Forex reserves fall by $206m KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $ 206 million during last week due to... Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am
Business & Finance Forex reserves dip by $827m KARACHI: The country’s total foreign exchange reserves sharply declined by $ 827 million during the last one week... Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am
Business & Finance External debt, liabilities amount to $126bn ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that as of May 31, 2022, the country’s total external... Published 29 Jul, 2022 06:14am
Business & Finance Forex reserves dip by $369m KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign reserves dropped by $369 million during the last week due to external... Published 22 Jul, 2022 07:07am
Print Russia, rejecting default, tells investors to go to western financial agents MOSCOW: Russia rejected claims on Monday that is had defaulted on its external debt for the first time in more than ... Updated 28 Jun, 2022 09:36am
Opinion Blame game, once again A successor government blaming its predecessor government for all the ills is nothing new. Therefore, Pakistan ... Published 18 Jun, 2022 06:00am
Business & Finance SBP’s forex reserves fall sharply KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves continued to decline and fell sharply by ... Published 10 Jun, 2022 06:16am
Business & Finance Russia offers to settle debt disputes with creditors MOSCOW: Russia said Thursday it was ready to directly settle any disputes with its creditors after missing payments... Published 03 Jun, 2022 08:22am
Opinion The rising public debt burden The public debt of Pakistan consists of the domestic and external debt of the government plus debt owed to the IMF... Published 24 May, 2022 05:35am
Business & Finance Govt urged to take clear stance on economy KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum ... Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am
Pakistan Public debt stands at Rs41.466trn, NA told ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Monday that the total public debt stands at Rs41.466 trillion –... Published 10 May, 2022 05:10am
Opinion Managing the BoP Pakistan today faces an incipient financial crisis. Gross foreign exchange reserves of the SBP stand at $10.8 ... Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am
Editorials State of economy: yet another impasse EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s projected growth rate for the current year is 4.3 percent while 4 percent is projected for... Published 18 Apr, 2022 05:30am
Markets Sri Lanka declares 5-day share trading halt over crisis COLOMBO: The Colombo Stock Exchange on Saturday announced a five-day trading halt after crisis-hit Sri Lanka hiked... Published 16 Apr, 2022 03:24pm
World Sri Lanka defaults on entire $51 billion external debt Sri Lanka had sought debt relief from India and China, but both countries instead offered more credit lines to buy commodities from them Updated 12 Apr, 2022 12:31pm
Business & Finance External debt, arbitration settlement: Forex reserves decline by $1bn in a week KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell sharply by one billion dollars in a week due to... Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am
Opinion External vulnerability index of countries An External Vulnerability Index (EVI) has been constructed perhaps for the first time to highlight the variation in... Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am
Business & Finance Forex reserves dip KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) reserves decreased by $ 250 million to $16.212 billion during the last... Published 11 Mar, 2022 05:12am
Business & Finance Minister defends govt borrowing ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said that a total of public debt as at end-September 2021... Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am
Pakistan PTI govt to make $55bn debt payment during its tenure: Fawad Chaudhry Information minister draws comparison with previous PML-N govt Updated 21 Dec, 2021 05:41pm
Pakistan External debt, liabilities hit $127bn mark by Sept-end KARACHI: Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities continued to rise, reaching $ 127 billion by the end of ... Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am
Business & Finance Despite Saudi Arabia's support, concerns over economy remain: Dr Hafiz Pasha Former finance minister Dr Hafiz Pasha has said that the recently-announced $4.2-billion Saudi Arabia financial... Updated 29 Oct, 2021 04:55pm
Print External debt, liabilities hit historic high of $122bn KARACHI: Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities continued to grow and reached the historic level of $122 billion... Updated 31 Aug, 2021 09:30am
BR Research Surge in external economic assistance Pakistan’s reliance on external economic assistance – in the form of grants and loans from bilateral,... Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:35am
Business & Finance More borrowing may destabilise economy: ADBI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s growing external debt has reached a level where further borrowing may destabilise the... Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am