Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 22 Feb, 2023 03:30am
Print Staff-level pact with IMF anytime soon: MoS Aisha ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance, Aisha Ghaus Pasha has stated that almost all the prior actions of the... Updated 22 Feb, 2023 09:03am
Print Dar says govt steering economy towards stability in challenging environment ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said here on Tuesday that despite... Updated 22 Feb, 2023 09:05am
Editorials Economic reforms EDITORIAL: The latest salvo to the country’s leadership urging them to tax the rich and provide subsidies only to... Published 22 Feb, 2023 03:30am
Print IMF, not govt, responsible for stalled lending? Ministry of Finance claims the government had been requesting IMF to send the mission since October, 2022 Updated 22 Feb, 2023 11:01am
Print Briefing on IMF programme: NA panel irked by Dar’s absence ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance has expressed its displeasure over the... Updated 22 Feb, 2023 08:47am
Pakistan Pakistan finance secretary sees IMF staff level talks wrapping up this week IMF funds are critical for the $350 billion South Asian economy facing a severe balance of payments crisis Updated 22 Feb, 2023 03:37am
Opinion Surging govt debt The statistics on total debt of Pakistan as of end-December 2022 has been released recently by the SBP (State Bank ... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Business & Finance Increase in GST: CAP announces decision to resist IMF pressure LAHORE: The Chainstores Association of Pakistan (CAP) on Monday announced its decision to resist the IMF pressure, ... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Business & Finance Jul-Jan: C/A falls hugely on import curbs KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit (CAD) sharply fell by 67 percent during the first seven months of... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am
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
Print MoS Pasha optimistic about Ninth Review prospects ISLAMABAD: There is no likelihood of any further delay in the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary... Updated 21 Feb, 2023 12:39pm
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
Pakistan National Assembly passes Finance (Supplementary) Bill The bill imposes new taxes of Rs170 billion to minimise fiscal deficit Published 20 Feb, 2023 10:09pm
Pakistan Pakistan’s current account deficit shrinks 90% YoY to $0.24bn in January: SBP Deficit during 7MFY23 reduces over 67%, clocks in at nearly $3.8bn Updated 20 Feb, 2023 07:10pm
Markets 5th consecutive gain: rupee appreciates 0.36% against US dollar Currency settles at 261.88 in inter-bank market Updated 20 Feb, 2023 07:06pm
Pakistan JI calls for shifting burden of taxes to privileged class KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has demanded of those in the corridors of... Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am
Business & Finance IMF bailout alone cannot put economy back on track, says BMP LAHORE: As the annual inflation rate has hit the new high of 38.42 percent for the previous week the Federation of... Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am
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
World IMF, Ukraine reach deal paving way to full-fledged loan WASHINGTON: The IMF said Friday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Ukrainian authorities that opens doors ... Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am
Business & Finance IMF lending won’t help govt address economy’s basic flaws: Mian Zahid KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and President of Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum,... Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am
Business & Finance Business, industrial community reject mini-budget KARACHI: business and industrial community has rejected the mini budget increase in taxes, increase in oil price and... Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am
Print US underscores need for undertaking economic reform ISLAMABAD: The United States has asked Pakistan for undertaking economic reform and improving the regulatory... Updated 18 Feb, 2023 08:57am
World IMF mulls loan approval to Sri Lanka, even without China’s assurance The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is considering approving a loan for Sri Lanka, even without China’s assurance... Published 17 Feb, 2023 10:16pm
Perspectives Overseas Pakistanis: there is a lot to learn from India, China's networking model One evening at dinner, an executive of Pakistani origin, part of a supranational organisation (one of the IMF, World... Published 17 Feb, 2023 02:58pm
Pakistan FO rejects rumours about ‘possibility of N-rollback’ ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday rubbished in categorical terms the debate in a section of the media about... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
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 Debt relief for developing countries When the Covid pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) back in early 2020, a number of... 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 The Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023: a comment General: The Finance Minister has laid Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 on the floor of the Parliament. (National... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am