Tag: Economic

The government on Saturday decided to change its economic managers by replacing Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood Khan with Economic Affairs Division Secretary Wajid...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said that while external pressures are mounting, Pakistan’s economic performance has weakened and the country continues to...

Senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Mian Raza Rabbani on Thursday termed bosses of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) “economic...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said a number of economic targets had been met during the first six months of the current...

Ignoring the external context for our internal turmoil In the last few days, a number of scenarios are being discussed in the media that could...

Iran on Thursday said the West was waging “an economic war” through sanctions, after European diplomats said there was a preliminary agreement for an...

Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Wednesday approved “The Special Economic Zones Bill, 2010” with minor amendments, which included inclusion of...

Real investment, the key driver for creating new employment, has fallen for the third consecutive year in FY 11 There has to be a greater...

No economy in the world can be run without a system of thought rooted in the real lifetime authenticities of its existence The year 2011...

Among the news of impeachment of the president, downfall of the PPP-led coalition government and prospects of martial law, the news of price hike...

Many would say that working for long hours results in better output, and that it can utilise human resources in a more useful manner....

A new economic order is taking shape before our eyes, and it is one that includes accelerated convergence between the old Western powers and...

President Asif Ali Zardari has been ensured by finance minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh that the country is safe on the economic front. He...

Spain swore in a new conservative government Thursday, hailed as an economic rescue squad to roll out urgent reforms. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy named...

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg sought Sunday to draw a line under a row with France over the state of their economies, insisting...

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has cautioned that banks’ source of profits were shifting away from interest income through advances to investment in the...

The European Union tightened sanctions against Syria’s energy and financial sectors on Thursday in order to punish President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for its crackdown...