Tag: World Bank

World Bank to collaborate with Al Baraka

Al Baraka Banking Group today announced its collaboration with the World Bank to begin a research partnership that would be beneficial to the global...

World Bank approves 3 loans for Pakistan worth $1.125b

Energy sector loan aims at reducing power subsidies and line losses and improving accountability of power sector The Board of Directors of World Bank approved...

JI terms Obama-Nawaz meeting futile

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan on Friday termed the Obama-Nawaz meeting a futile practice and said that the long awaited meeting had yielded...

NDMA, WB organise trainings on risk assessment

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the World Bank organised a twelve-day series of trainings for members of the National Working...

Time to stop arguing about climate change, World Bank says

The world should stop arguing about whether humans are causing climate change and start taking action to stop dangerous temperature rises, the president of...

World Bank sets ‘expiration date’ on poverty

The World Bank gathered the might of the international community Saturday behind its audacious plan to eradicate extreme poverty within a generation. "This is...

WB launches Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development

The World Bank on Friday announced the setting up of the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD), envisioned to become a global...

FIA lying about Sadiq’s Abu Dhabi arrest: SC

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday had reported that former Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) chief Tauqir Sadiq had been arrested with...

World Bank to lend to Burma for first time in 25...

The World Bank has approved an $80m (£50m) grant and pledged lending for Burma, the second poorest country in Asia, for the first time...

WB says Punjab a role model in development for other provinces

World Bank Country Director Rasheed Bin Masood on Wednesday said that Punjab is a role model for all other provinces, with regard to development...

World Bank to support women entrepreneurs in Pakistan

World Bank has decided to pay more attention to women entrepreneurs in Pakistan and to lend additional support at technical, academic and policy level. World...

‘Overcoming trust deficit key to Balochistan solution’

Overcoming the trust deficit was key to overcome the economic challenges and initiating sustainable growth, said World Bank, Former Advisor, Dr. Khalid Ikram. He was...

‘Developing’ Punjab gets $220m loan from World Bank

The Punjab government’s holistic approach to developing rural and urban areas in tandem received impetus Tuesday when the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors...

LCCI needs a referee

Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Thursday became the first chamber in the SAARC region having an International Mediation Centre by the name...

World Bank befriends Board of Investment

A World Bank Group team visits the Board of Investment (BoI) to discuss the potential areas where there was a possibility of cooperation and...

…And sounds over optimistic

Despite difficulties, the government has been able to take several measures to mitigate inequality and help alleviate poverty in the country, Federal Minister for...

Let’s cooperate, shall we?

In a bid to create regional markets by removing trade barriers, the Regional Conference on Economic Cooperation and Trade is expected to be held...