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Last Updated: July 24, 2023, 12:30 ISTFinal decision about the candidature of Dar will be taken next week in consultation with the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) – one of the two main coalition partners. (Image: Reuters File)Pakistan's ruling…

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party is considering proposing the name of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the caretaker prime minister of the cash-strapped country once the term of the current National Assembly ends next month, a…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received deposits of $2 billion from Saudi Arabia, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday, ahead of a key meeting of the IMF to endorse a loan for the cash-strapped country.Last month, the Pakistan governmentand…

The Pakistani government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were discussing a $2.5-billion "standby arrangement" for six to nine months as the current bailout programme is set to expire on Friday (June 30). On Tuesday, Pakistan…

Amid the ongoing economic crisis, Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar unveiled the annual budget for 2023-24 on Friday (June 9) on the floor of the National Assembly. It was a 14.5 trillion rupee (around $50.5 billion) budget, with over…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it would strike a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the IMF next week as negotiations with the global lender about the release of $1.2 billion tranche were about to conclude. The statement, issued by …