ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has decided to dispatch a mission to Pakistan next week—four months ahead of its planned schedule—to evaluate Pakistan’s performance on its $7 billion bailout

The Pakistani rupee saw a slight fluctuation against the US Dollar (USD) in the intra-day trading on Tuesday, reflecting minor shifts in currency demand. The greenback is currently trading at Rs277.90

US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have different visions for America but their economic strategies are similar, even if the modalities differ. Both have promised to strengthen middle-income

• Orders third-party audit of Rs2.7bn spent on SCO event • Clears circular debt plan, POL supply deal with Azerbaijan ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on

KARACHI: The ever-increasing power supply bills have lately assumed the status of a major existential threat to Pakistan. Some apologists still try justifying them with various pretexts. This is despite

KARACHI: The much-delayed reforms to fix the working of Pakistan’s crippling state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are the missing link to a bright future for the country and a key to making

ISLAMABAD: Land fragmentation is a significant issue in Pakistan, where agricultural land is divided into smaller and smaller plots over generations. In Punjab, the most agriculturally productive region of Pakistan,

KARACHI: Industrialists and businessmen have appealed to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to slash its policy rate by 300 to 500 basis points (bps) to provide relief to industries

ISLAMABAD: The four provincial governments have missed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) deadline to pass new legislation for increasing the agricultural income tax rate to 45% by the end of