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This IMF bailout package will be Pakistan’s last: Asad Umar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Asad Umar, says the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme… Read More

China backs Pakistan’s request to IMF for financial assistance

BEIJING: China has rebuffed the claim that the loans under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)… Read More

PM Khan to take nation into confidence on various issues

SWABI: Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Sunday said Prime Minister Imran Khan… Read More

Window ‘narrowing’ for global economy, IMF warns

The window of opportunity for safeguarding global growth is "narrowing" as trade disputes deepen and… Read More

Govt approached IMF after making consultations with friendly countries: finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Saturday said the government decided to go to the… Read More

Under compelling economic situation, govt had to approach IMF: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday said the government had to go to… Read More

‘Winter is coming’, Indonesian leader warns amid economic gloom

Indonesia's president turned to blockbuster television show "Game of Thrones" to sound the alarm over… Read More

Who runs the (economic) world? It might soon be women

Who runs the world? It might soon be women as a crop of female economists… Read More

Pakistan needs to get out of this debt dependency trap: minister

ISLAMABAD: From cutting power subsidies to forcing currency devaluations that stoke inflation, the hard choices… Read More

US says closely evaluating Pakistan’s plea for IMF bailout

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) has said it is closely examining Pakistan’s request for the… Read More

IMF managing director says Pakistan hasn’t asked for financial assistance

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday the global… Read More

Asad Umar meets World Bank president in Bali

BALI: Finance Minister Asad Umar met President World Bank Dr. Jim Yong Kim on the… Read More

Fawad Chaudhry says country’s finances resemble that of a ‘looted house’

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday defended the federal government's economic policies by saying… Read More

Leaders need to fix broken economic models: IMF chief

World leaders need to fix global trading systems instead of trying to tear them down,… Read More

Farrukh Saleem appointed govt’s spokesperson on economy, energy issues

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday announced that political scientist and journalist Dr Farrukh… Read More

Govt should inform people it has no policy, says Marriyum Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: As the dollar appreciated to an all-time high on Tuesday, the opposition Pakistan Muslim… Read More

Approach to IMF ‘unavoidable compulsion’, says Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: A day after the government made formal announcement to seek economic bailout  from the International… Read More

IMF not formally approached by Pakistan for financial assistance: chief economist

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Maurice Obstfeld has said the fund… Read More

Government decides to approach IMF for ‘economic recovery program’

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday announced to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for… Read More

IMF gathers in quake-battered Indonesia to focus on global economic tremors

BALI: Rising protectionism, vulnerable emerging markets and record debt levels: The IMF holds its annual… Read More