By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The consumer price inflation is poised to decline to 9.5 percent-10.5 percent in August, down from 11.1 percent in July, as the country’s economic indicators stabilize, the Finance Division said in its monthly economic update.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government ruled out talks with separatist militants on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the southwestern province of Balochistan, where a string of deadly attacks has killed over 50 people, including 19 security personnel.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A powerful cyclone, Asna, intensified over the northeast Arabian Sea, bearing down on coastal areas with heavy rains and strong winds expected to hit the southern province of Sindh by early Saturday, the meteorological office said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful elite, including military and bureaucracy, are exploiting a corrupt system of land ownership, damaging the economy and distorting investment incentives, a prominent economist said on Thursday.
By Staff Reporter
Islamabad: Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants have released videos of two men, including a senior army officer, who were kidnapped from a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan, urging the government to secure their safe release, local media reported on Friday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet approved revisions to two schemes on Thursday, aimed at incentivizing banks and exchange companies to increase remittance inflows and boost the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
By Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has recalled leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed for the second Test against Bangladesh starting on Friday, after their decision to play an all-pace attack backfired in the series opener.
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged to crush terrorism in Balochistan on Thursday, as he visited the restive province reeling from a surge in militant attacks that have killed at least 50 people, including security forces.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A cyclone brewing over the Arabian Sea is expected to make landfall in southern Pakistan on Friday, threatening to unleash heavy rain and strong winds on the coastal province of Sindh, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.
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ISLAMABAD: Developing countries, including Pakistan, are “gambling for resurrection” by prioritizing debt servicing over development spending, threatening social stability and climate resilience, an ex-central banker warned.
