Tag: Asad umar
IMF team to discuss PTI govt’s economic woes
--- Asad Umar to hold meetings with IMF, discuss external financing needs
--- Since 1998, 11 out of 12 IMF programmes have been scrapped because...
Asad seeks 27 different projects for Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Soon after taking charge as the federal minister for finance and economic affairs, ruling party’s key leader Asad Umar has forwarded a list of...
Volume of Saudi deal yet to be decided: Asad Umar
Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Asad Umar, rebuffing media reports of a $10 billion deal with Saudi Arabia, said that the...
Cash-strapped govt raises gas prices by up to 143%
--Rates for consumers belonging to lower and middle classes increased by 10-20%, up to 143% for 'upper class'
--Petroleum minister says progressive tax on gas...
The man steering Pakistan’s economy isn’t afraid to take risks
--New Finance Minister Asad Umar faces immediate economic test
--He turned Engro into one of nation’s largest conglomerates
Asad Umar’s expertise in hazardous materials should come...
Finance minister reviews implementation of FATF action plan
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Friday reviewed the progress made regarding the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) action plan.
While chairing...
Finance minister dispatches letters to provincial CMs for 9th NFC
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Asad Umar on Wednesday wrote letters to chief ministers of all four provinces for the reconstitution of the 9th National Finance...
$9bn needed urgently to run Pakistan, govt tells Senate
Finance Minister Asad Umer says govt will take parliament into confidence over bailout strategy
Says govt will introduce tax reforms to increase tax...
PM has ordered to bring back laundered money: Umar
ISLAMABAD: Minister of Finance Asad Umar remarked on Monday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered to bring back money which has been laundered from...
Pak has been running $2b per month current account deficit, says...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar, a who is expected to be next finance minister, said that for the past three months Pakistan had...
Imran will be known by the ministers he keeps!
All eyes will be on PM-in waiting as he considers his team of cabinet members to help him achieve his dream of a ‘Naya...
PTI unlikely to offer relief for people in first 100 days:...
During the first 100 days in the office, the new Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is set to offer dollar bonds to overseas Pakistanis, place...
PTI govt will issue investment bonds for overseas Pakistanis: Asad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar said that economy is in a shambles and the PTI government might utilise the option of International Monitory...
Injured Asad Umar admitted to Islamabad hospital
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stalwart Asad Umar was admitted to a local hospital in Islamabad after falling off a horse and receiving injuries.
Media reports said...
Secretaries lobby to retain ministerial positions under PTI govt-to-be
--With a major reshuffling in bureaucracy on the cards, PTI looks to find the right officers for important ministries
ISLAMABAD: Federal secretaries, serving in important ministries,...
Asad Umar asks US to focus on paying off own debt...
--Probable finance minister says Pakistan will approach IMF or friendly countries, or sell bonds to expats to raise $10-12bn within next six weeks
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...
Pakistan to become a great nation under Imran: Asad Umar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar has said that Pakistanis are going to become a great nation under the leadership of Imran Khan.
Talking to...