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Business & Economy

A Miftah Ismail crash course on fixing Pakistan’s economy

Warns of ‘bleak spring’ and expensive flour if Sindh does not start wheat crop by mid-October

Updated 03 Sep, 2022 09:49am

Business & Economy

Floods, other water related disasters could cause $5.6 increase in ecomomy by 2050: report

Agricultural sector, vulnerable to both drought and extreme rainfall, could see $332 billion in losses by 2050

Published 30 Aug, 2022 11:27am

Business & Economy

Don’t throw caution to the wind, Atif Mian advises journalists, politicians on petrol price

Economics professor says Pakistan needs to bring its current account to balance

Updated 20 Aug, 2022 11:46am

بھارت نے کشمیر کی حیثیت بدل دی مگر عمران خان کچھ نہیں کرسکے: احسن اقبال

عمران خان نے سیلاب متاثرین کے سر پر ہاتھ تک نہیں رکھا، خیبرپختونخوا میں بھی سیلاب سے بدترین تباہی پھیلی ہوئی ہے لیکن انہیں کوئی فکر نہیں

Published 04 Aug, 2022 10:21pm

World

Sri Lanka faces ‘great danger’ as crisis drags

President Ranil Wickremesinghe says financial meltdown has turned into a serious political crisis

Published 03 Aug, 2022 05:43pm

Business & Economy

Rupee continues to nosedive, hits another record low

Fall comes amid political uncertainty, IMF concerns

Updated 21 Jul, 2022 02:55pm

ای سی سی نے کے الیکٹرک بجلی ٹیرف دیگر ملکی علاقوں کے برابر رکھنے کی منظوری دیدی

گندم درآمد کے تیسرے ٹینڈر کی منظوری دے دی جس پر ویٹیرا کمپنی کی جانب سے 405 ڈالر کی کامیاب بولی بھی لگائی گئی

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:30pm

World

Sri Lanka’s ousted president says he ‘took all possible steps’ to prevent crisis

Rajapaksa says financial crisis rooted in years of economic mismanagement that pre-dated his presidency

Published 16 Jul, 2022 04:58pm

Business & Economy

Power sector losses have doubled govt’s annual expenses: Miftah

Finance minister blames PTI for economic woes

Updated 16 Jul, 2022 04:42pm

Technology

Airlift shuts down its operations in Pakistan

Airlift had raised $85 million last year, largest funds by any startup

Published 13 Jul, 2022 06:47pm

Technology

Alphabet to slow hiring in second half of 2022 as economy sputters

Hiring efforts will be focused towards engineering and technical roles

Published 13 Jul, 2022 04:00pm

Business & Economy

United Arab Emirates cuts red tape to attract businesses

UAE is rolling out series of initiatives to double economy to US$816 billion by 2030

Published 06 Jul, 2022 06:03pm

Business & Economy

Where should Pakistan’s youth bulge be looking for jobs?

A snapshot of hot areas to explore and the labour market

Published 27 Jun, 2022 03:38pm

World

Russia slides towards default as payment deadline expires

Russia's first major default on international bonds since the Bolshevik revolution more than a century ago

Published 27 Jun, 2022 11:47am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz hits back at Imran over inflation diatribe

Premier says govt is bearing the burden of Imran-led regime's policies; rules out early elections

Published 23 Jun, 2022 06:16pm

Life & Style

Did Ishaq Dar just troll himself on Twitter?

A reference to DarEconomics took Twitter by storm

Published 22 Jun, 2022 02:11pm

Pakistan

Ahsan Iqbal’s bold claim on Pakistan’s FATF status

Planning minister says incumbent government took many steps to bring the country out of the "grey list"

Updated 21 Jun, 2022 10:08pm

World

UAE to build Red Sea port, invest $6 billion in Sudan

Port to able to handle all kinds of goods and compete with the main national port

Published 21 Jun, 2022 03:15pm

Business & Economy

Economy will ‘sink’ if power sector not reformed: Miftah Ismail

Says the PTI-led government has taken record loans

Updated 15 Jun, 2022 02:06am

Business & Economy

On the verge of default: Whose fault is it?

The ongoing political chaos will only bring us closer to the fate Sri Lanka had

Updated 13 Jun, 2022 05:53pm

سیاسی استحکام کے بغیر معاشی استحکام نہیں آسکتا: وزیراعظم

آئیں چارٹر آف اکنامی سائن کریں، جسے قیامت تک کوئی بدل نہ سکے

Published 07 Jun, 2022 10:09pm

Pakistan

Economic woes will not end until there is political stability: PM Shehbaz

Premier says every democratic government should complete its constitutional tenure

Updated 07 Jun, 2022 11:07pm

Pakistan

Maryam says Pakistan on the edge of the precipice

PML-N leader says economy on 'ventilator', blames PTI 'incompetence and Imran's chaos-mongering'

Published 06 Jun, 2022 10:20pm

Videos

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Published 31 May, 2022 03:40pm

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Published 31 May, 2022 03:38pm

World

Sri Lanka increases fuel prices to address economic crisis

Fuel and transport price increases will inevitably flow through to food and other goods, economists say

Published 24 May, 2022 07:14pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz, Zardari agree to device strategy to end economic woes

Coalition parties express full confidence in the incumbent government

Published 21 May, 2022 11:55pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz abolishes sales tax on import of solar technology

Says during PTI's tenure loans worth Rs22,000 billion were taken which is an 80% increase from 2018

Published 20 May, 2022 08:21pm

Pakistan

Tough times ahead for Pakistan, analysts weigh in on luxury import ban

Emergency measures were necessary, and should have been taken earlier, says financial expert Farrukh Saleem

Published 20 May, 2022 02:38pm

Pakistan

Nation will have to make sacrifices for revival of economy: Marriyum

Current inflation was due to tougher IMF conditions that PTI-led govt accepted

Updated 20 May, 2022 06:54am