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Q1CY24: KSE-100 rises 7pc in PKR terms

KARACHI: Pakistan’s benchmark KSE-100 index has increased by 7.0 percent in Pak-rupee terms and 9.0 percent in USD...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:31am

Opinion

Pakistan and IMF

The second and final review of the nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 06:05am

Pakistan

Aurangzeb apprises UK High Commissioner about conclusion of IMF review

ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott called on Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

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SLA: IMF waiting for release of March data?

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) may be waiting for the release of March 2024 macroeconomic data...

Updated 23 Mar, 2024 09:18pm

Editorials

The quest for another IMF programme

EDITORIAL: First things first, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has clearly stated that the country needs another...

Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am

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Jul-Feb 2023-24: $6.678bn borrowed from multiple sources

ISLAMABAD: The country borrowed $ 6.678 billion from multiple financing sources during the first eight months...

Updated 22 Mar, 2024 08:33am

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IMF says will disburse final SBA tranche

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on the second and...

Updated 21 Mar, 2024 08:41am

Editorials

‘Decisive action’

EDITORIAL: The new government must have already found out that it has no time to settle in, especially when it comes...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 05:22am

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IMF-Govt talks conclude

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded talks on second review of the $3 billion...

Updated 20 Mar, 2024 09:49am

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Pakistan likely to sign staff-level agreement with IMF next week

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to sign the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next...

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 10:25pm

Business & Finance

PD claims: ‘No meeting on 2nd, final review of SBA held with IMF team’

ISLAMABAD: Power Division claimed that they held no meeting with the visiting team of International Monetary Fund...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

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Reforms agenda: Govt committed to working with IMF: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has expressed the government’s commitment towards working with the...

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 08:28am

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Construction sector: IMF asks FBR to abolish special tax regime

Recommends subjecting sector to standard income tax regime

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 04:03pm

Opinion

‘Large and long’?

Not much of what new finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, said in his first official media interaction was new –...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

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Govt quite clear about what it seeks from IMF

IMF team arrives in Islamabad to hold an opening meeting with the economic team led by the finance minister

Updated 14 Mar, 2024 12:01pm

Editorials

A task that is very daunting from the outset

EDITORIAL: Muhammad Aurangzeb resigned as president and chief executive officer of Habib Bank Limited and ...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am

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SBA talks: Govt to have little ‘manoeuvrability’ to cut utility prices

ISLAMABAD: The government will have little, if any, maneuverability to reduce utility prices during the second...

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 12:30pm

Opinion

A recalcitrant rupee!

The budget for the current fiscal year, reviewed and amended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a prior...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Editorials

Increase in debt burden

EDITORIAL: Total domestic and external debt stocks rose by 6 percent during the first seven months of the current...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

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IMF says ‘ready’ to send team for 2nd SBA review

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stands ready to hold a mission for the second review of the...

Updated 09 Mar, 2024 10:34pm

Editorials

New scheme for traders

EDITORIAL: One can only wish the government good luck as it now tries to collect an estimated Rs500 billion from a...

Published 01 Mar, 2024 02:59am

Editorials

State of the economy: Moody’s take

EDITORIAL: Moody’s Investor Service, one of the three major international rating agencies, has kept Pakistan ...

Published 29 Feb, 2024 04:41am

Editorials

The Ramazan package

EDITORIAL: The Caretaker government announced its decision to begin implementing the Ramazan package from 4 March,...

Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am

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Answer to question about IK’s letter: IMF says won’t comment on developments

The International Monetary Fund says it is looking forward to working with the new government

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 04:10pm

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Jul-Jan borrowing stands at $6.3bn

Country receives $331.59 million in January 2024

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 06:44pm

Markets

IMF refrains from commenting on Imran Khan’s ‘letter’, says keen on working with new govt

Lender says caretaker authorities 'have maintained economic stability'

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 10:49pm

Opinion

An ‘appropriate’ finance minister, and the need for an over-arching ‘economic minister’

As a new elected government is about to come into office, there is talk of who should be the finance minister....

Updated 23 Feb, 2024 06:58am

Opinion

Default, then?

Fitch’s doubts about securing a post-SBA (Stand-By Arrangement) IMF lifeline show that even leading IFIs...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

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Next IMF programme: Fitch says political uncertainty may complicate efforts

ISLAMABAD: The close outcome of Pakistan’s elections and resulting near-term political uncertainty may complicate...

Updated 20 Feb, 2024 09:35am

Opinion

Economic morass is visibly deepening

March 15 was the date agreed for the second and final staff-level agreement (SLA) on the ongoing nine-month 3 ...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am