By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Talks between the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan will resume virtually on Monday, a Pakistani official said, as the two sides look to reach…
PESHAWAR (Reuters) -At least 10 children were killed on Sunday when a boat carrying religious school students capsized in northwest Pakistan, officials said. Around eight students were still missing while…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Pakistan later this month to discuss the stalled ninth review of the country’s current funding programme,…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam and Asif Shahzad KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s central bank on Monday raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to 17% in a bid…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will take fiscal measures set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to meet its budgetary targets for the 2022-23 financial year, finance minister…
GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior official from the U.S. development agency USAID said on Monday that Washington would provide an additional $100 million in funding for Pakistan’s recovery from devastating…
By Emma Farge and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – Pakistan and the United Nations are holding a major conference in Geneva on Monday aimed at marshalling support to rebuild the…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has signed a $475 million loan agreement for flood relief with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the country’s economic affairs minister said on Thursday, taking the…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan is hoping to conclude talks with Saudi Arabia soon on financial help for the South Asian nation, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Monday. Dar also…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank fell $784 million to $6.7 billion as of Dec. 2, the central bank said in…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan repaid a $1 billion international bond, the central bank spokesman said on Friday, amidst growing uncertainty about the country’s ability to meet…
KABUL (Reuters) -One person was killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack near the Kabul office of the Hezb-e-Islami party, former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, said, the same…
By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday urged the government to hold talks to decide a date for an early election to…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has sought support from the Bank of China to bring back macroeconomic stability, the South Asian country’s finance ministry said on Tuesday. Pakistan’s finance minister Ishaq…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will repay a $1 billion international bond on Dec. 2, three days before its due date, the governor of Pakistan’s central bank…
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s timely finalisation of a recovery plan from devastating floods is essential to support discussions and continued financial support from multilateral and bilateral…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will “expeditiously” finish their technical engagement as part of the ninth review of Pakistan’s bailout programme, Pakistan’s finance ministry said…
By Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – It was the kind of attack Pakistani authorities had dreaded. A highly educated female suicide bomber killed three Chinese…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The United States will give Pakistan a further $30 million in aid to help millions of people whose lives were disrupted by severe flooding in recent months,…
Texas-style BBQ restaurant opened in Lahore’s Packages Mall on July 18 Dallas, TX (-) Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is continuing to expand its global footprint as the world’s largest barbecue concept…
By David Lawder and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pakistan’s new finance minister, Ishaq Dar, told Reuters on Friday that he will seek rescheduling of some $27 billion worth of…
By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged at 15% on Monday, days after the South Asian country’s credit rating was…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The resident representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday that policy commitments made by Pakistani authorities to resume the support programme continue to apply.…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Monday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail for eight more days on terrorism charges relating to a speech in which he…
(Reuters) – Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail expects the economy to grow more than 3.5% for the fiscal year that started in July, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Ismail predicted…