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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan
KARACHI: Pakistan is seeking the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) approval to supply surplus power to the industrial and agriculture sectors at an unsubsidized tariff of seven to 7.5 cents per unit, the country’s power minister, Awais Leghari, said, according to an official statement on Wednesday.
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5 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan |Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram
KARACHI: Pakistan plans to establish a regulatory body to oversee digital assets, with the proposal set to be at the top of the agenda of a meeting today, Monday, of the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), the finance ministry said. Pakistan set up the PCC in March to create a legal framework for cryptocurrency trading in a bid to lure international investment.
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Fatimah Amjad |Kashif Imran |Shahjahan Khurram
KARACHI: Pakistan on Sunday reaffirmed its commitment to macroeconomic stability after Ipsos, a Paris-based global market research and consultation firm, said consumer confidence grew in the South Asian country in the second quarter of this year. The Ipsos survey revealed a significant surge in consumer confidence, with 42% of Pakistanis now believing the country is heading in the right direction — the highest level recorded in six years.
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Fatimah Amjad |Kashif Imran |Shahjahan Khurram
PM urges trickle-down effect of development schemes in insurgency-hit Balochistan /node/2602980/pakistan June 01, 2025 15:52 PM urges trickle-down effect of development schemes in insurgency-hit Balochistan Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest but most impoverished province, has been the site of a long-running insurgency that has intensified in recent months PM Shehbaz Sharif says Balochistan will receive 25 percent share of Public Sector Development Program, which funds long-term projects, in the...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Saima Shabbir |Kashif Imran |Shahjahan Khurram
Met Office forecasts more showers after storm kills 18 in Pakistan’s Punjab /node/2602191/pakistan May 26, 2025 13:03 Met Office forecasts more showers after storm kills 18 in Pakistan’s Punjab People advised to exercise caution, stay away from loose structures, electric poles, trees and solar panels Pakistan has seen erratic changes in weather leading to frequent heatwaves, untimely rains in recent years ISLAMABAD: More rain, wind and thunderstorms are expected in the Punjab and Khyber...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram |Fatimah Amjad
KARACHI: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal hinted this week there could be an increase in Pakistan’s defense allocation in the budget for the fiscal year 2025-26, due to be announced next month, weeks after a military standoff with India that alarmed the world. Pakistan and India attacked each other with missiles, drones and artillery earlier this month after tensions surged over an attack in April on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Pakistan.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram |Fatimah Amjad |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Foreign Women’s Association (IFWA) organized a food festival in the Pakistani capital on Sunday featuring cuisines from at least 28 countries and raising over Rs.2.5 million ($8,929) to support education and health care initiatives for poor Pakistani women and children. The festival, organized for the third consecutive year, was a joint project of IFWA and Serena Hotels, with 80 diplomatic missions participating.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram |Fatimah Amjad |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday started a five-day regional diplomacy tour with a trip to Turkiye where he will hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Erdogan’s office said.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Shahjahan Khurram |Fatimah Amjad |Ismail Dilawar |Kashif Imran
First batch of Bangladeshi players arrives in Pakistan to play three-match T20 series /node/2602083/sport May 25, 2025 13:15 First batch of Bangladeshi players arrives in Pakistan to play three-match T20 series The series will be held in Lahore, with the first T20 scheduled for May 28 Both squads will train at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Monday, the PCB says ISLAMABAD: A group of Bangladeshi players arrived in Pakistan on Sunday to play three Twenty20 internationals (T20Is) against the ‘Men...
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Shahjahan Khurram |Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Monday that the country has received $2 billion in foreign investment since the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) was formed in 2023. Pakistan’s government formed the SIFC in June 2023 to attract international investment in key economic sectors such as tourism, livestock, trade, infrastructure, mining and minerals.
