Pakistan collected a record Rs1.567 trillion in petroleum levy during fiscal year 2025-26, exceeding the government target by ...

Pakistan celebrates its 79th Independence Day as the KSE-100 index delivers a 23% return over the past year despite ...

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, as the new pact is known, is the latest in a diplomatic pas de deux by Pakistan’s de facto ...

S&P Global Ratings raised Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’ on July 22, with a stable outlook, ...

Pakistan's fiscal situation improved markedly in the last financial year, recording a third consecutive primary budget surplus of Rs3.6 trillion on the back of higher petroleum levy collection and ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan could secure further sovereign credit rating upgrades if it sustains fiscal consolidation and strengthens its external position, with a fiscal deficit below 3 percent of GDP and ...

Pakistan is not short of economic plans. We have had five-year plans, annual plans, vision documents, export strategies, industrial policies, energy policies, investment policies, privatisation ...

Renowned political economist S. Akbar Zaidi has warned that getting rid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is impossible unless Pakistan stands on its own feet and implements deep, structural ...

Pakistan has reportedly sought a $10-billion US financial backstop to strengthen its fragile foreign exchange reserves. But the proposal faces uncertainty amid IMF dependence, US fiscal constraints ...

Says Pakistan has also returned to global capital markets after 4 years through Eurobond, Panda Bond issuances ...

Economists familiar with the proposal argue that the facility, if considered at all, would not resemble a grant or a conventional bailout.

Emergency liquidity, rival currency networks, and regional diplomacy collide in the fight for economic survival.