Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute on Friday to the services rendered by the National Flood Response Coordination Centre during the unprecedented floods that wreaked havoc all over the country...
The calamitous floods were the tenth most expensive climate disaster to have buffeted a nation over the last decade...
ISLAMABAD: Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), commonly referred to as Brexit, may not have any immediate economic impact on Pakistan, said the Foreign Office on Monday...
Pakistan has excellent economic and trade relations with the EU and multi-dimensional cooperation in different fields under a medium term strategic framework, this cooperation will continue, assured the FO...
LONDON: The UK official shepherding Britain’s departure from the European Union acknowledged on Wednesday that the government has made no formal assessments of the economic impact of leaving the 28-nation bloc...
“You have said there are no impact assessments,” Benn said...
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the prime minister Sartaj Aziz, speaking at an event on Saturday attributed Pakistan’s limited economic growth over the years to the inadequacy of the country’s bureaucracy...
Mr Aziz highlighted several initiatives taken by Pakistan in the 1960 especially related to establishment of forums such as Economic Coordination Council and Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) and others, which...
A new study released by the The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday suggests that coronavirus will have a significant impact on developing Asian economies through numerous channels...
According to the ADB, the magnitude of the economic losses will depend on how the outbreak evolves, which remains highly uncertain...
IT is still too early to fully evaluate the economic, social and political impact of the pandemic that has already exacted thousands of lives across the globe and paralysed the world economy...
These countries have become the hub of the pandemic and there are already signs of them falling into economic recession thus affecting the existing world order...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s economic outlook for the fiscal year ending in June 2023 has “deteriorated under heavy flooding” while the “economy was already struggling to regain macroeconomic and fiscal stability”...
The report said catastrophic floods this year have “dampened economic activity” in Pakistan, which was already affected by “stabilisation efforts to tackle sizeable fiscal and...
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the country has engaged business leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and expressed his optimism that the engagements will help "generate billions of dollars worth business potential in Pakistan", Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday...
Addressing a news conference in Davos, the prime minister said: "Pakistan has engaged business leaders, company leaders in telecom, automotive...
KARACHI: There will not be significant changes in the overall relationship between the United Kingdom and Pakistan after the recently held parliamentary elections in Britain, said Philip Barton, UK High Commissioner to Pakistan...
He articulated his thoughts at a talk he gave at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs on Thursday...
KARACHI: The diplomatic crisis in the Gulf is not expected to impact Pakistan adversely in the immediate future, business leaders said, but advised the government to stay neutral to ensure steady trade ties and uninterrupted import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar...
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) confirmed that so far “no disruption in LNG supply has occurred”...
WASHINGTON: The United States and India on Monday signed a defence agreement that will have a direct impact on both Pakistan and China...
“China and Pakistan beware — this week, India and US sign major war pact,” warned the Forbes magazine in an article...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand have weighed up the impact of their record win over Pakistan in Sunday's T20 and concluded the benefits far outweigh the downside...
Guptill scored an unbeaten 87 from 58 deliveries as New Zealand beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in Hamilton...
The seven founding members are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives...
Pakistan donated the trophy for weightlifting, India (athletics), Bangladesh (football), Sri Lanka (swimming) and Nepal (boxing)...
EACH of the 12 Pacific Rim countries that recently concluded negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership would have us believe that this historic opportunity would usher in a new era of prosperity and economic growth...
The TPP began in earnest in 2008 when America announced its interest in joining the existing Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPSEP, or P4), which was signed by Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and...
In Pakistan, malnutrition is widespread among all ages, and progress to address social determinants over the last several decades had been very slow...
Recent data from a Unicef progress report (2013-2015) on improving access to sanitation in Pakistan suggests that about 58m people (36pc) either defecate in the open or have access to shared toilets...