Pakistan

MANILA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $250 million policy-based loan to help the Government of Pakistan drive sustainable investments in infrastructure and services through public–private partnerships (PPPs). ADB’s…
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Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday, broadening its initial plans to sell only loss-making state firms to shore up its shaky finances.…
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ISLAMABAD – UNICEF Pakistan launched its National Gender Strategy (2024-2027) today to deliver lasting, transformative change for millions of girls between 10-19 years. If the strategy is implemented effectively from urban to rural…
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ISLAMABAD —Pakistan’s economy is expected to grow by only 1.8 percent in the current fiscal year ending June 2024. According to World Bank’s latest Pakistan Development Update: Fiscal Impact of Federal State-Owned Enterprises released…
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Pakistan will make a formal request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a longer and larger bailout package under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) next month, The Geo News reported on Sunday. The country is expected to seek a…
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Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has recommended 19 names to President Asif Ali Zardari to be inducted into the Federal Cabinet. The 19 names, which were sent to newly elected President Zardari as part of a letter,…
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Asif Ali Zardari is set to be the next president of the country. Speaking at a function in Islamabad last night, he said that all allies of the ruling coalition have agreed to support…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s newly elected lower house of parliament on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister for a second time, putting him back in a role he had stepped down from ahead of general elections on Feb. 8. Sharif, the…
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Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Sunday. He secured 201 votes while Omer Ayub Khan, the Imran Khan-backed PTI candidate managed to get 92 votes. The vote in…
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The caretaker finance minister of Pakistan, Shamshad Akhtar confirmed today that China has agreed to extend a 2 billion dollar loan to Pakistan, which was due in March, for another year. Beijing has formally communicated this decision to…
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