WASHINGTON: As Pakistan seeks to clinch a fresh International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package, the United States (US) urged Pakistan to expand and prioritize...
KARACHI: Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan has called for collective efforts by all the coalition partners and stakeholders to take the country out...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday decided to include global experts and all stakeholders in the reforms consultation process aimed at improving...
ISLAMABAD: World Bank’s Country Director Najy Benhassine on Tuesday commended Pakistan’s dedication to economic reforms and expressed the institution’s readiness to provide technical assistance...
STOCKHOLM: France will go ahead with structural reforms to overhaul its economy after credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the country's debt worthiness, Finance Minister...
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has acknowledged the continuous support and facilitation of World Bank (WB) for economic reforms in the country, ARY News...
World Bank Vice President Ms Ceyla Pazarbasioglu on Wednesday appreciated the economic reforms program initiated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government to stabilize the country's economy and accelerate broad-based growth.
The IMF says the country must also prepare for possible fiscal risks, including increased budget costs due to legal challenges to past wage and pension cuts, reform fatigue and pre-election uncertainty
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Tuesday announced a 1.11 trillion Saudi riyal ($295 billion) budget, the kingdom’s biggest ever, and said the government...
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reforms Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar on Tuesday said that the government was working on a robust economic plan...
WASHINGTON: The World Bank said on Monday it would continue to support Pakistan to implement broad economic reforms and address current risks towards achieving...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan must speed up reform of the energy sector and bring more women into the labour force if it wants to quicken economic growth that lags far behind regional peers, the World Bank's country representative said on Monday.
KARACHI: President of World Bank Group (WBG) Jim Yong Kim concluded a two-day visit to Pakistan by urging the country to raise the ambition of its economic reforms while also encouraging the private sector to take a bigger role in creating jobs, especially for youth and women.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended that China adopt an economic growth target of about 7 percent for 2015 and urged authorities to avoid...