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KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee's two-day decline slowed on Friday on news that an IMF team was visiting Islamabad next week to discuss unlocking a suspended bailout package, though the currency still closed at a record low against the US…

ISLAMABAD: Seasoned politician and chartered accountant Ishaq Dar took the oath as Pakistan's new finance ministeron Wednesday, the prime minister's office said, as the country fights an economic crisis exacerbated by devastating floods.…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appointed Ishaq Daras finance minister to pull the country out of an economic crisis worsened by a fast falling currency and high inflation. Dar, the sixth finance chief since August 2018, takes office after the South…

ISLAMABAD: At least 37 people were killed and 92 injured in flood-related incidents in Pakistan in the last 24 hours. Provincial administration reported a drop in water levels and a massive outbreak of water-borne diseases in Sindh, the…

Amid conflicting signals from Pakistan authorities on whether or not Islamabad wanted to resume trade with India, official sources in New Delhi said the onus was on Pakistan on the issue. Sources pointed to the fact that it was Pakistan…

ISLAMABAD: Early estimates put the damage from Pakistan's recent deadly floods at more than $10 billion, its planning minister said on Monday, adding the world has an obligation to help the South Asian nation cope with the effects of…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's finance minister Miftah Ismailon Monday said the government can consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India following the destruction of standing crops due to massive floods, three years after…

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Friday said the government would continue to curb imports for the next three months, as he warned of “bad days” ahead for the cash-strapped country. Addressing a ceremony at the Pakistan Stock…

Pakistan is likely to get USD 4 billion from friendly countries this month to bridge a gap in foreign reserves highlighted by the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said, two days after the cash-strapped nation…

The IMF has set tough preconditions like hiking electricity tariffs and imposing a levy on petroleum products to revive the stalled USD 6 billion bailout package to Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday, days after the cash-strapped…