ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday evening unveiled the Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-15, with a focus on success stories over missed targets...
The minister had set an economic growth target of 5...
YOKOHAMA: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that Pakistan has achieved macroeconomic stability and is now focused on realising a higher sustainable growth as part of its economic turnaround...
Asia was leading that endeavour of reducing poverty through its phenomenal economic growth...
ISLAMABAD: The country missed the economic growth target for the current financial year by a wide margin mainly because of widespread dismal performance by the agriculture sector...
At a meeting on Friday of the national accounts committee comprising senior representatives from the four provinces and regions and technical experts, the performance of all economic sectors was added up that showed higher than targeted growth by the...
ISLAMABAD: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has said that Pakistan is now on the path of increased economic growth and prosperity...
Mr Kim, who is on his first visit to Pakistan, applauded the prudent economic policies of Pakistan government, saying that the country’s economic outlook had become stable which was the result of the efforts of its financial team...
Confidence in Pakistan is growing, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) claiming in October that the country has emerged from crisis and stabilised its economy after completing a bailout programme...
Its credit rating has improved, while there are encouraging signs of foreign investment, such as a massive Chinese infrastructure project — the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — officials routinely call a “game changer”... ...
ISLAMABAD: In his message of felicitation to the nation on the eve of New Year, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq expressed his hope that the dawn of 2018 will usher Pakistan into an year of sustained economic growth coupled with uplift of the common man and consolidation of democracy...
He remarked that the days of terrorism in Pakistan were numbered and expressed his confidence that 2018 would consolidate Pakistan’s march...
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank says that economic growth in Pakistan is forecast to increase to 5...
However, the main risks to the outlook are domestic, including fiscal slippages, increasing liabilities related to infrastructure projects, slippages relating to upcoming general elections and weak tax revenues that can derail fiscal consolidation efforts, warns the Global Economic Prospects report published by the bank on Wednesday...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is on the path of consolidation to tackle sizeable fiscal and current account deficits but the imbalances are expected to diminish slowly, said the World Bank on Friday...
The bank estimates the country’s GDP growth rate to reach 2...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday that Pakistan is likely to hold economic growth to a projected 2 per cent in fiscal year 2021 once the Covid-19 impact subsides and the country resumes its efforts to address macroeconomic imbalances and initiate structural reforms...
In a supplement to the ‘Asian Development Outlook’ focusing on lockdown, loosening, and Asia’s growth prospects, ADB says Pakistan’s economy was on...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy performed beyond expectations with all major macroeconomic indicators showing positive trend amid the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in a 3...
94 per cent economic growth rate this fiscal year, compared to a revised negative 0...
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said on Sunday there was a need to pursue sustainable and inclusive economic growth for everyone in Pakistan...
Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, the finance minister provided details on a number of initiatives and measures that were part of the government's economic policy...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that Pakistan’s economic growth will “recover slightly” in fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) on the back of structural reforms...
In a supplement report of the Asian Development Outlook released on Thursday, the ADB stated that Pakistan’s GDP growth was expected to be moderate in FY22, which ended in June, on fiscal tightening measures to manage growing demand pressures and contain external and...
Pakistan and the United States on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to promoting economic growth, energy security, partnership in long-term flood rehabilitation efforts and strengthening their overall relationship...
Pyatt is leading a delegation to Pakistan for the Pak-US Energy Security Dialogue...
The minister quoted Mr Sharif as arguing that if the government claimed improvement in the economic sector because of its efforts during the last two years then veracity of the claim should be made visible by extending benefits of this growth to the people...
WATER has become Pakistan’s number one development and governance issue...
On World Water Day, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has an opportunity to set the direction for Pakistan’s water economy...