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Meeting between Dar, IMF officials: Pakistan reaffirms commitment

GENEVA: Pakistan reiterated its commitment to completing a programme with the International Monetary Fund in a...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 08:53am

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Pakistan may dodge default in next 6 months: Bloomberg

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to dodge default in the next six months, but its troubles are not over, stated...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 08:54am

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Demands for reforms: PM asks IMF for a pause

GENEVA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday asked the IMF for a pause in its demands for economic reforms before...

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 08:55am

Pakistan

At Geneva conference, Pakistan secures pledges of over $10bn

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group pledges $4.2bn for flood rehabilitation and reconstruction in Pakistan, World Bank pledges $2bn, while Saudi Arabia, ADB, AIIB each commit $1bn

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 09:14pm

BR Research

Contextualizing today’s donors’ conference

Four months after the horrors of Pakistan’s devastating super-floods started making global headlines, the UN-hosted...

Published 09 Jan, 2023 08:41am

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Stalled bailout: IMF team to meet Dar in Geneva

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of International Monetary Fund (IMF) will meet Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on the sidelines...

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:49am

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PM to present recovery ‘framework’ at UN conference

GENEVA: Pakistan and the United Nations are holding a major conference in Geneva on Monday aimed at marshalling...

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:49am

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Pakistan risks ‘extraordinary misery’ without flood recovery help: UN

World Bank estimates that up to nine million more people could be dragged into poverty as a result of the flooding

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:54am

Pakistan

IMF says its delegation expected to meet Finance Minister Dar on sidelines of Geneva conference

Will discuss outstanding issues and path forward, says IMF spokesperson

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 10:59am

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Geneva moot: Pakistan seeking to generate $8bn

Diplomatic sources say total of $16.8 billion will be required for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of more than 33 million flood-affected people of Pakistan

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 01:12pm

World

UN launches record $51.5bn emergency funding appeal

GENEVA: The UN appealed for record funds for aid next year, as the Ukraine war and other conflicts, climate...

Published 01 Dec, 2022 10:27am

World

Donetsk battles are ‘hell’, Zelenskiy says

Russian forces destroyed key infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson before fleeing, President...

Published 13 Nov, 2022 11:41am

World

US to move $3.5bn in Afghan central bank assets to Swiss-based trust

The United States on Wednesday announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a...

Published 14 Sep, 2022 02:48pm

Pakistan

11-member Kashmiri delegation leaves for Geneva

ISLAMABAD: An eleven-member Kashmiri delegation hailing from both sides of Line of Control (LoC) left for Geneva to...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Business & Finance

Swiss watchmakers remain upbeat ahead of Geneva gathering

ZURICH: Swiss watchmakers are not seeing signs so far that geopolitical tensions and recession fears are hitting...

Published 29 Aug, 2022 07:59pm

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WTO chief warns of rocky road to deals amid ‘polycrisis’

GENEVA: World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala expressed cautious optimism on Sunday that more than 100...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 07:18am

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Conspiracy theories cloud pandemic treaty push

The World Health Organization is battling a barrage of disinformation alleging it is scheming to take over health...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am

Business & Finance

WTO seeks fresh momentum at big ministerial meet

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization holds its biggest gathering in four years from Sunday, looking to prove that it...

Published 08 Jun, 2022 12:03pm

Life & Style

'The Rock' diamond goes under the hammer

GENEVA: 'The Rock', the biggest white diamond ever to be sold at auction, will go under the hammer in Geneva on...

Published 11 May, 2022 04:17pm

Business & Finance

Clock ticking on Swiss watches' raw materials from Russia

GENEVA: Diamonds shine brightly at this year's Geneva watch fair but the sanctions slapped on Russia could soon ...

Updated 03 Apr, 2022 03:03pm

World

Saving nature: Conserving 30pc of the land, sea just the start

GENEVA: Expanding nature reserves to cover at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 is the flagship proposal of...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 06:31am

World

Russia's Lavrov cancels trip to UN in Geneva: official

GENEVA: Russia's foreign minister has cancelled a trip to the United Nations in Geneva due to the "anti-Russian...

Published 28 Feb, 2022 07:02pm

World

Over 100 civilians killed in Ukraine war, including seven children: UN

GENEVA: The UN human rights chief said Monday that at least 102 civilians, including seven children, had been killed...

Published 28 Feb, 2022 02:42pm

World

Blinken cancels meeting with Lavrov on Ukraine

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday he had cancelled a planned meeting with Russian ...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 11:04am

World

UN experts slam online attacks on Indian journalist

NEW DELHI: UN rights experts have called for an end to "misogynistic and sectarian" online attacks against a Muslim...

Updated 22 Feb, 2022 05:17pm

World

Russia has lists of Ukrainians 'to be killed or sent to camps', US warns UN

WASHINGTON: The United States has warned the United Nations it has information that Russia has lists of Ukrainians...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 12:02pm

World

Ukrainian soldier killed on eve of Russia-NATO talks

KYIV: Ukraine said Wednesday one of its soldiers had been killed in fighting with pro-Moscow separatists on the eve...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 01:52pm

World

US, Russia still poles apart on Ukraine after Geneva talks

GENEVA: Russia and the United States gave no sign that they had narrowed their differences on Ukraine and wider...

Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:33am

World

UNICEF says 10,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen since 2015

GENEVA: Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or maimed since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia...

Published 19 Oct, 2021 04:48pm

World

UN chief to host Afghanistan aid meeting in Geneva on Sept 13: spokesman

The UN has warned 18 million people are facing a humanitarian disaster, and another 18 million could quickly join them

Updated 04 Sep, 2021 09:01am