The fragility behind the fiscal gains Published 21 Aug, 2026 05:34am EDITORIAL: The finance ministry’s summary of fiscal operations for 2025-26, published on August 13, offers welcome...
PM welcomes Pakistan’s credit rating upgrade Updated 23 Jul, 2026 09:24am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday welcomed an upgrade of the country’s sovereign credit rating...
Fitch affirms Pakistan’s credit rating at ‘B-’ Updated 14 Apr, 2026 09:15am ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B-’ with...
The external resource shortfall Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am EDITORIAL: The budgeted 6 billion dollars from the commercial banking sector abroad and through issuance of...
Economy: we need medication to correct account acidity Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am On February 19, 2023 there was an article on Bloomberg titled China’s Debt Noose Could Strangle Pakistan by Mihir...
Better late than never, or just too late? Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am Too bad Finance Minister Ishaq Dar didn’t get to give Moody’s a “befitting reply” for downgrading...
Wapda may delay issuance of 2nd $500m Eurobond Updated 21 Jan, 2023 03:30pm Wapda was expecting to issue it by the middle of last year
S&P cuts rating on weakening of several metrics Updated 23 Dec, 2022 09:04am Rating agency states that Pakistan’s already low foreign exchange reserves would remain under pressure throughout 2023
Tougher times likely ahead for markets Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am EDITORIAL: Yesterday, S&P Global cut Pakistan’s long-term sovereign rating by one notch to “CCC+” from “B”. The...
Major negative developments Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am The downgrading of Pakistan’s credit rating by Moody’s from B3 to Caa1 comes as a big shock. The credit rating...