economy

Economist says jump in poverty numbers due to low growth, double-digit food inflation

Inflows will help improve country’s capacity to make import, debt payments

Under crisis response facility, ADB approves loan to support Pakistan pay off debt

Pakistan should further capitalise on the growing economic ties with Qatar

Pakistan says UAE not sharing wealth details of Pakistanis holding residence visa of Dubai

PTI govt mulls giving OGRA more teeth

Citibank official says country is making progress and will not be blacklisted by FATF

Hammad Azhar says it will provide fiscal space for implementing its reforms agenda

Availability of wheat in Pakistan and its pricing trends in focus

Move aimed at raising funds for supporting government’s budgetary position

Stakeholders urge prime minister to withdraw decision saying it will damage sector

Urges his economic team to share progress with public to counter propaganda

Planning ministry argues task can be performed without burdening country

Govt should slash spending drastically before undertaking development of different sectors

Besides subsidised gas, TSML may go for Thar coal gasification to run plant

Lack of counselling, innovation has led to poor human capital development

Pakistan must have recovery in real sense

Govt should encourage investment in BMR instead of offering export packages

Islamabad offers to set up plant in Gulf state to manufacture footballs

Matter pending with Ministry of Finance; response awaited

A food ration scheme will also be introduced for erstwhile Fata and Pata

Urges students to help address them and make the country prosper

Seven months after signing MoU with govt, Daewoo has been unable to operate a single bus in Karachi due to dollar hike

Asad Umar says use of technology can ensure transparency helping people to hold govt accountable

The latest rally at the stock market deserves to be acknowledged as a sign of the revival of investors’ confidence

Experts say move to revive foreign investors’ confidence in Pakistan

The problem is the common man is asked to deal with not the natural environment but contrived and man-made conditions

PTI government had to administer chemotherapy to fight the cancer of twin deficits ripping our economy

FBR chief says by end of FY24, 90-95% of imports will be cleared via green channel

Shaukat Yousafzai says people are unaware of the facts and expected advantages that will be seen in the long run

Says country’s start-up tech and fintech ecosystems have made notable progress

Asks his financial team to resolve issues of exporters on priority

PM Imran lauds the kingdom's economic support to Pakistan

Sarwar says local bodies system to trickle power down to grassroots level

What is needed now is a thorough and dispassionate introspection of our past foreign policy experiences

An economic turnaround is not possible for Imran Khan as long as he remains hostage to his flawed narrative

Political stability, trade with neighbours prerequisites for sustainable economic growth, says Dr Hafeez Sheikh

Drop in import cargo hits terminal operator investing $240m in expansion

Punjab governor says handmade furniture products have great potential to capture world market

Resort to cost-cutting measures such as layoffs, closure of outlets

Improving economic indicators boost investors’ confidence

Report says 135 state organisations are headless, being run on ad hoc basis

US investment is welcome but not at the cost of China ties, says minister

Former ambassador to US says Pakistan offers enormous economic growth potential

SEZs formally launched to accelerate economic activities and generate employment

NEPRA reserves ruling on first-quarter tariff adjustment

PM Imran directs economic affairs ministry to give periodic briefings on stuck-up projects

Urge SSGC to overcome line losses to partially bridge revenue shortfall

PSO says matter will be settled as soon as PQA clears port charges

Prices crashing due to Jan 1 deadline for stopping production of high sulphur oil