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BEIJING: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb holds a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Lan Fo’an (not pictured) on Thursday.—APP ISLAMABAD:...
NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about two per cent to a six-week low on Tuesday on rising expectations of a ceasefire in Gaza and growing concerns about...
Muhammad Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will focus on meeting its external financing needs by speaking with foreign governments and lenders to draw...
Companies worldwide experienced interruptions amidst an outage of Microsoft’s cloud computing suites on Friday, with flights being grounded, news...
India is likely to cut the floor price for basmati rice exports and replace the 20 per cent export tax on parboiled rice with a fixed duty on overseas...
LONDON: Gold prices jumped more than 1 per cent to a record high on Tuesday, as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset after comments from Federal...
BRUSSELS: European Union governments exposed divided views on the merits of EU tariffs on imports of China-built electric vehicles (EVs) in a...
WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled stricter rules Wednesday on steel and aluminium imports from Mexico, moving to prevent China-origin goods...
Oil prices edged lower on Thursday, retreating from the previous session’s multi-month highs, with investors taking profits as demand caution...
Pakistan’s privatisation commission is addressing concerns voiced by those qualified to bid for the country’s national airline about a European...
Pakistan’s privatisation commission is addressing concerns voiced by those qualified to bid for the country’s national airline about a European...
Pakistan is looking to clinch a staff level agreement on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout of more than $6 billion this month after...
Headline inflation for June clocked in at 12.6 per cent on the year, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Monday. The reading...
Taylor Swift is taking Europe by storm, prompting some pundits to envisage an economic windfall as fans flock to dozens of sold-out shows from Dublin...
The National Assembly on Friday passed the government’s tax-heavy finance bill for the coming fiscal year ahead of more talks on a new International...
The National Assembly on Friday moved to pass the government’s tax-heavy finance bill for the coming fiscal year ahead of more talks on a new...
The National Assembly on Friday passed the government’s tax-heavy finance bill for the coming fiscal year ahead of more talks on a new International...
SAO PAULO: Brazil is set to become the world’s largest cotton exporter in 2023-24, knocking the United States from the top spot it has held for...
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose about one per cent on Wednesday despite a surprise jump in US gasoline supplies, as investors worried that a potential...
LONDON: Oil futures climbed on Thursday after the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a draw crude oil and following data showing a...
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has imposed a fine of $2.25 million on the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, for operating in...
LONDON: Oil prices hit seven-week highs on Wednesday as summer demand optimism and concerns over escalating conflicts offset an industry report that...
Pakistan’s coalition government is expected to lay out ambitious fiscal targets in the 2024/2025 (July-June) budget on Wednesday that will help...
LONDON: The United Nations world food price index rose for a third consecutive month in May, as higher cereals and dairy product prices outweighed...
Indian shares plunged over 8 per cent on Tuesday, set for their worst day in four years and erasing their gains for 2024, as vote-counting trends...
Indian stocks tanked the most in four years on Tuesday, as vote counting suggested Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has selected six companies qualified to bid to buy national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the privatisation...
Pakistan’s consumer price index (CPI) in May rose 11.8pc from a year earlier, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Monday,...
WASHINGTON: Price cuts by major US retailers and new data showing a slowdown in consumer spending may boost the Federal Reserve’s confidence in...
Inflation is expected to hover between 13.5 to 14.5 per cent in May and to ease further to 12.5 to 13.5pc by June, according to a monthly economic...
HOUSTON: Oil prices rose over 1 per cent in muted trade owing to public holidays in Britain and the United States after a downbeat week characterised...
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission and Pakistan have made significant progress towards reaching a staff-level agreement for an extended fund...
FRANKFURT: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the United States and Europe needed to respond to China’s industrial overcapacity...
Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark share index touched another all-time high on Wednesday, breaching the key level of 75,000, on hopes that easing...
Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday,...
LONDON: Wall Street Bank Citi expects Pakistan to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a new four year of up to $8 billion...
Downside risks for the economy remain exceptionally high, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday in its staff report ahead of the...
Pakistan State Oil (PSO) said it is in talks with the government on a plan to acquire stakes in public sector energy companies and offset mounting...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest conglomerate, Engro Corp, is looking to expand into new markets, including the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, the...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE-100 index rose by 860 points on Monday amid a visit by a Saudi investment delegation. According to the...
Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE-100 index rose 1.5 per cent during intraday trade on Monday, to an intraday high of 73,060.74 points. The...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) mission is expected to visit Pakistan this month to discuss a new programme, the lender confirmed on Sunday...
PARIS: The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose for a second consecutive month in April as higher meat prices and small increases in...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday declared the downward trend of inflation as “welcome news” for the people, saying that inflation falling...
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that “xenophobia” from China to Japan and India was hobbling their growth, as he argued that migration has...
Pakistan’s consumer price inflation slowed to 17.3 per cent in April from a year earlier, data from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on...
TORONTO: Barrick Gold is not interested in bidding for Anglo American, which last week received a $39 billion takeover offer from BHP, and is building...
The finance ministry said on Tuesday that inflation is expected to hover between 18.5 to 19.5 per cent in April and ease in May to 17.5-18.5pc, aiming...
India and Oman will sign a trade deal in the coming months, two Indian government officials said, as New Delhi seeks to expand its ties in the Middle...
BENGALURU: Countries, mostly middle and lower-income, have been burdened by surcharges on top of interest payments on their borrowings from the...