Why’s everybody so surprised? Why’s everybody so surprised that Imran Khan was finally arrested and PTI’s reaction lit up the whole country?... Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am
Editorials The ‘ninth review’ remains elusive EDITORIAL: While the Board of Directors meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) scheduled till 17 May 2023... Published 10 May, 2023 06:03am
Print IMF’s May meetings: Pakistan not on agenda as bailout remains stalled According to the IMF Executive Board calendar available on its website, next meetings are scheduled for May 11, 15, and 17 Updated 09 May, 2023 10:10am
Business & Finance FPCCI seems perturbed about steep fall in exports KARACHI: Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has... Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am
Editorials Future of Pak-US engagement EDITORIAL: If Masood Khan, Pakistan’s envoy in Washington, didn’t expect his call for resumption of military aid... Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am
Opinion ‘Power transmission as ‘service’’ This is apropos a letter to the Editor ‘Power transmission as ‘service’’ carried by the newspaper on... Updated 14 Apr, 2023 06:55am
Editorials IMF bailout in sight: misplaced optimism? EDITORIAL: A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance has revealed that the economic team led by Finance Minister... Updated 14 Apr, 2023 06:49am
Print Dar, others participate in IMF/WB meetings thru Zoom platform ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar attended IMF/ World Bank Spring meetings through Zoom from Islamabad with a... Updated 13 Apr, 2023 08:42am
Pakistan IMF official has expressed confidence SLA will be signed soon, says Pakistan's Finance Division Statement comes after Finance Minister Ishaq Dar attends IMF-World Bank spring meetings virtually from Islamabad Updated 12 Apr, 2023 11:14pm
Print 0.4pc growth rate foreseen: World Bank warns of a ‘macro-economic crisis’ ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has warned that a macroeconomic crisis could materialize in Pakistan, given the... Updated 05 Apr, 2023 08:49am
Opinion The IMF-govt trust deficit The Pakistani public is being subjected to extremely disturbing macroeconomic indicators with each subsequent update... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am
Editorials Height of irresponsibility EDITORIAL: The way Pakistan’s nuclear programme has been dragged into the debate about the IMF (International... Published 26 Mar, 2023 03:19am
Print Policy efforts, 9th review’s success: Timely external aid will be critical: IMF ISLAMABAD: Timely financial assistance from external partners will be critical to support the Pakistani authorities’... Updated 25 Mar, 2023 06:05pm
Print No requirement in Pakistan programme that interferes with polls: IMF KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday that decisions regarding the constitutionality,... Updated 24 Mar, 2023 09:00am
Editorials Bank borrowing EDITORIAL: Bank deposits grew by 15 percent in one year to 22.92 trillion rupees in February 2023 compared to 19.91... Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am
Print ADB Mission says IMF’s 9/10th review should stay on track ISLAMABAD: While noting sluggish progress on two prior policy actions, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) Mission has... Updated 15 Mar, 2023 09:18am
Editorials IMF ninth review: inordinate delay EDITORIAL: Finance minister Ishaq Dar while addressing a seminar titled ‘Revising economic stability through... Published 13 Mar, 2023 06:15am
Business & Finance Country to be on brink of default for foreseeable future: FPCCI KARACHI: President of the FPCCI Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has stressed that it is the collective wisdom of the entire... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Editorials What’s behind lower revenue collection? EDITORIAL: The shortfall in Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) collection for the first eight months of the... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Business & Finance Honda Atlas shuts plant till March 31 due to supply chain disruptions Says restrictions on opening of Letters of Credit for import of CKD kits, raw materials and halting foreign payments have hit supply chain Updated 08 Mar, 2023 01:20pm
Print PKR depreciation, borrowing: Debt stocks soar to Rs55trn by Jan-end Most of the increase was recorded in external debt due to Pak rupee depreciation Updated 08 Mar, 2023 12:43pm
Print SOEs: MoF prepares draft policy ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance (MoF) has prepared a draft State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) policy with technical... Updated 07 Mar, 2023 08:48am
Print Policy rate hiked by 300bps to 20pc to tame inflation KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday increased the key... Updated 03 Mar, 2023 08:53am
Markets SBP raises key interest rate by 300bps, takes it to 20% Monetary Policy Committee expects inflation to rise further in the next few months Also moves next MPC meeting to April 4 from April 27 Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:20pm
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
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
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 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
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
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
