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Pakistan launches green Eurobond to raise funds for dams

Pakistan has launched the country's first-ever Eurobond,  a move aimed at raising around $500 million for building dams in the country

Prime Minister Imran Khan has thrown Pakistan to the wolves: Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto

Pakistan's key opposition leader and  PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari targeted Imran Khan on the economic conditions of the country and said the PM is unsustainably borrowing money from international leasing agencies and this unprecedented borrowing is akin to mortgaging the country's economic integrity and freedom

Pakistan: Key opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif says no party can expel another from PDM

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has said that no party has the right to kick another out from the Pakistan Democratic Movement alliance

Kuwait to lift visa ban on Pakistanis

In what comes as a significant relief for overseas job seekers of Pakistan, authorities in Kuwait have agreed to resume issuing visas to Pakistani nationals, ending almost after a decade-long ban, reported Dawn

Pakistan: Record $26 billion tax collected in 11 months

Amid the raging third Covid wave, Pakistan, breaking all previous records, has recorded a historic tax collection of over $26 billion in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, indicating that the country’s economy is well on the recovery path

Pakistan intelligence agency denies involvement in attack on journalist

Days after facing heat over its possible role in an attack on a digital journalist in Islamabad, Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has “disassociated” itself from the incident, reported Dawn

Ten killed as bus falls onto Jhelum bank in Pakistan

At least 10 people were killed and 15 others were injured when a passenger bus, traveling on a dilapidated stretch of road, fell hundreds of feet down onto the bank of River Jhelum in Pakistan during the early hours of Saturday

'Karachi lockdown has turned into a money-making opportunity for police'

The lockdown imposed in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, due to rising COVID-19 cases has now turned the situation into an opportunity for the police to earn money, local media reported

First confirmed case of strain found in India detected in Pakistan

Pakistan has reported its first confirmed case of a new strain of the Covid 19 virus that was first detected in India

Is Pakistan's 3.94 percent GDP growth fudged, questions professor

A Pakistani economics professor feels that the Pakistan government's projected 3.94 percent growth in GDP during times of COVID-19 crisis might be "fudged"

Encouraged by impressive growth, Pakistan aiming for higher economic targets next fiscal year

Days after Pakistan recorded 3.94 percent GDP growth, surpassing all estimates, the government is now aiming for higher economic targets than the previously estimated, for the next fiscal year, reported Dawn

CPEC authority bill passed in Pakistan

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Bill was unanimously passed in Pakistan’s Senate on Thursday as opposition members staged a walkout from the house, reported Dawn

Pakistan records 13 percent jump in exports in ten months

In what comes as surprise to many especially when economies around the world are still battling the Covid crisis, Pakistan’s exports have recorded an impressive growth of 13.4 percent in the last ten months, reported The Express Tribune

Sikhs in Pakistan troubled after asked to give personal details

Sikhs in Pakistan have been left troubled after they were told to furnish details of their residence, contact number and other information to the local police in order to make security arrangements for them, media reports said

Pakistan committed to addressing climate challenges

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government remained dedicated in its endeavor to address the challenges of climate change in the country