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Amidst mounting economic pressures, the masses find themselves grappling with yet another burden as the government on Tuesday decided to jack up petrol prices by a staggering Rs19.95 per litre and diesel price by Rs19.90 per litre for the…

ISLAMABAD: Acknowledging China help in preventing default, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that Beijing knew in February that International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) was delaying its deal with Islamabad because some other reasons.…

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that China's Export-Import (Exim) Bank rolled over $2.4 billion in loan payments for the next two years. “Chinese EXIM Bank has rolled over for 2 years principal amounts of following loans…

ISLAMABAD: The top leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday confirmed their intention to amend the electoral law to propose Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the next interim Prime Minister and to grant more powers to the…

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that Pakistan has received $2 billion from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) days after the country secured another lifeline from International Monetary Fund (IMF).   "On Friday, our reserves…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday requested China to fast-track the refinancing of maturing commercial loans of $1.3 billion and apprised it of the diminishing prospects of revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme. The…

ISLAMABAD: The government’s economic team headed by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday while presenting the Economic Survey 2022-23 that there is no quick fix, but the decline of the economy has been…

ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday approved over Rs402 billion worth of supplementary grants for external debt servicing in the outgoing fiscal year after the allocated budget fell short of the needs due to unexpected short-term debt…

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday hinted that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme may expire on June 30 without revival due to “restricted time” and apologised to businessmen for the hardships they were facing…

ISLAMABAD: The government has estimated that exporters earned a bonanza of Rs1.5 trillion over the past three years due to steep currency devaluation. This gain far exceeded the increase in electricity prices and eliminated the need for…