LAHROE - Women participation rate in labour force in Pakistan is only 28 per cent, which is particularly low in the urban areas. Household duties and lack of education are considered by more than 80 per cent Pakistani women as the major reasons for their non-participation in the labour force, said ...

Pakistan's central bank moved to inject liquidity into the country's struggling financial system on Saturday by cutting the amount of cash commercial banks must hold in reserve. The bank lowered the cash reserve ratio two percentage points to six percent, and said it would be cut to five percent on ...