KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Friday increased the policy rate by 6.5% effective from May 28, citing reasons such as increase in international oil prices, exchange rate, food inflat... Read more
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail is presenting the sixth and final budget of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. Ismail, while presenting the budget, said the Parli... Read more
ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday, while unveiling the Economic Survey for the outgoing fiscal year (2017-18), said Pakistan had achieved the highest growth rate, 5.79 per... Read more
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Miftah Ismail said on Monday he is not satisfied with the rate of economic progress in the country. “The gross domestic product (GDP) of Pakistan has... Read more
Miftah Ismail, the prime minister’s adviser on finance, has said the present government will present the upcoming budget before it completes its tenure on May 31. In an interview to a news o... Read more
ISLAMABAD: The government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs2.07 per litre in a reshuffle of rates of petroleum products, the Minister of Finance announced Saturday. With the cut in price... Read more
KARACHI: Expatriate Pakistanis have huge savings and can help the country in resolving the economic challenges of widening current account deficit, Member Economic Advisory Council Arif Habi... Read more
KARACHI: The US dollar rose by 70 paisas on Thursday, trading at Rs116.5 in the open market. According to Forex Association President Malik Bosan, the US dollar rate is rising due to higher... Read more
ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has decided to slash power tariffs by Rs.2.28 for a month as a relief to the utility consumers. According to the Nepra, the decision h... Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), according to a notification issued on Tuesday. The notification states that Shaukat Tari... Read more
