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Pakistan asks IMF for restructuring ‘pause’

PM Shehbaz says he is trying to persuade the global lender to give Islamabad some breathing space

Published 09 Jan, 2023 08:40pm

Pakistan secures over $10b in pledges at Climate Resilience Conference

Donor pledges exceed Pakistan's objectives; Floods killed over 1,700 people, displaced millions

Updated 10 Jan, 2023 10:34am

Pakistan seeks billions for flood recovery, climate resilience

UN children's agency says as many as 4m children were still living near contaminated, stagnant flood waters

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 09:19am

Pakistan seeks help with $16b flood rebuilding at UN conference

UN chief, France's Macron set to participate; Pakistan's finances seen as increasingly fragile

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 02:11pm

Pakistan hoping to raise $7 billion for flood-hit at Geneva conference

More than $16 billion is needed for recovery & rehabilitation from devastating floods that submerged a third of the country last year

Published 07 Jan, 2023 07:41pm

Pakistan needs billions for flood recovery, UN urges

PM Shehbaz Sharif, UNSG Antonio Guterres to host international conference in Geneva next week

Published 06 Jan, 2023 07:27pm

World economy faces more pain in 2023 after a gloomy year

Since World War Two we have never seen such a complicated situation, says Amsterdam university professor

Published 28 Dec, 2022 12:38pm

S&P downgrades Pakistan’s credit rating on weakening of several metrics

Long-term sovereign credit rating lowered to “CCC+” from “B-“

Published 23 Dec, 2022 03:59pm

UN chief ‘committed to doing everything’ to support flood-hit Pakistan

Says Islamabad needs ‘strong’ world support for reconstruction

Published 20 Dec, 2022 12:18pm

UN chief says Pakistan’s post-flood reconstruction his ‘top priority’

Antonio Guterres meets foreign minister on the sidelines of G-77 in New York

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:05pm

UN says funds for flood-hit Pakistan to run out in weeks

Says number of people in need of life-saving food assistance will grow during winter

Published 15 Dec, 2022 07:35pm

ADB green lights $554m package for flood relief efforts in Pakistan

Financing includes $5 million grant from Japan

Published 12 Dec, 2022 03:01pm

Pakistan’s flooded poor people become pucca IDPs

Repeated climate crises create constant internal migrants

Published 12 Dec, 2022 11:18am

Tents for flood victims used as carpet at JUI-F event in Quetta

Not that surprising

Published 09 Dec, 2022 03:43pm

Pakistan shuts down flood response centre but challenge remains

Recovery and rehabilitation are the next stage; Iqbal says floods crisis showed 'best part of Pakistan'

Updated 05 Dec, 2022 05:56pm

Pakistan receives $500m from Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Funds will be deposited with State Bank of Pakistan

Published 29 Nov, 2022 01:29pm

Old soldiers don’t die, they just fade away: outgoing COAS Gen Bajwa

Hands over command to successor General Syed Asim Munir

Updated 29 Nov, 2022 02:30pm

Ben Stokes to donate match fees to Pakistan’s flood-hit families

They will play three Tests during the tour

Updated 28 Nov, 2022 06:49pm

EXPLAINER-Who will pay for climate ‘loss and damage’?

The text of the agreement leaves open a number of crucial details to be worked out

Published 21 Nov, 2022 11:39am

UN climate summit adopts ‘loss and damage’ fund

But kicks many of 'most controversial decisions' on fund into next year; Pakistan hails the announcement

Updated 20 Nov, 2022 01:18pm

Enough politics, here’s an update on flood-hit villages near Larkana

We talked to an aid worker on what is needed as winter creeps in

Updated 13 Nov, 2022 11:30am

For many it will bring chills, but for Balochistan flood victims winter will be a misery

Complain about lack of aid, call for immediate relief

Updated 12 Nov, 2022 06:01pm

Pakistan at COP27 demands climate aid, says ‘dystopia’ already here

Minister says any money pledged needs to be followed up 'with speed and agility'

Published 11 Nov, 2022 02:06pm

PM Shehbaz highlights Pakistan’s climate change risks at COP27 summit

Premier stresses that Pakistan needs urgency of climate solidarity and climate justice

Published 07 Nov, 2022 10:18pm

Flood-hit Pakistan seeks loss and damage ‘compensation’ at COP27

Recovery from latest floods will cost $16 billion; COP27 to address funding for climate-vulnerable nations

Published 05 Nov, 2022 03:53pm

First heat, then floods wipe out farms in Pakistan’s chilli capital

Officials estimate damages from floods at over $40b

Published 03 Nov, 2022 01:13pm

Pakistan said to buy 385,000 tonnes wheat in tender: traders

Tender was issued after massive floods in September inundated farmland

Published 31 Oct, 2022 12:02pm

Ishaq Dar meets US Ambassador Blome, discusses flood losses

Bilateral ties also on the agenda

Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:26pm

Pakistan needs over $16b for post flood reconstruction: report

Sindh worst affected province with close to 70 percent of total damages and losses

Published 28 Oct, 2022 10:29pm

US announces $30m additional assistance for flood affectees

This new funding brings the US total assistance for flood response to $97 million

Published 27 Oct, 2022 07:27pm