ECNEC approves over Rs1,312bn for uplift projects ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved over Rs 1,312 billion for... Published 07 Apr, 2023 06:06am
Business & Finance Dar to chair ECNEC session today ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will chair a session of the Executive Committee of the National Economic... Published 06 Apr, 2023 06:20am
Print Live animals, products: ECC approves amendments to import policy ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved amendments to import policy with... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:47am
Print Centre-provinces declaration: Power transmission will be treated as ‘service’ from July 1 ISLAMABAD: The federal government and provinces have declared that the transmission of electricity would be treated... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:45am
Print Textile industry to be backed for achieving export-led growth: Dar ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Tuesday said the government is committed to providing maximum support to the... Updated 05 Apr, 2023 08:55am
Editorials Inflationary nightmare EDITORIAL: Inflation data released on Friday by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) should have been the focus ... Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am
Pakistan Gilani and Khursheed Shah meet Dar ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Federal Minister for Water Resources, Syed Khursheed... Published 02 Apr, 2023 03:02am
Print China has rolled over $2bn loan, Dar tells Senate ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has claimed that China has rolled over for a year its two billion dollars loan... Updated 01 Apr, 2023 08:49am
Print Rating downgrades may have added to IMF’s concerns: Pasha ISLAMABAD: For successful completion of the 9th review under the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund... Updated 01 Apr, 2023 08:48am
Editorials IMF and the stalled bailout EDITORIAL: Dr Aisha Ghous Pasha, Minister of State for Finance, became the latest in a line of senior cabinet ... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
Print UAE, Saudi Arabia: Dar says IMF seeking $3bn ‘guarantees’ Pakistan did not delay a single day in repayments, adds the finance minister Updated 31 Mar, 2023 12:16pm
Print Airports’ outsourcing: ECC approves draft TASA for hiring IFC as TA ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved the draft Transaction Advisory... Updated 31 Mar, 2023 08:55am
Editorials ECC decisions EDITORIAL: Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC), the highest economic decision-making body in the... Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Business & Finance UAE envoy, Dar discuss economic, financial ties ISLAMABAD: Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salim Al-Zaabi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates called on the Federal Minister... Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Print Pakistan’s ‘friends’: IMF wants commitments fulfilled: PM Says he is hopeful that commitments from friendly countries will also be done Updated 29 Mar, 2023 09:14am
Print President reconstitutes NEC ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has reconstituted National Economic Council (NEC) to be headed by Prime Minister... Updated 29 Mar, 2023 07:34pm
Print Reko Diq dispute: ECC approves Rs6.2bn mark-up payment ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved a mark up payment of Rs6.238 ... Updated 28 Mar, 2023 08:49am
Editorials IMF ninth review remains suspended EDITORIAL: A press release notes that the Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as chief guest at an iftar dinner... Updated 28 Mar, 2023 03:40pm
Pakistan ECC approves financing facility for Balochistan’s share in Reko-Diq dispute settlement ECC directs Finance Division to arrange payment of markup amounting to Rs6.24bn for the period of March 31, 2022 to December 30, 2022 for short-term finance facility of Rs65bn Published 27 Mar, 2023 08:00pm
Business & Finance Nova City, ICCI sign accord ISLAMABAD: Previous day, a dignified ceremony of signing the Memorandum of Understanding was held between Nova City... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:41am
Opinion The IMF-govt trust deficit The Pakistani public is being subjected to extremely disturbing macroeconomic indicators with each subsequent update... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am
Print Dar looks with hopeful eyes to country’s friends Pakistan will not default and the government is making all possible efforts to steer it out of a difficult situation, he says Updated 27 Mar, 2023 11:32am
Editorials Dangerous impasse on numerous fronts EDITORIAL: Overwhelming evidence indicates that all sectors are suffering from a deepening malaise of, at best,... Published 25 Mar, 2023 06:25am
Pakistan Flood-affected areas: UNDP briefs Dar on recovery plan ISLAMABAD: The UNDP, Tuesday, briefed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the ongoing institutional arrangements being ... Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am
Pakistan Raphel, Dar discuss socioeconomic uplift ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Tuesday, informed the US ex-ambassador Robin L Raphel about the priorities of... Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am
Print Exchange losses: ECC approves Rs27bn TSG for Kuwait Petroleum ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, Tuesday, approved an immediate technical... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 09:00am
Business & Finance N-programme: Dar says he is being misquoted ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s said that his statement on the floor of the Senate on 16th March, 2023, in... Published 21 Mar, 2023 06:29am
Pakistan Statement on Senate floor regarding IMF programme being quoted out of context: Ishaq Dar Says remarks that Pakistan has sovereign right to develop its nuclear programme should not be linked with ongoing negotiations with IMF Updated 20 Mar, 2023 10:06pm
Pakistan Qureshi asks Dar to clarify his missile statement ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday demanded that Finance ... Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Opinion Economic impasse is a ticking bomb waiting to go off Nothing is going right in the country. The sovereign default is inevitable without an IMF (International Monetary... Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am