Adviser on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said the difficult decisions taken by the government have started bearing positive results on the economic front

The reforms to address the macroeconomic challenges faced by the economy are now beginning to bear fruit and improvement in the external sector has become visible

Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Asia Pacific Group in its analysis report has declared Pakistan’s performance very poor to control money laundering and financing to terrorist groups in the country, holding that regulators in the country like State Bank of Pakistan and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan also lack capacity to gauge this matter

"Seven years plan on Islamic Banking was underway and that a comprehensive framework would be brought within two months".This was told to Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs of National Assembly that was held here at Parliament House on Thursday, under the chairmanship of Asad Umar, MNA.Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha, Convener of the Sub-Committee presented the report of Sub-Committee on ToRs "to recommend measures for controlling inflation".

The project of “Promoting Sustainable Energy Production and Use from Biomass in Pakistan / Cluster Development” is an initiative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), and is being executed by United States Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy (USPCAS-E), NUST

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Raza Baqir has said country's debt has reached 80 percent of GDP.Addressing a seminar in Karachi he said Pakistan is facing two crucial problems including current account and financial deficit

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has removed Saiful Islam Managing Director (MD) Bank of Khyber(BOK)

Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial minister, Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday said economic activities are stagnant, industrial units are being closed, unemployment is rising while GDP has contracted from 5.8 percent to 2.7 percent which may slide further

Gap between income and expenditure should be reduced, Interest rates cut, relief to SME and export sector needed

All Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) Asia Pacific Group (APG) members - countries, jurisdictions or territories within the Asia-Pacific region committed to implementing and enforcing the global anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism (AML/CFT) safeguards established by the FATF - have expressed their satisfaction over Pakistan's measures and strict implementation of laws for curbing money laundering