Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Business & Finance Export sector: NKATI chief rejects discontinuation of ZRI package KARACHI: President of North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI) Faisal Moiz Khan, while expressing... Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Business & Finance 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 Govt ‘mulling abandoning’ talks with IMF, claims Hammad ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hammad Azhar on Thursday accused the government of planning to... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 09:01am
Pakistan Pakistan, IMF to reach staff-level agreement by next week: Ishaq Dar Says 'anti-Pakistan elements are spreading malicious rumours that Pakistan may default' Updated 02 Mar, 2023 07:45pm
Opinion Past the point of no return! For weeks noted economists and economic researchers have cited numerous indicators, like low foreign exchange... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:51am
Markets Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am
Editorials No good news on the horizon EDITORIAL: Moody’s Investors Service further downgraded Pakistan’s local and foreign currency issuer and senior... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:44am
Print Subsidy to agri, zero-rated sectors withdrawn ISLAMABAD: The government has withdrawn subsidy to agriculture and five zero-rated sectors from March 1, 2023 as a... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 12:50pm
Print MPC to meet today KARACHI: The emergent meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be ... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:13am
Opinion IMF conditionalities: fiscal reforms The International Monetary Fund (IMF) typically imposes a series of conditions on countries that receive financial... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Markets Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Print Pakistan not on IMF board’s agenda? ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board meeting scheduled for March 1 (today) will not... Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:08am
Print Power sector: IMF has concerns about next year’s circular debt: Dastgir ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power, Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Tuesday that International Monetary Fund (IMF) has... Updated 01 Mar, 2023 09:07am
Business & Finance ADB renews resolve to help govt deal with economic challenges ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Executive Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) of Japan, China and South Korea... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan Pakistan ‘desperately needs debt restructuring’: Dr Murtaza Syed Former SBP deputy governor says situation is really bad, Pakistan caught in the crosshairs of a perfect storm Updated 28 Feb, 2023 05:57pm
World Sri Lanka outlaws strikes as anti-tax protests spread COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s government said Tuesday it was banning strikes in several key sectors, a day ahead of a planned... Published 28 Feb, 2023 03:12pm
BR Research IMF SLA: What’s cooking? February is nearing the end and the IMF Staff level agreement (SLA) for the 9th review is still pending. The anxiety... Published 28 Feb, 2023 09:09am
Opinion Progressive fiscal policy The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said recently in the... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Opinion The exchange rate: a steady hum of discontent No economic variable captures the popular imagination in Pakistan more than the exchange rate. After Pakistan moved... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
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 PHL loans: IMF has issues with duration of additional surcharge: Dastgir ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Monday that the issue with International Monetary Fund... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:41am
Print SBP decides to convene emergent MPC meeting this week KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to convene an emergency meeting of the Monetary Policy... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:39am
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
Opinion Should the MPC meeting be preponed? The most concerning and alarming element in the macro numbers is that inflation is growing out of control. Food... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Business & Finance Economic crisis cannot be fixed thru IMF lending alone: BMP LAHORE: As the annual inflation rate has hit the new high of 38.42% for the previous week the Federation of Pakistan... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Business & Finance Dependence on IMF no solution to economic crisis: UBG KARACHI: President of United Business Group (UBG) Zubair Tufail has said that in the current situation of the... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Print Why IMF lending still stalled? Reticence amongst some of the friendly countries in disbursing already pledged support and roll overs major reasons for the stalled ninth review of IMF Updated 27 Feb, 2023 10:37am
Editorials The floundering economy EDITORIAL: Current account deficit has declined 67 percent to 3.8 billion dollars (July-January 2022-23) against... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am