14 Feb, 2022 06:47am
Opinion Govt’s only option despite Fund squeeze: Expansionary budget When it rains, it pours. Financial as well as political pressures are clearly combining to leave the government with... Published 10 Feb, 2022 04:40am
Pakistan PSDP projected at Rs 559 bn for 2022-23 ISLAMABAD: The federal public sector development programme (PSDP) has been scaled down to a projection of Rs554... Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am
Print EFF programme commitments: IMF urges all key bilateral creditors to maintain exposure to Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all key bilateral creditors to maintain their exposure to... Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am
Print Critical next steps for ongoing reforms: IMF rearranges structural benchmarks ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reset three delayed structural benchmarks (SBs), dropped two,... Updated 06 Feb, 2022 03:20pm
Markets KSE-100 ends marginally positive Late session profit-taking erased some intra-day gains, but the KSE-100 Index still ended positive on Friday. Both... Published 04 Feb, 2022 11:14pm
Pakistan Current IMF programme 'should be enough': Shaukat Tarin Finance minister says curtailing budget deficit and tapping international markets should help sustain economic growth Updated 03 Feb, 2022 05:11pm
Pakistan IMF board approves Pakistan's sixth review of Extended Fund Facility: Shaukat Tarin Finance minister tweets development Approval paves way for over $1-billion disbursement Updated 02 Feb, 2022 11:16pm
Pakistan Another date: IMF board to now meet on February 2 for Pakistan's sixth review IMF website calendar had earlier shown discussion on January 28 However, delay in passage of the SBP (Amendment) Bill 2021 remains issue Updated 26 Jan, 2022 09:50am
Pakistan IMF board to meet on January 28 for Pakistan's sixth review Pakistan's finance ministry had earlier requested that the meeting be moved to the end of January Updated 18 Jan, 2022 04:26pm
Opinion 2022: More of the same? In the economic arena the calendar year 2021 remained dominated by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s)... Updated 03 Jan, 2022 09:07am
Markets Pakistan Rupee sees one of its worst years in 2021 Currency has lost a cumulative 38% in the last 4 years Published 01 Jan, 2022 09:00pm
Print Lack of consultations with allies leads to delay ISLAMABAD: The lack of prior consultations with key allied parties in the federal government, compelled the cabinet... Updated 29 Dec, 2021 10:24am
Editorials Economic, political, military strength EDITORIAL: National Security Committee (NSC) chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan and attended by civilian and... Published 29 Dec, 2021 06:57am
Pakistan Tarin takes oath as federal minister for finance ISLAMABAD: Shaukat Tarin was sworn in as Federal Minister for Finance on Monday after becoming senator from... Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am
Editorials Economy has come to a critical juncture EDITORIAL: The Cabinet is expected to consider and approve today a draft finance bill envisaging not only the... Updated 28 Dec, 2021 09:40am
Print 6th review of EFF to be presented to IMF board on Jan 12 ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance said on Thursday that the sixth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) would... Updated 24 Dec, 2021 10:27am
Markets PKR goes through series of up-down movements KARACHI: PKR went through a series of up-down movements last week with no clear definite direction. It even moved in... Published 29 Nov, 2021 06:03am