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China rolls over $2bn loan to Pakistan, says caretaker finance minister

ISLAMABAD: China has rolled over a $2-billion loan to Pakistan, caretaker finance minister Shamshad Akhtar confirmed...

Updated 29 Feb, 2024 11:13pm

Opinion

IMF programme will test SIFC

Two is a trend, they say, and twice in two weeks now the market has shrugged off concerns of international rating...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

Editorials

State of the economy: Moody’s take

EDITORIAL: Moody’s Investor Service, one of the three major international rating agencies, has kept Pakistan ...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

Pakistan

In letter to IMF, PTI urges lender to consider Pakistan’s ‘political instability’ in talks: report

Pakistan is currently enrolled in a $3-billion Stand-By Arrangement with the IMF with one review pending

Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:29pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s rating likely to ‘be upgraded’ if govt’s external, liquidity risks reduce: Moody’s

Maintains Pakistan’s credit rating at Caa3 for long-term issuer rating, with a stable outlook

Updated 27 Feb, 2024 07:45pm

Answer to question about IK’s letter: IMF says won’t comment on developments

The International Monetary Fund says it is looking forward to working with the new government

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:10pm

IK says he’s written letter

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday confirmed that he wrote a letter to the International...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 06:45pm

Markets

IMF refrains from commenting on Imran Khan’s ‘letter’, says keen on working with new govt

Lender says caretaker authorities 'have maintained economic stability'

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 10:49pm

Opinion

An ‘appropriate’ finance minister, and the need for an over-arching ‘economic minister’

As a new elected government is about to come into office, there is talk of who should be the finance minister....

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 06:58am

Pakistan to seek at least $6bn in new IMF loan programme

NEW YORK: Pakistan plans to seek a new loan of at least $6 billion from the International Monetary Fund to help the...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 11:03am

Borrowing level of caretakers comparatively lower than PDM govt’s: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has maintained that the domestic and external borrowings during the period of the...

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 08:54am

Pakistan

Imran Khan to write letter to IMF about ‘election rigging’, says Barrister Ali Zafar

Such organisations work in countries where there is good governance and democracy and for that free and fair polls are must, says PTI leader

Updated 22 Feb, 2024 10:30pm

Opinion

Default, then?

Fitch’s doubts about securing a post-SBA (Stand-By Arrangement) IMF lifeline show that even leading IFIs...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

Opinion

Economic priorities for the incoming govt

Pakistan has entered a pivotal phase of governance following its recent general elections, as a new government takes...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Opinion

‘An (in)credible election!’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “An (in)credible election!” carried by the newspaper yesterday. That...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Editorials

Lack of empathy

EDITORIAL: As Pakistan’s economic team leaders claim that stabilisation of the economy has been achieved citing a...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

Opinion

Pakistan’s economy – way forward for 2024-25

Further to my article in Business Recorder in February 2023 titled “Redefining Pakistan’s Economy” that entailed a...