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China rolls over $2 bln loan to Pakistan, finance minister saysThe $2 billion loan was due in March and has been extended for one year, Geo News which first reported the news said, citing sources in the...- Pakistan seeks $11 billion aid from China, Saudi Arabia to keep IMF bailout programme on track: ReportPakistan is reportedly seeking around $11 billion from China and Saudi Arabia to fill external and domestic resource gaps and ensure econom...
- Pakistan drafts policy for state entities before possible privatisationPakistan's caretaker government is considering privatization initiatives or turnaround plans for ten State Owned Entities (SOEs) as part of...
- IMF asks for details as Pakistan plans relief in electricity bills amid protestsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has requested Islamabad to provide a written plan after the government decided to seek clearance from...
- Economic situation 'worse than anticipated', no 'fiscal space' for subsidies: Pak finance ministerDuring a meeting of the Senate's Standing Committee on Finance, Akhtar asserted that the interim set-up has "inherited" the IMF programme, ...
- Yasin Malik's wife in Pakistan government seen as an attempt to push 'Kashmir' agendaMushaal Hussein Mullick, wife of jailed Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik, has become a part of Pakistan’s caretaker government. She w...
- Yasin Malik's wife included in Pakistan caretaker PM's cabinetPakistan President Arif Alvi on Thursday administered oath to members of newly appointed caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar's cabinet. Sixtee...
- Pakistan appoints new caretaker cabinet ahead of electionsThe government's top priority is economic stabilisation, with the $350 billion economy on a narrow recovery path after getting a last minut...
- US Department of State reminds Pakistan of its anti-terror commitmentBesides Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells...
- Pakistan may be placed in FATF's 'grey list' for financially aiding terrorism: ReportsThe FATF will decide after a meeting whether Pakistan should be placed on the blacklist of countries that financially aid terrorism, the re...
- Disasters could cost Asia-Pacific region $160 bn per year by 2030: UNHead of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori highlighted the importance of both disaster risk financing and resources t...
- India, China pose positive outlook for Asia Pacific in 2017: UN studyLaunched in Bangkok by UN Under Secretary General and ESCAP Executive Secretary Shamshad Akhtar, the survey said there are some potential r...
- India tops in trade facilitation in South-Asian sub-region: UN reportIndia is top trade facilitation performer in South Asian sub-region while Singapore and Korea lead East Asia in moving goods effectively, a...
- India, UN ESCAP tie-up to boost disaster warning systemsDr Shamshad Akhtar highlighted India's ongoing commitment to supporting disaster risk management in Asia and the Pacific.
- India donates $1 million towards UN tsunami fundSwaraj said: "India joins international community in its efforts to prepare for any such natural calamity in future by establishing effecti...
- Jammu & Kashmir Poll plan gaffe: Couple end up as rivalsBoth Meenakshi Sharma and her husband Baldev Raj Sharma have ended up as independent candidates from Reasi assembly constituency in Jammu.
- UN bearish on India, forecasts 5.3% Growth for 2014United Nations has lowered India's economic growth forecast for 2013 to 4.8%.
- Pak banks on interest rates to manage demand pressurePakistan’s central bank governor Shamshad Akhtar said higher consumption spurred by salary increases and food subsidies in the June 9 budge...
- Miles to go for Pak apex bankerIndia’s financial sector may boast of a fair bit of women power. However, there’s a glass ceiling which local professionals are yet to brea...
- Pak cuts export refinance rate by one percentage ptState Bank of Pakistan, the country's Karachi-based central bank, cut the export refinance rate by one percentage point to 6.5 per cent, th...
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