Miftah Ismail likely to be named finance chief: report Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif may name Ismail, a former finance minister, along with the rest of the cabinet within 24 hours Updated 13 Apr, 2022 11:02pm
Business & Finance Finance ministry says imports have started to rationalise Statement comes as Pakistan reports massive current account deficit in January Updated 26 Feb, 2022 04:26pm
Pakistan Govt likely to extend KPP to whole country ISLAMABAD: The Government is likely to extend Kamyab Pakistan Program (KPP) to entire country aimed at providing... Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am
Markets Tarin informed: Closure of LNG-based plant to result in loss of urea output ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has been informed that closure of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) based... Published 17 Jan, 2022 07:06am
Print Large ministries, divisions: Cabinet discusses possibility of initiating hybrid system ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has reportedly discussed possibility of starting hybrid system in the larger... Updated 11 Jan, 2022 09:30am
Print Tarin lays copy of ‘mini-budget’ in Senate amid uproar ISLAMABAD: Amidst hullabaloo triggered by opposition’s protest, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Tuesday laid a... Updated 05 Jan, 2022 10:40am
Print ‘Mini-budget’ approved by Cabinet The government aims to raise billions of rupees by withdrawing the sales tax exemptions so that all sectors pay a uniform 17% levy new duties and revise tax collection target Updated 31 Dec, 2021 09:38am
Print Govt tables Supplementary Finance, SBP bills ISLAMABAD: Amid ruckus and uproar by opposition parties, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin on Thursday laid the Finance... Updated 31 Dec, 2021 10:17am
Opinion Growth versus stabilization Dr Hafeez Sheikh, twice dismissed as the country’s finance minister, made a distinction between stabilisation and... Published 27 Dec, 2021 06:45am
Print Tarin to launch new brokers’ regime ISLAMABAD: Advisor to PM on Finance Shaukat Tarin will officially launch Pakistan’s first Professional Clearing... Updated 26 Nov, 2021 12:25pm
Opinion Waiting for aid pledges There are two major foreign exchange inflows, read borrowing, expected as per several senior cabinet members... Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am
Opinion IMF: capitulation? Shaukat Tarin, since his appointment on 16 April 2021 as Finance Minister, has repeatedly pledged that he would... Updated 18 Oct, 2021 02:32pm
Pakistan Circular debt reason behind increase in power tariff: Hammad Energy minister says hike to be applicable from November 1 Updated 15 Oct, 2021 08:50pm
Print GST collection by FBR, SRB: PBC seeks clarity from Tarin ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has approached Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin for clarity apropos,... Updated 13 Oct, 2021 09:47am
Markets Japan's outgoing finmin Aso said he urged BOJ to lower inflation target TOKYO: Japan's outgoing finance minister, Taro Aso, said on Monday he had proposed lowering the central bank's 2%... Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:47am
Print Tarin for allowing import of 50,000MT of sugar despite opposition ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin is said to have decided to allow import of 50,000 tons of sugar despite... Updated 04 Oct, 2021 09:46am
Pakistan Over 700 Pakistanis named in ICIJ's 'Pandora Papers' Finance minister Shaukat Tarin, PTI Senator Faisal Vawda among those named Tarin clarifies position on Twitter PM Imran says 'all citizens mentioned in Pandora Papers' to be investigated Updated 04 Oct, 2021 12:16am
Print Tourism-related projects: Tarin asks planning ministry to work out EIRR, FRR Finance minister discusses "Construction of Dir Motorway" project submitted by KPK under CPEC Updated 28 Sep, 2021 09:16am
Print Power projects: Banks are put off financing by rising circular debt Circular debt has reached Rs2.327 trillion as of August 31, 2021 Power Division is even unable to make due payments to Chinese companies that have established power projects in Pakistan Updated 27 Sep, 2021 10:29am
Opinion MPS: three observations On 20 September 2021 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced its decision to raise the discount rate by 25 basis... Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am
Business & Finance Japanese finance minister says meeting budget target may take more time A winner of the race is effectively assured to become a new prime minister given the ruling bloc's majority in the powerful lower house of parliament Published 21 Sep, 2021 11:26am
Editorials Governance in the energy sector EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of Energy to adopt "forward planning" while dealing... Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:46am
Print Economic forecasting: Tarin asks MoC to take great care Finance minister asks ministry to conduct a sensitivity analysis and build scenarios for effective forecasting of both imports as well as exports Updated 07 Sep, 2021 09:27am
Editorials FBR's prize scheme EDITORIAL: It's quite the season for innovation in Islamabad as the government does all sorts of somersaults to get... Published 07 Sep, 2021 06:25am
Opinion Significance of Planning Commission Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin, after four months in office, announced, in the presence of... Published 04 Sep, 2021 06:04am
Print Misuse of RLNG supply: Body formed to make recommendations to ECC ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to deliberate on the issue... Updated 23 Aug, 2021 10:26am
Print Power and gas: ECC may extend concessional tariffs to industry today ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Monday (Aug 16) is... Updated 16 Aug, 2021 10:49am
Editorials Global liquidity booster EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in his most recent press conference revealed that the International... Published 16 Aug, 2021 05:59am
World UK PM reverses plan to skip quarantine after Covid-19 exposure LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with... Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:17am
Pakistan Matsuda tells Tarin: Japan focusing on developing export base ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Kuninori Matsuda said Wednesday that his country was focusing on... Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am