Pakistan is set to boost its defense budget by approximately PKR 100 billion. This move aligns with an International Monetary Fund program....

Pakistan's economy is struggling due to the US-Israel war on Iran. Rising fuel costs and rolling blackouts are devastating businesses. Cons...

Pakistan petrol, diesel prices: The petrol price in cash-strapped Pakistan has increased to PKR 458.40 rupees per litre and diesel has brea...

A World Bank study reveals that Pakistan's General Sales Tax disproportionately increases poverty due to its impact on household expenditur...

The World Bank's report paints a grim economic picture of Pakistan, with slow growth, high inflation, and missed targets contributing to in...

Short-term inflation in Pakistan has surged 29.88 per cent year on year in the week ending on November 2 due to the increasing prices of ki...

Pakistan yet again witnessed a year-on-year increase in short-term inflation which now stood at 30.82 per cent for the week ending on Augus...

The caretaker government in Punjab has cleared 30 per cent to 35 per cent hike for government employees, based on the current basic salary....

However, the World Bank report on the macro poverty outlook for Pakistan said inflation was expected to moderate over the forecast horizon ...

The World Bank says: "The country's outlook is subject to major downside risks, which, if they materialise, could result in a macroeconomic...

The report, issued by a flagship publication of the World Bank Group, said that global growth was slowing sharply in the face of elevated i...

A report in News International cited the ministry as saying that a rise in international commodity prices can build pressure on domestic in...

Using the lower-middle-income poverty rate, the WB estimated that the poverty ratio in Pakistan stood at 39.3 per cent in 2020-21 and is pr...

Joginder Singh Salaria set up nearly 62 water pumps with the help of local social workers after knowing the plight of the area through soci...

Sharif's attempt to maintain Pakistan's high pitch against India saw him respond to Modi's statement that India & Pak should compete on who...

Nearly three decades after it was set up, SAARC remains one of the poorest regional groupings marred by differences among the member countr...

The economy is in a bad shape largely because the country is poorly governed. The sharp increase in urban poverty has added to the turbulen...