Kamran Haider

2 days ago | bloomberg.com | Ramsey Al-Rikabi |Kamran Haider

Muhammad Aurangzeb(Bloomberg) -- Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said the South Asian nation is looking to buy more goods from the US and remove non-tariffs barriers to escape President Donald Trump’s high tariffs. “It’s a bigger canvas that we are looking at in terms of engaging the US,” Aurangzeb said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Monday. “We will constructively engage, and we will have a formal delegation coming in,” he said.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Kamran Haider

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1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kamran Haider

The government will announce the budget to Parliament in five weeks for fiscal year starting July 1, Imdad Ullah Bosal, the secretary at the finance ministry says in Islamabad. To contact the reporter on this story:Kamran Haider in Islamabad at [email protected] contact the editor responsible for this story:Faseeh Mangi at [email protected] Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading: AI-powered legal analytics, workflow tools and premium legal & business news.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Kamran Haider |Malavika Kaur Makol

Fitch Ratings upgraded Pakistan to ‘B-’ from ‘CCC+’ with a stable outlook. (Bloomberg) -- Fitch Ratings upgraded Pakistan’s credit rating, citing confidence that the South Asian country will be able to sustain reforms under a loan program with the International Monetary Fund. The credit assessor upgraded Pakistan to ‘B-’ from ‘CCC+’ with a stable outlook. Other countries with a similar rating include Angola, El Salvador and Iraq.

2 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Kamran Haider

Pakistan has roped in Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, to set up a globally competitive platform for digital finance in the South Asian nation. Binance’s Zhao will guide the Pakistan’s newly-formed Crypto Council on regulation, infrastructure, education and adoption as a strategic advisor, according to a statement issued by the finance ministry.