By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Country’s economic managers on Monday hashed out the ‘tough conditions’ tied to the resumption of the IMF loan programme with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and got a final go-ahead.
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Forex Shortage: SBP curbs importers’ access to dollars
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The central bank has made importers’ access to dollars comparatively difficult by directing banks to come to it first before making a transaction of $100,000 for any import payment in a latest bid to conserve hard US currency, media reported quoting sources on Monday.
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Unpresidential: Alvi hews to party line
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has returned the National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2022 unsigned to the prime minister’s office, his Secretariat said Monday, referring to a bill that became enacted as a law a day before.
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Can Khurram Dastgir end Pakistan’s power woes in short order?
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: He is in Tehran on a high-level mission to negotiate a power import deal with the Ayatollahs. But does he realise how close he is to solving Pakistan’s energy crisis in short order?