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The steepest rise in year-on-year prices was seen in the prices of gram flour, pulse gram and besan

First quarterly report says agricultural sector recovers with improved output of major crops

Economic Coordination Committee orders probe

Mushahid Hussain lauds Beijing’s efforts to combat poverty, corruption

Zahid Hamid, law and justice minister, told the Senate that the government opposes the motion

The ADB trimmed its 2016 growth estimate for India to 7.0 percent from 7.4 percent due to weak investment

The Gulf state's finance minister predicted growth of 3.4 per cent in 2017

Banks and ATMs have also been running out of cash with limits being put on withdrawals

It remains world's fastest-growing major economy, with growth outpacing Asian rival China for more than a year

Pakistan’s equity markets continue to beat China and India’s markets by a wide margin

Corruption badly affects the economy, standards of living, and social justice

Country has made giant strides, but it ‘is not out of the woods yet’

The Taliban have been behind much of the violence over the last 15 years that has frightened off investors

Tunisian officials hope it will put the country "back on the investment map of the Mediterranean"

Total investment in pollution prevention is expected to reach 8-10 trillion yuan over the 2016-2020 period

Unlike India, Pakistan is focusing on softer measures to boost financial inclusion, says Ashraf Mahmood Wathra

It would take sustained growth of around six per cent for five successive years to make a real dent in poverty

Experts discuss development strategies to improve economy

Escalation of domestic, geopolitical issues have taken toll, says Nielsen official

Khurram Dastgir Khan meets select group of trade ministers in Oslo, Norway

MD Christine Lagarde felicitates Pakistan on successful completion of IMF supported economic reforms package

Christine Lagarde urges policymakers to seize the moment

ECC is expected to take up the matter for approval this week

Provincial govt expected to freeze work on several schemes

Plan covers details of all routes, also points to the bottlenecks

SEZs have been established to attract FDI, says BoI chairman

The international day to end poverty was observed globally earlier this week

Issues such as contract design, privatisation of public sector are discussed

According to the IMF, there are several positive steps that will help Pakistan’s economy for the better

Economic security which is very much essential for safeguarding the national security

Officials said exports sank 10.0 percent year-on-year in September to $184.5 billion

There has been an air of optimism of late regarding economic growth in Pakistan

Pakistan’s economic activity is projected to gradually accelerate over the medium term

However, some animals are more equal than others

'Not only Pakistan but the whole region would extract benefits from CPEC projects'

The IMF’s rhetorical admission of flaws in its lending policies is nothing new

When everything is in a flux, some semblance of constancy is required to anchor our being

East Asian economies invest heavily in human capital

the hiring of part-time employees decreased from 48% to 40%

If we were to judge by scale of economy, then US, China and Japan should be the happiest countries on earth

Commerce minister says exports decreased by $4.5b from 2012-15

Low oil prices are forcing world's top oil exporter into spending cuts to curb the $98b budget deficit of last year

Recently SBP reported a total debt pile of Rs22.5 trillion in the closing of the last fiscal year

US official says talks have started for trade, investment deal with Pakistan

Review of laws may create panic, says committee chairman

Chamber chief lays stress on proper marketing of Pakistan products

The govt has already partially cut fuel and electricity subsidies, but the gradual reforms have been limited so far

Thatcherism and Reaganism brought about ‘globalisation’

The federation’s debt increased from Rs16.96 trillion to Rs19.1 trillion by the end of the 2015-16 fiscal year

Judgment says govt cannot delegate its powers of levying taxes to its organs