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The aim of the project is to connect the six BRT lines but the government could not find the money

The tensions have the potential to affect trade as well as the availability and access to external finance

Institution agrees to provide support for integrated BRT system in Karachi

A growing number of people who move to cities lack access to basic services, housing and jobs, said bank's regional VP

Sindh Agriculture Research Council claims political interference is marring the projects

The wounds are self-inflicted and state appears willing to tolerate the fiscal blood-loss rather than stem the flow

Provincial govt wishes to increase reliance on its on sources of revenue, rather than looking at federal transfers

Meeting was convened to discuss overall growth of housing finance market in Pakistan

Official highlights deforestation as major contributor of carbon emissions

Plan also covers some 300,000 Rohingya who are sheltering in southeast Bangladesh before the latest influx began

ADB’s $200m to improve infrastructure in Sahiwal, Sialkot

Just 1.1% of the amount for two coal-fired power plants released in four years

Rainfall in the country on decline, with experts claiming this is due to climate change

Posts of executive director vacant at IMF, ADB and the World Bank

Govt to start work on $98m World Bank-assisted project to beautify the city

'Forests are the best resource for achieving enhanced climate resilience'

Turns down Pakistan’s request for policy loans to cushion its forex reserves

Emphasises need to rationalise systems for monitoring data flow

World Bank to be approached to finance the third phase, says education secretary

Bid is currently going through a technical evaluation process

Murad Ali Shah meets World Bank team, discusses growth strategy of the province

To impart professional training to workers and generate employment opportunities

Country’s reliance on borrowing from commercial banks increased

Borrowings in the past almost one year have touched around $9 billion

There is some improvement though, which is the result of new tax policy measures

$73m scheme aimed to better manage water resources in Indus River basin

Aims to expand financial services in Pakistan, improve living conditions

Faisal Uqaili’s family used vehicle until it was snatched at gunpoint on May 19

Says uneven debt repayments posed fiscal strains

PDWP held a meeting under the chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary in which the seven projects were approved

World Bank says in its report that the country's growth rate will continue to accelerate in the coming financial...

Programme to provide solar-powered utility items on interest-free loans

Other financiers include Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank and DEG

The Law of Unintended Consequences is in play, and will be for decades to come

Money from bank’s Green Fund will go to projects in far-off areas

Official says education department start compiling data in view of the WB letter to justify their case.

Finance minister believes country’s GDP is understated by 25%, wants accurate study of economic output

The MoU provides an overall framework for cooperation between the World Bank Group and AIIB

IFC expressed its interest in increasing its portfolio in Pakistan from $800 million to over one billion dollars

Initiative will allow for financing of environmental projects in developing nations

Dr Faisal Kamiran will receive $100,000 to fund a pilot project in Lahore.

Would continue to work with China, India, Indonesia and Pakistan, president Jim Yong Kim said

Separate regulation, policy wings can boost oil and gas exploration

Upcoming polls could affect growth momentum, says international lender

President Sisi will also see the top officials at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund

Confirms the ICSID has rejected Pakistan’s plea that mining company got licence through corrupt means

Arbitration claim against Pakistan was filed for unlawfully denying a mining lease for Reko Diq project in 2011

The research backs up indigenous communities' claims that they are the best custodians of global forests

Funding by bank’s private financing arm violates its own guidelines

Funding by bank's private financing arm violates its own guidelines on environmental, social conditions