After receiving approval from President Dr. Arif Alvi, the federal government of Pakistan has taken a significant step to address the escalating inflation by raising the minimum wages for employees. As per a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance and Revenue, the minimum wage in Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD – Former US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad continued to remain up in arms against the Pakistani government as he shared another tweet, despite being told to avoid commenting on the country’s internal matters. Foreign Office earlier reacted strongly to Khalilzad’s comments ...

ISLAMABAD – The International Monetary Fund link) has slapped four more stern conditions on Pakistan, including increasing power tariffs before releasing bailout funds for cash-strapped country. In recent developments, the global lender asked Pakistan to jack up the interest rates during the ...

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani government has formally contacted authorities in Russian to buy cheap oil and gas as prices of these commodities in the South Asian country has surged to a record level. The development comes a month after Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that that the ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has approved importing three million metric tonnes (MT) of wheat from Russia on the government to government (G2G) basis despite sanctions on Moscow. Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet presided over by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar gave a final nod to import ...

The United States has again refused Imran Khan’s claims that Americans toppled his government through regime change conspiracy. PTI chief, who continued a week-long march to the capital in another bid to press ruling alliance for early elections, called out Washington for conspiring against ...

*ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has stalled the loan program for Pakistan and extended its volume to $6.5 billion from $6 billion, earlier.* The Fund in a press release announced that the executive board completed the combined seventh and eighth reviews of the ...

The United States has assured full cooperation in managing the troubled Pakistani economy. A State Department spokesman said the United States would continue to work bilaterally on ways to increase investment and trade opportunities to build a prosperous and stable Pakistan. The spokesman said ...

ISLAMABAD – New Pakistani premier Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin have quietly exchanged letters to boost ties between the sides. *Express Tribune* reported that Islamabad and Kremlin exchanged letters after the election of Shehbaz as prime minister while both sides ...

The US State Department says it wants to work with the new government in Pakistan on regional and international issues. According to reports, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the United States views Pakistan as an important partner and important partner for a secure, stable and ...