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ISLAMABAD: A new United Nations report warns that the global economic growth is projected to slow down to only 1.9 per cent in 2023, sharply lower...
ISLAMABAD: The government has no plans to sell Roosevelt Hotel in New York and is instead seeking a joint venture for a mixed-use development. This...
ISLAMABAD: The World Economic Forum in its global crisis risk report has identified debt crisis, sustained and/or rapid inflation, state collapse,...
ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has assured Pakistan that it will continue to play a leading role in...
ISLAMABAD: A new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has suggested that reduced working hours and more flexible working time...
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have called for urgent action to reduce food consumption gaps and save lives and livelihoods...
ISLAMABAD: National Food Security Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema has expressed the hope that despite all odds the wheat production target of 28.4...
ISLAMABAD: A new report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on road funds and user charges claims that toll rates in Pakistan are relatively low and...
ISLAMABAD: In a review of the year, the World Bank says 2022 has been a year of uncertainty, with education losses, global inflation, disruptions in...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s economic outlook for the fiscal year ending in June 2023 has “deteriorated...
ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission has informed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Privatisation that presently no power...
ISLAMABAD: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a new report on Monday warned that the Asia-Pacific region still lacks 22 million jobs in...
ISLAMABAD: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group has launched a new $225 million platform to help build the digital...
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Commerce has asked the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) — a state-owned company mainly responsible for...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and six other nations facing climate risks — called ‘pathfinder countries’ — will be the first recipients of ‘Global...
ISLAMABAD: Saying that the wheat support system needs to be gradually phased down, the latest World Bank report observed that the wheat procurement...
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has estimated that the total investment needs for a comprehensive response to Pakistan’s climate and development...
The World Bank (WB) has estimated that the total investment needed for a comprehensive response to Pakistan’s climate and development challenges...
ISLAMABAD: A new World Bank report says Pakistan’s agricultural marketing is wasteful due to a number of constraints such as poor infrastructure,...
ISLAMABAD: The United States has plans to give Pakistan access to its beef market and provide cotton seed technology, Ambassador Donald Blome said on...
ISLAMABAD: Though Pakistan will have to seek another loan from International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help recover from the recent catastrophic floods...
ISLAMABAD: Though Pakistan will have to seek another loan from International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help recover from the recent catastrophic floods...
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank says the national poverty rate in Pakistan could increase by 2.5 to 4.0 percentage points as a direct consequence of the...
ISLAMABAD: Weather- and climate-related disasters have affected over 75 million Pakistanis in the past three decades, with estimated economic losses...
ISLAMABAD: The high-powered Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) met on Thursday to set production targets for Rabi crops for the 2022-23 season and...
ISLAMABAD: The government was committed to placing the economy on a sustainable and inclusive growth path, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told the World...
ISLAMABAD: The board of Privatisation Commission at its meeting on Monday unanimously endorsed that the federal government must keep its majority in...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is expected to slow down this year after the strong bounce last year from the Covid-linked contraction in 2020,...
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research has expressed its serious concern over the rising prices of wheat...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is expected to spend $2 billion of the World Bank funds — meant for multi-sectoral projects in the country — on food, shelter...
ISLAMABAD: The federal government will provide subsidised seeds and fertilisers to farmers in flood-affected areas during the upcoming Rabi sowing...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million loan to improve the quality of secondary health care in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,...
ISLAMABAD: The governments of Japan and Pakistan have agreed on a debt deferral amounting to $160 million as the third and last phase of the ‘G20...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan immensely benefited through the Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme (TSCFP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for food and...
ISLAMABAD: The ‘Global Estimates of Modern Slavery’, published on Monday says 50 million people are living in modern slavery in 2021, and of these...
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has established a new fund to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response mechanisms in low and middle-income countries...
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has estimated that more than one in three urban residents in Pakistan face unaffordable housing conditions, estimating...
ISLAMABAD: With the devastating monsoon rain hitting cotton areas, the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association has approached the federal government to...
ISLAMABAD: Half of the Asia-Pacific region’s workforce is poor or on the verge of poverty, surviving on $5.5 per day, according to a report released...
ISLAMABAD: The Board of Privatisation Commission (PC) on Monday unanimously approved the proposal for expediting the transaction-related matters of...
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research was assured on Wednesday that there will be no shortage of...
ISLAMABAD: The food ministry would issue permits within 24 hours to facilitate onion and tomato imports from Iran and Afghanistan, the government...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank will provide technical assistance to Pakistan on a grant basis to support the government’s efforts to create...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) on Friday said it has started a consultative process with provinces to finalise...
ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 pandemic has set back the fight against poverty in Asia and the Pacific by at least two years, and many in the region will...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif gave directives on Thursday to launch a comprehensive plan to reform the agricultural sector on an emergency...
ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom (UK) has launched a “Developing Countries Trading Scheme” (DCTS), whose implementation in early 2023 will provide...
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved technical assistance to help promote increased sustainability and transparency in...