Dar says IMF deal likely next week, rejects default rumours ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Thursday said the staff-level agreement with International Monetary... Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Editorials Austerity measures watered down EDITORIAL: The federal government constituted a monitoring committee on 26 February to oversee the implementation of... Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Print Rs3.82/unit surcharge approved for power consumers ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved imposition of Rs3.82 per unit... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:18am
Business & Finance Petrol price reduced by Rs5; diesel’s remains unchanged ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Tuesday has announced to roll back per litre ex-depot price of petrol by Rs 5 per... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Print PAOs directed to cut their budgets by 15pc: Austerity plan picks up the pace in austere times Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chairs first meeting to review the implementation of the decisions taken on austerity Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:42am
Business & Finance ADB team briefed about economic outlook ISLAMABAD: A delegation of executive directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) called on Federal Minister for... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:37am
Print Ministers, advisers and special assistants to PM: ‘Foreign visits’ cost kitty Rs70m in year ISLAMABAD: Amid massive economic crisis and claims of austerity measures, the foreign trips of government ministers,... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:34am
Pakistan MoF says ‘stop payments’ news fake ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has rejected as completely false the rumours that government has instructed to stop... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Opinion A reality-check desperately required The damning indictment of Pakistan’s economic policies continues with the latest attack by Managing Director... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Print $700m Chinese loan lands in SBP account KARACHI: The country has received inflows amounting to $700 million from China to build the sliding foreign exchange... Updated 25 Feb, 2023 09:01am
Business & Finance Pakistan, Uzbekistan sign $1bn trade deal ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Uzbekistan signed on Friday a $1 billion deal to increase bilateral trade, a statement from... Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:23am
Markets SBP receives $700mn from China Development Bank, says Ishaq Dar Development comes as central bank-held foreign exchange reserves languish at around $3.26bn, which is less than one month of import cover Published 24 Feb, 2023 09:44pm
Editorials Austerity steps: austere approach to challenge? EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif flanked by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on his left and Qamar Zaman Kaira... Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Business & Finance Finance minister, US envoy agree to deepen trade ties ISLAMABAD: Donald Blome, Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan called on Federal Minister for Finance and... Published 23 Feb, 2023 05:52am
Print Forex reserves to get much-needed boost: China lends a hand amid IMF procrastination Board of China Development Bank approves facility of $700 million Updated 23 Feb, 2023 09:24am
Print Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 adopted: NA acquiesces to IMF tax stipulation Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says bill proposed to minimise fiscal deficit Updated 21 Feb, 2023 12:01pm
Editorials Raise in FBR tax collection target EDITORIAL: Additional taxation measures of 170 billion rupees tabled in parliament on 15 February by Finance ... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Opinion Who has cost Pakistan more? The blame game for the prevailing deep economic crisis continues with only one out of the three national parties,... Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am
Opinion Dar has stated the obvious, but… This is apropos a Business Recorder news item ‘Pakistan to welcome investment from UAE: Dar’ carried by the... Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am
Print ‘Mini-budget’ Dar takes the flak from opposition, govt MNAs alike Lawmakers say mini-budget is meant to crush the poor under skyrocketing inflation Updated 18 Feb, 2023 01:33pm
Pakistan NA session adjourned without mini-budget approval Session now scheduled to take place on Monday at 5pm Updated 17 Feb, 2023 09:50pm
Editorials ‘Mini-budget’ EDITORIAL: The revenue measures as revealed in the ‘mini-budget’ were expected as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Opinion IMF programme & reforms Pakistan, one of the major victims of climate change, is fighting alone to manage the damages caused due to... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar doesn’t like qualified economists “Ishaq Dar says that he has to fix the economy that was mishandled by the inexperienced Khan administration.”... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Print Pakistan to welcome investment from UAE: Dar ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Ishaq Dar said on Monday that Pakistan would welcome... Updated 17 Feb, 2023 08:46am
Opinion Better late than never, or just too late? Too bad Finance Minister Ishaq Dar didn’t get to give Moody’s a “befitting reply” for downgrading... Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am
Print Dar presents Rs170bn tax measures Blames previous government and last year’s devastating floods for the current economic situation Updated 16 Feb, 2023 09:00am
Print POL products’ prices jacked up ISLAMABAD: The federal government Wednesday increased the prices of petroleum products up to 8.8 percent with effect... Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:57am
Print Govt lays Finance Bill in Senate ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar moved on Wednesday a copy of the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 in the... Updated 16 Feb, 2023 08:56am
Editorials A further decline in remittances EDITORIAL: Remittances declined to under 1.89 billion dollars in January 2023, thereby registering a continuous... Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am
