Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

Saudi Arabia echoes India’s stance on Kashmir in joint statement with Pakistan

Saudi Arabia appears to support India's stance on Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement with Pakistan. It urged India…

3 weeks ago

Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan Prime Minister

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif was on Monday sworn in as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan, Dawn…

2 months ago

Pakistan’s high power tariffs may shut down businesses as IMF conditions bite

Pakistan’s businesses, especially the small and medium enterprises, have been hit hard once again as the Shehbaz Sharif government raised…

9 months ago

Pakistan’s middle class braces for tough times amid IMF conditionalities and upcoming elections

Even as Pakistan’s annual inflation rate eased to 29.4 per cent in June -- for the first time in seven…

10 months ago

Battered by rain and an economy in free fall, can Pakistan afford to focus on Sweden Quran issue?

For Pakistan, food shortage could intensify as heavy rains have once again started playing havoc in several parts of the…

10 months ago

What’s in store for Pakistan as IMF talks go to the wire?

Will the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revive the much needed $6.5 billion financial assistance package for cash starved Pakistan? After…

10 months ago

Will Shehbaz Sharif achieve an IMF breakthrough in Paris to rescue Pakistan’s sinking economy?

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left for Paris, France, on Wednesday afternoon with a request to meet International Monetary Fund…

10 months ago

Pakistan’s woes unlikely to end as budget contours may not please IMF

Now that Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has presented the Union Budget, the moot question is, will the International Monetary…

11 months ago

Forget about economy after Imran Khan’s arrest, capping political unrest in Pakistan would be key

The arrest of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad which has already led to violence in several parts…

12 months ago

Holding a Rs 50 billion elections will further sink Pakistan

The impending general elections in Pakistan will further dent the economy. The cost of holding elections is estimated at around…

1 year ago

Sharif family coalesces against Supreme Court, deepening chaos inside Pakistan

The Pakistani Supreme Court's ruling about holding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 14 instead of October 8…

1 year ago

Profit outflows from Pakistan drop by 80.4 per cent, says SBP

The repatriation of profits from Pakistan by foreign companies dropped by 80.4 per cent during the first eight months of…

1 year ago

Recovery of AK-47 rifles, petrol bombs from Imran Khan’s mansion raises questions about his intent

Security forces allegedly recovered 16 assault rifles and ammunition from former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's Lahore residence on Saturday.…

1 year ago

Pakistan becoming land of illiterates as poverty drives out children from school

The deepening economic crisis in Pakistan is leading to a large number of school dropouts. With surging inflation and shortage…

1 year ago

From Toshakhana sales to love child, Imran weighed down by 76 cases

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has been surrounded with a towering pile of files, paperwork and corresponding court…

1 year ago

In blow to Imran Khan, Lahore police cracks down on supporters ahead of rally

Pakistani Punjab's caretaker government imposed Section 144 beginning today, banning all rallies, protests and marches for a week in Lahore.…

1 year ago

Police claims team went to Imran Khan’s residence to sign notice, not arrest him

The Islamabad police on Sunday returned without making an arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, despite the issuance…

1 year ago

As Pakistan awaits IMF loan, inflation soars amid fears of default

“Must we starve our children to pay our debts?” former Tanzania President Julius Nyerere in 1986 had once asked. Many…

1 year ago

What’s in store for Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif after steep price hike?

For Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, troubles do not seem to be ending. As his government is trying to do…

1 year ago

Pakistan’s pharma sector takes a big hit amid deepening economic crisis

Hit by acute shortage of imported raw materials, rising prices and sliding currency, Pakistan’s pharmaceutical companies have threatened to halt…

1 year ago

Pakistan on tenterhooks as talks with IMF go down to the wire

Worries for Pakistan have risen as the ongoing ninth review of the loan package under the Extended Fund Facility of…

1 year ago