Finance minister-in-waiting given dossiers to tackle economic challenges
ISLAMABAD: The incumbent Minister of Finance has given important dossiers to the finance minister-in-waiting in the coming PTI-led government, Asad Umar, regarding...
China interested in joining TAPI pipeline project – Pakistan official
ISLAMABAD: China is exploring building a spur from Pakistan’s territory once the multi-country TAPI natural gas pipeline project begins operating, a Pakistani official...
Pakistan defends economic partnership with China
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan defended its economic partnership with China, amid fears that the terms of opaque multi-billion dollar investments by Beijing could be exacerbating...
SECP approves vital regulations for capital market, corporate governance
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in its Commission meeting has passed regulations concerning capital market, insurance and corporate governance.
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Imran vows drastic measures to overcome economic challenges
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday vowed to take drastic measures, including curtailing expenditure on the VVIP culture, to overcome...
Pakistan to decide whether to seek IMF bailout ‘by September’
Pakistan is teetering on the verge of a new balance-of-payments crisis which could threaten its currency and its ability to repay debts or pay for imports (Shoulder)
Summit–Sindh Bank merger takes another turn, share swap ratio revised again
Ahsan Raza Durrani appointed as acting president and chief executive officer/executive director as Sindh Bank-Summit Bank merger has come under scrutiny due to alleged financial irregularities.
Pakistani companies get equal share in CPEC: report
ISLAMABAD: Since the beginning of the massive China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) project, there has been occasional criticism, including some complaints that projects under...
Experts confident in state of economy, markets despite jittery history
PSX’s post-election rally hit a brick wall just when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poured cold water on the IMF plan.
Possible IMF bailout to increase cost of doing business, deny PTI’s economic agenda
According to economists, the next program of the IMF, if secured by Pakistan, will accompany stringent terms and conditions which could be included the increase the price of electricity, gas and other utility services
Naya minister, meet purani ministry
The minister is already inheriting the purani ministry and if he fails to come up with a strategy for raising revenue, he will be the same as the purana minister himself
Is Open Skies really causing trouble for Pakistani airlines?
Domestic aviation industry experts insist that liberal aviation policies are hurting their competitiveness, but the truth is much more complicated
Can drip irrigation eradicate Pakistan’s water crisis and food insecurity?
To save water, the country needs to replace its age-old method of irrigating crops with improved
yield and quality being tangible benefits
Rupee stronger against the dollar
Market Analyst Hammad Malik told Profit, “I think Rs125 is a fair price against the greenback and it will likely revolve around it.”
China sanctions $2b loan for Pakistan to stem decline in forex reserves
The sources shared $1 billion had already been received in the SBP’s accounts and would be shown in the reserves data to be released next Thursday (August 2nd)