By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is making a final push to revive a stalled $6.7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan program before it expires at the end of June, with its prime minister seeking a meeting with the IMF chief and its finance minister meeting the U.S. envoy.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved a surcharge of Rs1.52 rupees per unit of electricity for consumers of K-Electric, the country’s largest power distributor, to align its tariff with other state-owned utilities.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan borrowed $8.613 billion from various sources, including $900 million from foreign commercial banks, in the first 11 months of the 2022-23 fiscal year, down 36 percent from the same period a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday thanked China for its financial support during the country’s economic challenges, as a $6.7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme remains stalled.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan failed to secure any spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for October-to-December delivery, traders said on Tuesday, as suppliers shunned the country’s tenders due to banking issues.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Engro Corporation said on Tuesday its vice chairman and his son were among five people on a submarine that went missing more than a day earlier off the coast of southeastern Canada while exploring the Titanic wreck.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Tuesday a new strategy to boost the country’s economy, which has been battered by high inflation, interest rates and dwindling foreign exchange reserves.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan posted a current account surplus of $255 million in May, compared with a deficit of $1.5 billion in the same month last year, the central bank said on Monday, as a sharp fall in imports and a rise in exports helped improve the country’s external balance.
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KARACHI: Pakistan is not on the agenda of the International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board for the rest of June, indicating no breakthrough on the ninth review under a $6.7 billion stalled bailout program that expires this month.
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KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is unlikely to deliver the stalled tranche to Pakistan before its bailout program ends at the end of June, increasing the risk of default, according to Bloomberg’s Pakistan Insight report.
