Tag: Economy

PML-N destroyed country’s economy, says Zardari

Former president says it is high time to fix FATA’s fate --Says PPP will support FATA reforms regardless of JUI-F’s opposition PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party...

CPEC transformational in creating inclusive economic platform: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior and Planning Development & Reform Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has played a...

Pakistan’s economy: Time to be a destination

  Pakistan’s economic success is being told more frequently and widely. A spate of recent articles in the Western media has rightfully heralded the country’s...

Pakistan to be among most powerful economies of world by 2030

A global firm has predicted that Pakistan would be among 32 most powerful economies of the world by 2030. PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's largest...

Pakistan- The Fastest Growing Muslim Economy in 2017

According to ‘The Economist magazine’ the financial indicators published suggest that Pakistan is the fastest growing Muslim economy of the world. Pakistan’s estimated GDP growth...

Govt to links S&T centres, production sector: Rana Tanveer

Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Rana Tanveer Hussain on Wednesday said that government was committed to fill the gap between centres of S&T...

Plunge in lira amplifies Turkey economy fears

Will it ever end? Turks have over the past three months nervously watched the steady decline in value of the Turkish lira against the...

Policy/discount rates remained at 5.75pc: SBP

by Arshad Hussain The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday maintained the policy/discount rates had remained unchanged at 5.75 percent owing to the stability in...

 Pakistan has assumed new identity due to economic turnaround: Ahsan Iqbal

  Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms, Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan has assumed new identity due to economic turnaround during the last three...

Bank credit rises on uptick in economy

    Commercial bank credit and bank investments are on the rise in Pakistan on the back of a significant uptick in the economy with 42-year...

Jalil Abbas tells Dar about ‘positive sentiments regarding Pakistan’s economy’

    Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Jalil Abbas Jilani paid Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar a courtesy call on Thursday and informed him about...

Pak economy moving ahead to stronger points: Bloomberg report

  Bloomberg has termed the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) the best of the Asian markets in a report which said it has regained the ‘tiger’...

Process of reforms to continue over the next two years: Ishaq...

    Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has said that the process of economic reforms initiated under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif...

Pakistan’s economy maintains its growth momentum, says SBP

    The State Bank of Pakistan on Friday released its Third Quarterly Report for FY16 on the state of Pakistan’s Economy. According to the Report,...

Economy set to grow more rapidly, says Dar

Winding up debate on the Federal Budget 2016-17, finance minister dispels impression that the budget focuses on projects for one province Says huge allocations have...

Opp says govt’s begging spree a danger to country’s sovereignty

Treasury benches reject opposition’s concerns Incidents of burning of women and the clash between Hafiz Hamdullah and Marvi Sirmed also discussed in the House   Opposition legislators...

Budget fails to address real issues of economy: IPR

Says since Pakistan’s last population census took place in 1998, all plans or budgets are based on a lack of information about number of...