ISLAMABAD – Recently appointed Prime Minister’s aide on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has returned to US capital to join ongoing discussions with the global lender. Spokesperson to the Finance Minister shared a tweet on Tuesday saying the adviser has returned to Washington DC. He also ...

KARACHI – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday projected real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow by 4.0 percent in the current fiscal year (2021-22) while the current account deficit was projected at 3.1% of the GDP or over $10 billion. In its World Economic Outlook (WEO) October ...

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin has left for the US to attend the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Reports said that Tarin, who is leading the Pakistani delegation, will hold policy-level talks with the IMF from October 13 to ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday chaired a high-level meeting of the National Security Committee to discuss internal security issues and situation in Afghanistan, said Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid. The meeting was attended by Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the heads of ...

Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin says the government is focusing to enhance exports to its maximum level which will further stabilize the economy. In an interview with private news channel, he said the government is also planning to give interest-free loans to different ...

Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin says Pakistan and Egypt should work together on economic grounds for mutual progress and prosperity. While talking to the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt Tarek Mohamed Dahroug in Islamabad, he said both countries enjoy brotherly relations for a long period ...

Days after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban have begun appointing several people to key government offices, with the most recent appointment being of a former Guantanamo detainee as acting defence minister of Afghanistan. The Taliban seized control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is set to receive $2.77 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the global lender rolled out its largest-ever distribution of monetary reserves of $650 billion to help the low-income countries deal with the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kristalina ...

ISLAMABAD – Over one billion dollars of Chinese investment is expected in Gwadar Free Zone phase two inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said Tuesday. Speaking with media persons in Gwadar, the ruling party member said that China is ...

The federal government has paid the largest ever net hydel profit arrears of twenty-five billion rupees to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. According to details, this is first of two installments promised by federal government under outstanding amount of net hydel profits. Meanwhile, in a tweet ...