Atif Mian, a well-respected economist, has criticized Pakistan’s economic policy terming it ‘non-sensical’. While comparing the experience of Ghana and Sri Lanka, he has concluded that Pakistan should “take decisive actions, aggressively restructure and take courageous actions”. This is ...

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has requested the Supreme Court to withdraw the "curative review petition" against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a sitting Supreme Court judge, which was previously moved by the PTI government. Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, will take up the request on April 10 in ...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar has cancelled his trip to the United States to attend the spring meetings of the World Bank-IMF, where he was scheduled to meet with the IMF management to discuss the $1.1 billion loan tranche. The reason cited for the cancellation ...

The traders association has announced plans to stage nationwide protests after Eidul Fitr in response to the escalating inflation and deteriorating economic conditions in Pakistan. President of Markazi Tanzeem Tajran, Muhammad Kashif Chaudhry, stated during a press conference that if these issues ...

LAHORE – Punjab government has mounted containers in several parts of the city, apparently to stop leaders and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf from joining the party’s much-touted power show in the provincial capital. Besides closing several arteries in country’s second-largest city ...

One person was killed and eight others injured during a stampede for free flour in inflation-wracked Pakistan on Thursday, the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. The price of basic food items has rocketed in recent months, with inflation at a near 50 year-high as the country grapples with a ...

In the wake of IMF statement that the Fund has not been consulted on the fuel subsidy announced by the government, Minister of State for Petroleum Division Musadik Malik has clarified that the government is not giving fuel subsidy saying that it will increase the petrol prices for the rich and give ...

The International Monetary Fund said Pakistan has made “substantial progress” toward meeting policy commitments needed to unlock billions of dollars in loans the country needs to avoid a default but “few remaining points are yet to be finalized”, reported Bloomberg.com. Pakistan has taken ...

A local court in Islamabad on Monday adjourning the hearing of the case relating to data leakage of former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa after showing displeasure over non-filing of the case challan. Judicial Magistrate Abbas Shah conducted the hearing. Accused Shahzad Niaz, Arshad Ali and ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said that the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will result in ‘more burden’ on the people. Speaking in Geo News program Capital Talk, the premier put the blame for the tough conditions by the IMF on the previous government. The ...