By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s finance minister said countries that have typically been generous in lending to the crisis-hit nation are proceeding more cautiously now.
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Missing Persons: IHC summons explanation from present, ex govt chiefs
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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) wants all the former chief executives from Pervez Musharraf to present Shehbaz Sharif to come clean on their alleged unspoken agreement to extrajudicial abductions of citizens, for which they can be tried for high treason.
Clouded Controversy: Foreign Office says no delegation ‘from Pakistan’ visited Israel
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday scrapped reports that a delegation comprising Pakistani nationals travelled to Israel and called on the diplomatically unrecognised state’s head.
PKR 2.5-bn tax exemption for Saudi projects
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has granted a foreign donor’s contractors a PKR 2.5-billion tax exemption as part of bilateral treaty obligations, Independent Pakistan can report.
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Mr. Miftah Ismail presided over meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet at Finance Division- 28-05-2022.
Strategic Stock: ECC gives assent to wheat, urea import
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ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Saturday green-signalled the import of 3 million tonnes of wheat and 200,000 tonnes of Chinese urea to build strategic stocks to cushion any supply shocks.
Done Deal? Finmin sees IMF staff-level agreement in June
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ISLAMABAD: The government is well-positioned to cut a staff-level deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, the country’s finance, said on Saturday, making a headway toward reclaiming a nearly lost bailout loan.
The PML-N ploy
By Staff Reporter
The debates, the doubts, and the drama over whether the country goes to vote` before the end of this regime’s tenure or not have died down for now.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing the nation in Islamabad on 27 May 2022
Stick & carrot: PM justifies fuel price hike, unveils Rs28bn targeted subsidies
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ISLAMABAD: A day after giving the stick of a fuel price hike, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday dangled the carrot of a Rs28 billion/month inflation allowance before the nation’s poor, justifying the move as inevitable.
BHUTTO-ZARDARI: Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari with US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken in New York May 18. Photo courtesy APP
FM Bhutto’s advocacy for a Pakistan-US reset
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WASHINGTON DC: Foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is making a sound case for a rest in Pakistan-US relations, a prominent Washington Post opinion writer has said.
Islamabad. Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail addressing an important press conference.
Pakistan drives up fuel prices to dodge default
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ISLAMABAD: A default-threatened PML-N government took its most reluctant plunge and raised fuel prices to pave the way for an IMF bailout, ignoring the political cost of the move.