Independent expert highlights startling inaccuracies in official poverty figures.

Federating units behind budget surplus target in first half of fiscal year.

Planning Commission accepts flaws in PSDP project approval, recommends changes.

Officials say US ‘pressurising Pakistan to accede to its terms’.

Power subsidies, debt servicing and delay in disbursement of CSF cited as major reasons.

Neighbours sign three pacts to further trade ties.

Exports remain flat while imports rise in double digits in July-January.

Loan write-offs announced for people in Lower Dir, Upper Dir and Shangla.

Govt appoints second chairman on a temporary basis in less than a month.

Report states budget deficit was understated by Rs532 billion.