Potential versus reality EDITORIAL: During their initial months in power nearly all Pakistani administrations exhibit a level of optimism ... Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:49am
Editorials IMF first review EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is scheduled to undertake the first review of the 7 billion... Published 20 Feb, 2025 06:44am
Opinion Let the market decide With an IMF (International Monetary Fund) determined to punish past misdemeanours and a government unwilling to... Published 19 Feb, 2025 06:21am
Opinion Neoliberalism, IMF’s exceptional financing, & recidivist behaviour of programme countries — II Notwithstanding a lack of revisionist policy taken by IMF with regard to Neoliberalism, and no apparent suggestion ... Updated 23 Jan, 2025 06:51am
Editorials Rising remittance flows EDITORIAL: Remittances surged by 34 percent year-on-year to 14.76 billion dollars July-November 2024 against 11... Updated 12 Dec, 2024 08:03am
Business & Finance SBA opposes increase in property tax PESHAWAR: A meeting of the Sarhad Business Alliance (SBA) was held under the join chairmanship of Haji Ghulam Ali... Published 25 Nov, 2024 06:36am
Editorials The Finance Minister’s defence EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during his press briefing on Sunday appreciated the efforts towards... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:53am
Editorials Celebrating the fiscal surplus EDITORIAL: The government, especially the finance ministry, can’t seem to trumpet the first fiscal surplus in 24... Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am
Business & Finance Economic indicators highlighted WASHINGTON DC: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb attended a roundtable with institutional investors... Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am
Opinion IMF programme: lack of ingenuity? The narrative led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is that the economy has... Updated 21 Oct, 2024 07:07am
Editorials IMF’s reputational risks EDITORIAL: In documents uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website in the early hours of this Friday... Updated 16 Oct, 2024 08:36am
Opinion Dated IMF staff report The International Monetary Fund (IMF) uploaded documents early 11 October Pakistan time, nearly thirteen weeks after... Updated 14 Oct, 2024 07:33am
Print IMF official supports reforms in public sector Says Pakistan has managed to revive economic and financial stability over the past fiscal year Updated 11 Oct, 2024 02:27pm
Perspectives Moving away from stabilisation to industrial sector growth: there is some time Complete independence cannot be achieved without economic stability. These words have never sounded truer. A few... Published 11 Oct, 2024 01:12am
Opinion IMF programme: a mixed bag of economic consequences In the statement released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 27, it indicated that it had approved a... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:29am
Business & Finance SBP receives over $1bn first tranche of IMF loan KARACHI: Pakistan, on Friday received over $1 billion inflows as the first tranche of a long-term loan from the IMF,... Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:16am
Print $7bn EFF on Sep 25 agenda of IMF EB ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board is scheduled to take Pakistan’s 37-month Extended... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:16am
BR Research Approval by IMF board to be delayed to Oct? It’s been almost two months since the SLA, and there is no update on when Pakistan’s program would be approved by... Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:35am
Business & Finance Govt debt stocks rise to Rs69.9trn KARACHI: The federal government’s total debt stocks rose to Rs 69.6 trillion mark at the end of July 2024 primarily... Updated 06 Sep, 2024 08:56am
Opinion Stability versus general well-being Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb since he took oath ten days less than six months on 12 March 2024 has... Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:16am
Print MoF, SBP inform Senate panel: Govt borrowed from IMF at 5.09pc interest rate in 2023 Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs seeks details of utilisation of the loan Updated 23 Aug, 2024 11:28am
Opinion Thank you and congratulations, Pakistan What does it say about any person at the helm of Pakistan’s fiscal affairs when the Business Confidence Survey –... Updated 16 Aug, 2024 10:57am
Opinion Challenging gross financing requirements Pakistan is about to enter into an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme with the International Monetary Fund... Updated 02 Aug, 2024 06:17am
Print Far behind $17.619bn annual target: $9.811bn borrowed from multiple financing sources in FY24 If IMF and UAE inflows are added, total inflows would reach $13.804 billion during fiscal year 2023-24 against target of $17.619 billion Updated 27 Jul, 2024 10:11pm
Opinion The way forward Sale of state-owned entities (SOEs) and not resuscitating the non-operational Pakistan Steel Mills is the mantra of... Updated 22 Jul, 2024 07:11am
Opinion IMF programme, debt re-profiling, and debt restructuring Pakistan is facing a huge challenge in terms of debt distress. Secondly, the country is stuck in a low economic... Updated 19 Jul, 2024 07:06am
Opinion An IMF budget or not? Several prominent federal ministers publicly stated that the taxation measures approved by parliament on 28 June ... Updated 08 Jul, 2024 08:43am
Markets FY24: PSX emerges as top performer with 95pc annual return in $ terms KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange performed exceptionally well and emerged as the top performing stock market with ... Published 29 Jun, 2024 06:40am
Print Petrol, HSD and HOBC: Govt amends raise in PL to Rs70 against Rs60 limit ISLAMABAD: The federal government has amended the increase in petroleum levy to Rs70 per litre on petrol and... Updated 29 Jun, 2024 03:00pm
Print Rs30bn sell-off income target set ISLAMABAD: The federal government has set a budgeted target of collecting Rs30 billion through privatisation... Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:33am
