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China has rolled over a $600 million loan to Pakistan, helping shore up the country’s foreign exchange reserves on the back of an IMF deal, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday. This was in addition to over $5 billion in loans that longtime ally China has rolled over for Pakistan in...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that Pakistan’s growth is expected to gradually return to a potential five per cent in the medium term “assuming sustained policy and reform implementation and adequate financial support”. Last week, the global lender’s executive board had...

Yes we are. Sufi Islam and Persian influence is in each of us. And also you need to go to Kabul and Karachi. You will find people of all ethnicities.

If we are a capitalistic country, it's not the job of government to run businesses. Their job is to facilitate. I'll leave it at that.

Why do you assume one project is built over another or other projects are shelved? Everything is happening simultaneously across the country from North to South. You name it from nuclear power, basha dam to ports Yeah the motorway cost $1B in 90s. Again that's because Pakistan had no prior...

The Pakistani state is not poor because of orange line metro. coal power projects or dams but because of lack of tax collection to effectively run it. This is why we had circular debt issues and what not. Btw most metro system around the world are subsidized. Thats a whole new debate but long...

Two parts to answer your query. 1. Railways is very rich. Doesn't reflect in the operation of railways itself but as part of the government its has the largest share of assets and its being mismanaged. I think there is like hundreds of thousands of acres of uninhabited land both urban and rural...

The current line was built by the British. One way or another it badly needs up gradation. This line runs from Karachi to Peshwar. Why would it not be economically feasible? Karachi is the biggest metropolis of Pakistan and Pashtuns are the biggest migrants. Moreover the line crosses Punjab...

Iranian president calls for expediting implementation of agreements with Pakistan President Raisi made the demand during a meeting with the Pakistani military chief who has visited Tehran for talks with Iranian officials. The Iranian president also underlined Iran’s policy to turn the...

Pakistan, Iran vow to eradicate terror through intel-sharing ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran on Sunday agreed to further enhance cooperation and explore new ways to improve border security and deal with the "common threat" of terrorism following the two-day visit of army chief General Asim Munir...

Realistically, Pakistan should consider establishing a union with Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan for free trade, right to move and work freely and for the purposes of security cooperation. These 5 countries have very similar cultures, history of foreign interferences and...

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee to review the progress of work related to outsourcing of airports’ operations, at Finance Division. Federal Minister for Aviation and Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday blamed the spiralling circular debt for increase in electricity rates, saying it was a condition set by the International Monetary Fund to strike the crucial $3 billion bailout agreement with the global lender. The statement came as the government...

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Pakistan will do fine economically should the country remain politically stable. As long as the army unites political parties for national interests and remains the guarantor for foreign investors which happens to be the case under Asim Munir, no power can stop us.

Erdogan is not a fool. Turkiye's economy boomed in the last 20 years and consistently ranked in the top 5 fastest economies.

I'm all for liberalizing economic policies, starting from reversing Bhutto's nationalization and bringing women to workforce to double economic output. I do not support mullahs either but if we think about it their rise was evident due to lack of identity and they exploited it to the max...

Arguably religion is Pakistan's strength and it has played this card since its independence from Great Britain and against Hindutvas of India and its dream of having 'strategic depth' in Afghanistan and greater Central Asia after the defeat of the Soviet Union to take advantage of the huge...