PRR project: World Bank approves additional $70m credit ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved an additional $70 million credit for the Pakistan Raises Revenue (PRR) ... Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am
Budget 2025-26 Aurangzeb tells Senate body: Govt plans foreclosure laws to boost housing finance ISLAMABAD: In a diplomatic embarrassment for India again, this time the World Bank Board approved $700 million for... Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am
World US, China reach deal to ease export curbs, keep tariff truce alive LONDON: US and Chinese officials said on Tuesday they had agreed on a framework to put their trade truce back on... Published 11 Jun, 2025 11:54am
Business & Finance World Bank projects 3.1pc GDP growth rate for Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected GDP growth rate for Pakistan at 3.1 per cent for the next fiscal year 2026... Updated 11 Jun, 2025 11:08am
World World Bank slashes global growth forecast as trade tensions bite WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its global growth forecast for 2025 by 0.4 percentage point to 2.3%,... Published 10 Jun, 2025 07:01pm
Print Pakistan’s threshold: World Bank fixes new poverty lines at $4.20/person/ day ISLAMABAD: The new poverty lines for Pakistan — a lower middle-income country, set at $4.20/person/day up from... Updated 06 Jun, 2025 07:40pm
Print DDT scheme has small positive impact on textile exports: World Bank ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Duty Drawback of Taxes (DDT) scheme had a small positive impact on aggregate textile exports,... Updated 05 Jun, 2025 08:44am
Print Govt urges World Bank to restructure KWSSIP ISLAMABAD: The government has requested the World Bank for restructuring of Karachi Water and Sewerage Services... Updated 03 Jun, 2025 09:06am
Print PHCIP implementation rate termed moderately unsatisfactory ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has rated the Punjab Human Capital Investment Project (PHCIP) implementation... Updated 01 Jun, 2025 11:09am
Pakistan Punjab govt, World Bank agree to boost partnership LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif met Country Director World Bank Najy Benhassine in which it was... Published 31 May, 2025 05:56am
Print Aurangzeb praises World Bank’s valuable contributions to Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, on Friday, met with the World Bank Pakistan... Updated 31 May, 2025 03:29pm
Print Wage employment, entrepreneurship: Pakistan faces significant gender gaps: World Bank ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces significant gender gaps in wage employment, entrepreneurship, and access to productive... Updated 31 May, 2025 04:42pm
Business & Finance Ahsan vows to deepen cooperation with World Bank ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has reaffirmed ... Published 29 May, 2025 05:55am
Pakistan New World Bank country director calls on Cheema ISLAMABAD: The newly-appointed Country Director of the World Bank, Bolormaa Amgaabazar, called on Federal Minister... Updated 28 May, 2025 08:00am
Business & Finance World Bank cuts Kenya’s 2025 growth forecast as private sector squeezed NAIROBI: The World Bank has cut Kenya’s growth forecast for this year by half a point from its initial prediction to... Published 27 May, 2025 11:22am
Editorials Reforms key to recovery EDITORIAL: Anna Bjerd, World Bank Managing Director for Operations, after the conclusion of her two-day visit to... Published 27 May, 2025 03:05am
Print Business & investment: Shift to higher tariffs restricts exports growth for Pakistan: WB ISLAMABAD: In an already challenging business and investment climate —characterised by a misaligned exchange rate... Updated 27 May, 2025 09:54am
Editorials Taxation system needs fundamental reform EDITORIAL: Reportedly, the World Bank (WB) deferred the approval of additional International Development Association... Published 26 May, 2025 05:56am
Print Reforms key to recovery, poverty reduction for Pakistan: World Bank ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s path to sustainable economic recovery and poverty alleviation rests on comprehensive reforms... Updated 25 May, 2025 11:54am
Pakistan Flood rehabilitation housing project: Aseefa, World Bank MD distribute ownership rights certificates to women homeowners HYDERABAD: Anna Bejerde, Managing Director of the World Bank, accompanied by First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Sindh... Published 24 May, 2025 06:21am
Editorials Austerity for people, exceptions for state EDITORIAL: In a country where every budget cycle tightens the noose on the ordinary citizen, the procurement of 179... Updated 24 May, 2025 08:30am
Markets India to push for international financial measures against Pakistan, source says NEW DELHI:- India will push the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial crime watchdog, to add... Updated 23 May, 2025 10:36pm
Business & Finance New CPF: Pakistan, World Bank agree to develop implementation framework ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the World Bank agreed to swiftly develop an implementation framework for effective... Updated 23 May, 2025 08:29am
Business & Finance Awais shares power sector reforms, plans with World Bank ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday shared power sector reforms and... Published 23 May, 2025 06:13am
Print Pakistan discusses priority areas under CPF with World Bank team Both parties recognise Country Partnership Framework as a critical tool for advancing sustainable development Updated 23 May, 2025 02:16pm
Print Pakistan’s economic turnaround wins global recognition: World Bank ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s recent economic turnaround is being seen as a “globally recognised model” of reform, World... Updated 23 May, 2025 08:48am
Opinion Water wars looming? Indus crisis and South Asian stability A rare paradigm of cooperation between India and Pakistan, the Indus Waters Treaty, which was brokered by the World... Updated 22 May, 2025 07:22am
Print World Bank defers additional $70m IDA credit to Pakistan Raises Revenue ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has deferred the approval of additional International Development Association (IDA)... Updated 21 May, 2025 10:02am
Print World Bank wing rates $212.379m Fata TDPs project as ‘highly relevant’ ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank has rated “Federally Administered Tribal Areas... Updated 18 May, 2025 09:19am
Opinion Pakistan is a good story Pakistan, which seems to be under the euphoria of having its economic recovery termed a ‘good story’ by... Updated 17 May, 2025 07:43am
Budget 2025-26: Pakistan targets 4.2% growth as Aurangzeb presents proposals ‘for a competitive economy’