Pakistan’s accelerated access to capital markets: Alvarez & Marsal team outlines steps Alvarez & Marsal team has outlined steps for Pakistan to chart an accelerated path to international capital... Updated 22 Oct, 2024 11:29pm
Editorials Rise in home remittances EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan website revealed a 39 percent rise in remittance inflows for the first quarter... Published 14 Oct, 2024 07:00am
Pakistan Aurangzeb says Pakistan has secured debt rollover commitments from China, Saudi Arabia and UAE Development gives boost to economy that awaits Executive Board approval from the IMF ahead of $7-billion bailout Updated 06 Aug, 2024 10:25pm
Print IMF to approve $7bn EFF by end of month: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that the government wants investment and not aid... Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:55am
Pakistan Govt adamant on bringing agriculture into tax net: Aurangzeb Finance Minister says every segment has to play its part Updated 30 Jul, 2024 10:14pm
Pakistan Fitch upgrades Pakistan rating to ‘CCC+’ Upgrade reflects greater certainty over continued availability of external funding, says credit rating agency Updated 29 Jul, 2024 07:43pm
Markets PBC questions govt’s ambitious $65bn export target The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), the country’s largest corporate sector advocacy platform, has raised concerns... Published 23 Jul, 2024 07:27pm
Business & Finance Pakistan not yet on agenda of IMF meetings ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has not yet included Pakistan on the agenda of its executive board... Updated 23 Jul, 2024 09:29am
Markets Majority expect reduction in key policy rate in upcoming MPC meeting, AHL survey finds Brokerage house sees 100bps cut in meeting reportedly set to be held on July 29 (Monday) Updated 22 Jul, 2024 10:56pm
Opinion Old wine in new bottles The incumbent government, as all earlier ones, is jubilant over securing a staff-level agreement with International... Updated 19 Jul, 2024 07:04am
Pakistan Talks on new programme continuing virtually with Pakistan, says IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said talks are “continuing virtually” with authorities in Islamabad towards... Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:54pm
Business & Finance IMF’s EFF: Notable progress made towards reaching SLA ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani authorities made significant progress towards... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
Markets Brokerage house AHL expects KSE-100 to provide upside of 24% in FY24 AHL says KSE-100 could power past 56,000 level by June 2024 Updated 15 Jul, 2023 11:52pm
Markets KSE-100 up over 350 points as bullish wave continues Benchmark index settles above 45,500 level Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:05pm
Markets Rupee inches higher, settles at 277.48 against US dollar Currency appreciates 0.39% in inter-bank market Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:01pm
Print Fitch upgrades rating on improved external liquidity ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has upgraded Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “CCC”... Updated 11 Jul, 2023 09:02am
Opinion We don’t yet know what lies in store for us—II The entire nation is waiting for a rather irrelevant document called the Staff Level Agreement (SLA) with the... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
Pakistan IMF is asking for ‘guarantees at every step’: PM Shehbaz Says talks between government and IMF are still underway Updated 28 Mar, 2023 07:57pm
Opinion Stop blaming the IMF! It has been forty days since the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund’s) technical talks concluded, but there have... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am
Print Loan resumption: IMF board to take up heavy agenda on 29th ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will consider “Pakistan - combined seventh and eighth reviews under... Updated 23 Aug, 2022 09:26am
Print IMF board meeting on 29th ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board meeting for the combined seventh and eight reviews... Updated 18 Aug, 2022 09:33am
Markets All-time low: Rupee closes near 230 against US dollar as pressure on currency remains Ongoing political and economic uncertainty take toll amid reports SBP is discouraging inter-bank trade Updated 25 Jul, 2022 07:25pm