Lack of awareness of IMF conditions Pakistan’s private sector elite in industry and the farm sectors, major non-institutional recipients of budgeted... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:42am
Editorials The SBP recommendations EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) half fiscal year report 2023-24 was uploaded on its website on... Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am
Pakistan Shutter-down strike observed in twin cities ISLAMABAD: To protest against the government’s tax reforms, traders like other parts of the country, observed a... Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am
Editorials The external financial commitments EDITORIAL: Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmad, in an interview with a foreign news agency, stated that... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 10:37am
Opinion Planning a non-austerity, pro-growth IMF programme In its April 2023 flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed out... Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am
Editorials SBP report is perhaps a little wanting in charm EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) annual report 2022-23 uploaded on its website on Monday, ... Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am
Opinion Anatomy of ‘Debt Management Strategy’ Pakistan’s persistent fiscal imbalance has cast a negative shadow on the overall economic scenario. Unless... Updated 25 Aug, 2023 07:02am
Editorials The IMF speaks! EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) uploaded documents on its website relating to the agreement reached... Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am
Opinion Gross financing, and medium-term economic strategy International Monetary Fund (IMF) Country Report No. 22/288, released in September 2022 – the last such report... Published 02 Jun, 2023 03:56am
Editorials Impasse: Qin has power beyond exhortation EDITORIAL: In a visible departure from successive Chinese governments’ policy not to comment on any country’s... Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am
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
Business & Finance IMF still seeking ‘necessary’ assurances ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still looking forward to obtaining the ‘’necessary’’... Published 16 Apr, 2023 03:36am
Opinion Salvation lies in structural reforms Pakistan’s persistent economic failures, amongst other factors, are the result of constant disregard of the... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Business & Finance Forex reserves plunge by about $1bn KARACHI: The crisis of foreign exchange reserves has further escalated as the country’s total liquid forex reserves... Published 27 Jan, 2023 06:15am
Print Flood recovery plan critical to supporting discussions: IMF ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s timely finalisation of the flood recovery plan is essential to support the discussions, along... Updated 24 Nov, 2022 09:39am
Print Forex reserves jump on foreign inflows KARACHI: With the arrival of foreign inflows, the country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $1.636... Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am
Print IMF for improving key economic fundamentals ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Fund has advised Pakistan to reduce fiscal deficits, restore public... Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:12am