Pakistan to complete IMF program: PM
ISLAMABAD: Kristalina Georgieva, MD of IMF on Friday (6th of Jan 2023) called PM Shehbaz Sharif over telephone. She expressed her deep sympathy and concern on the human and material…
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Sino-Pak fast-track bilateral cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (5th of Jan 2023) held a telephonic conversation with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang wherein he emphasized Pakistan’s unswerving focus on timely progress of…
Bourse
Stock Markets Extend Solid Start to Year
LONDON: Stock markets mostly extended the solid start to the year on Thursday(5th of Jan 2023) as China reopens its economy from lockdowns, while oil prices recovered after heavy losses.Markets…
Ayaz Sadiq calls for expediting rehabilitation activities in flood-hit areas
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Economic and Political Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq held a meeting with the UK/US humanitarian delegation headed by the Member of House of Lords Qurban Hussain here on…
PTI’s white paper misleading: Dar
ISLAMABAD: The economic managers of the country here on Wednesday (4th of Dedcember, 2023) termed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) white paper on state of economy selective, misrepresented and devoid of…
Markets
Asian markets rise again
HONG KONG: Asian markets built on their positive start to the year Wednesday (4th of Jan, 2023) as investors brushed off a drop on Wall Street and weighed China's reopening…
Balochistan
Wheat shortage, financial crisis in Balochistan
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo here on Wednesday (4th Jan 2023) demanded the federation to immediately play its role to address wheat shortage and financial crisis in…
Int’l Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan
SOHBATPUR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday (4th of Jan 2023) expressed the hope that civilized societies would come forward to support the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood-hit Pakistan at…
2023: Year of tourism exchanges
ISLAMABAD: The decision to hold the Pakistan-China "Year of Tourism Exchanges in 2023" will greatly help improve people-to-people contacts and especially promote tourism cooperation. A Pakistani official revealed that "China…
Prices of 20 medicines reduced: Minister
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday approved the proposal to reduce the prices of 20 medicines up to 30 percent in order to give relief to the masses. According to…
Bourse
Stock markets rally on New Year boost
LONDON: Stock Markets all over the world rallied Tuesday thanks to a New Year boost, which is clouded however by rising interest rates, recession worries and Russia's war on Ukraine.…
Energy Conservation Plan to be enforced
ISLAMABAD: Federal cabinet has approved the enforcement of Energy Conservation Plan with immediate effect. Its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was held in Islamabad on Tuesday. Sharing salient…
NDMA holds NEOC session on Post-Flood situation
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday held a meeting at National Emergencies Operations Centre (NEOC) here which was presided by Chairman NDMA, Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik.…
Zero tolerance for terrorism: NSC
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC)on Monday (2nd day of Jan 2023) reiterated its resolve to have zero tolerance for terrorism in Pakistan and reaffirmed its determination to take on…
IMF
IMF Chief says Recession to hit 1/3rd of world economy
ANKARA: One-third of the world's economies are expected to go into recession this year, according to the IMF's managing director. "Even countries that are not in recession, it would feel…
Ishaq Dar on Petrol Prices
No change in petroleum prices till 15th Jan ’23
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a televised address has proclaimed that the prices of Petrol, Diesel, Light Diesel and Kerosene would remain unchanged till 15th day of January, 2023.…
Bearish Bourse
Markets suffer worst performance in ’22
LONDON: Many global stock markets in 2022 suffered the worst showing in years, rocked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, decades-high inflation, the end of easy money and China's latest Covid…
islamabad airport
Govt to engage int’l operators to help run three major airports
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday (31st fay of January, 2023) decided to engage international operators to help run three major airports of Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi with a view to…
NSC reviews economic, security situation
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) met here Friday (30th of December, 2022) under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and reviewed the country’s economic and security situation. The…
Health workers demand provision of service structure
KARACHI: There is no dearth of resources or funds in the health sector, but irregularities, lack of government will and mismanagement in the health system are the main reasons for…
Shehbaz Sharif
PM directs end to tax evasion in cigarette sector
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday (28th of December, 2022) directed for immediate eradication of smuggling and tax evasion in the cigarette manufacturing sector. Chairing a high-level meeting…
Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema
Agri-loans worth Rs 663.9B released
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema on Wednesday (28th of December, 2022) said agriculture loans worth Rs 663.9 billion were released during the month of…
PM for fast-tack solarization of Fed. Govt’s buildings
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said they had devised a plan to immediately convert all the Federal Government entities’ buildings on solar power by April next year…
UNESCO: 244M children/youth out of school
KARACHI (UNESCO): 244 million children and youth are out of school according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics: 118.5 million are girls and 125.5 million are boys. And women still…