PTI leader Shireen Mazari suggested a connection between Finance Minister Miftah Ismail's meeting with US Ambassador Donald Blome and ex-PM Imran Khan's ouster.
Pakistan and IMF are engaged in tough talks in Doha over the $3 billion loan programme. It's just that IMF can see through Debt-ridden Pakistan's designs.
The rating agency’s decision is driven by Pakistan’s heightened external vulnerability risk and uncertainty around its ability to secure adequate additional external financing.
The bankrupt nation will slash its budget expenditure to 'bare bones' and hopes to break even or post a primary surplus of 1% of GDP by 2025, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
The deficit increased to 8.9% of GDP in the year ended June compared with 6.6% a year ago, just ahead of IMF’s first quarterly review of its bailout deal.
An IMF report said without bold reforms, Pakistan’s economy will remain critical given its largely unaddressed weak tax administration and tough business environment.
Pakistan finance minister Asad Umar resigns after being offered energy portfolio as part of cabinet reshuffle. Negotiations with IMF and FATF now at risk.
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Foreign journalist says Imran gave her an interview but aide says no, and actress to launch ‘Inkar karo’ movement in line with #MeToo.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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