EconomyPakistan
Pakistan government claims giving huge subsidy in Hajj expenses worth 8.6 lakh per person
*ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor onThursday said that the incumbent government had announced sufficientsubsidy approving Rs150,000...
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Pakistan growth rate to remain below 3 in FY 2022 – 23 against previous year growth rate of 6
*ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth is unlikely to cross 3 percent in thenext fiscal year (2022-23) due to contractionary monetary and...
EconomyPakistan
In a setback, Pakistani exports decline in month of May in PMLN government tenure
*ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 57.85 per cent during the first 11months (July-May) of the current fiscal year 2021-22, and...
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Pakistan IT exports can increase by 400 to 15 billion in just three years
*Pakistan’s Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque saidthe country’s IT-sector exports can increase 400% to $15 billion in threeyears...
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A big setback for Pakistan on the economic front
*In a major development on the economic front, Moody’s Investors Service(Moody’s) cited increased external vulnerabilities, and downgradedPakistan’s outlook to negative...
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In yet another setback, Pakistan foreign exchange reserves suffer massive blow
*Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)decreased by $366 million in the period between May 20...
Pakistan
Pakistan and Iran ink important agreement for improving bilateral trade
*ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have signed a 32-point memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) for promotion of bilateral trade between the twocountries.* It...
Pakistan
Pakistan strongly hits out at India in UN Security Council
At the UN Security Council, Pakistan has expressed grave concern overselectivity and double standard in implementing resolutions on longstandingdisputes like...
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In an unprecedented move, PM gives extraordinary powers to ISI for deciding fate of civil servants
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has given the status of‘Special VettingAgency’ (SVA) to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) onFriday. According to the...