KARACHI – Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have further fallen to $3.7 billion, its lowest levels since February 2014, as the country’s economic crisis worsen in recent weeks. The reserves held by the central bank have been persistently shrinking since the beginning of the current ...

ISLAMABAD – Tensions remain unabated between nuclear-armed neighbors in South Asia despite the Pakistani premier’s goodwill gesture of calling on his Indian counterpart for sincere talks. In a recent development, Pakistan intelligence agencies once again exposed Modi-led Indian government’s ...

ISLAMABAD – The cash-strapped country sought Washington's support in reviving the crucial International Monetary Fund programme. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury for Asia Robert Kaproth called on Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday and Pakistan’s ...

ISLAMABAD – The International Monetary Fund has placed Pakistan at the 180th spot out of 190 countries in terms of the ratio of fiscal revenue to GDP. The South Asian country, which is facing economic woes due to depleting foreign exchange reserves, has fiscal revenue to GDP ratio at 12.1 ...

The United States has offered assistance to Pakistan for tackling the ongoing countrywide electricity breakdown. Addressing a news briefing in Washington on Monday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US had assisted Pakistan in handling a raft of challenges in the past. “We are ...

ISLAMABAD – A second meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) is scheduled to take place today on Monday to discuss key issues related to security. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday summoned a second session of the National Security Committee (NSC). The meeting will be held at the ...

Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has ruled out any risk of default facing Pakistan, saying “some people” for their vested interests are hurting the country’s economy. Addressing a Karachi Stock Exchange ceremony through Zoom on Wednesday, Ishaq Dar said people were being ...

WASHINGTON – Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the US is willing to assist Pakistan to upgrade border security amid cross-border attacks, *Dawn *reported. FM Bilawal, who recently visited the US on a week-long visit, said Washington is willing to provide funds to Islamabad ...

Pakistan has expressed serious concerns over the rise of extremist nationalism in India and its expansionist designs for the South Asia region, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch at a weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday said “We still await ...

ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto said Afghan Taliban have been told that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban is Pakistan’s red line and Islamabad would not tolerate attacks as he called on Kabul to look into the matter seriously. FM Bilawal made these remarks as TTP declared an end to the ...