islamabad - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday said that without turning around country’s sagging economy Pakistan cannot make sound progress and new government should give top priority to improve the economy.ICCI President Zafar Bakhtawari said this while talking ...

LAHORE - Spokesman Joint Action Committee of PIA employees while welcoming the prospects of a stable government under Mian Nawaz Sharif has appealed the new government to bring stability and sanity in PIA which has seen 12 organisational heads in last 13 years.“You cannot run a professional ...

BAGHDAD - Iraqis vote on Saturday in a key test of political stability and security in the country’s first elections since US troops withdrew at the end of 2011.The provincial elections, the first since parliamentary polls in 2010, will be a gauge of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s ...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations, New York, on Wednesday, criticised the US plan for the transfer of military command to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014 on the ground that the Pak-Afghan border had become “less well managed”. ...

During the speech of Allama Qadri, demanding the dissolution of the assemblies, the Supreme Court issued orders for the National Accountability Bureau (Nab) to arrest all charged with corruption in the Rental Power Project case, which included the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. As soon as the ...

On the face of it, the impression emanating from Special Representative Mark Grossman’s meetings with President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Ashraf is that the US is keen to boost bilateral trade through giving Pakistan market access. The reality on the ground bears out the delicacy ...

Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that the budget for the next financial year is aimed at maintaining economic stability‚ accelerating economic growth‚ checking inflation and bringing well-to-do in the tax net.He was addressing post-budget news conference along Minister ...

FAISALABAD - Jeevay Pakistan Jeevay Muqami Hakumat (JPJM) Chairman Daniyal Aziz has said that economic growth is impossible without political progress and stability, therefore, devolution of power at grass-roots level is the only solution to both the social and economic problems of the country. ...

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday lauded the government for hosting trilateral summit that will help bring three neighbours closer.The move will help Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran resolve many regional issues without interference of the west, it said. All the countries are ...

TANGIER, Morocco (Reuters) - Nigerias central bank has reached the desired degree of stability for the countrys naira currency and does not have a cause to be concerned over inflation due mostly to recent stability in its core components, Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Saturday. Speaking before the ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that regional peace hinges on the peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan was ready to train the Afghan army, police and administration to cope with the aftermath of the 2014 period when the allied forces would withdraw the ...

KARACHI (NNI) - State Bank of Pakistan Deputy Governor Muhammad Kamran Shehzad has said that SBP is committed to continue its relentless efforts for the development of countrys financial sector. Speaking at the flag hoisting ceremony held at SBP, Karachi this morning to mark the 64th Independence ...

KARACHI - The economic success of Brazil is the result of its 'Real Plan introduced in 1994, which aimed at taming the inflation, stabilising the economy and promoting development. This was stated by Brazil Ambassador to Pakistan Alfredo Leoni in his speech on 'Brazils Economic Success, at a ...

ISLAMABAD - A flawed general election would pose a serious threat to Pakistans stability. Political violence and ethnic conflict could be sparked countrywide by a flawed census, gerrymandering and a rigged election, says the Policy Report of International Crisis Group (ICG) that suggests electoral ...

LAHORE The LCCI Senior Vice President Sheikh Mohammad Arshad Wednesday stressed the need for strengthening of institutions and consistency in policies to achieve economic stability, progress and prosperity. The LCCI Senior Vice President was addressing a 125-member delegation of Pakistan Navy War ...

ISLAMABAD The illegal, unlawful and ill-conceived policy of targeting militants through remote-controlled drones is proving to be an unmitigated disaster with devastating consequences for peace, security and stability of Pakistan. Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, stated this in a ...

ISLAMABAD Bench and Bar must have cordial relations with each other to solve the problems of litigants so as to provide relief to them, said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while welcoming the members of the delegations of High Court Bar Association, Bahawalpur headed by its President ...

Rawalpindi The National Command Authority met Wednesday with the Prime Minister in the Chair. This was the 16th NCA meeting, but the first meeting since the Prime Minister was made the Chairman by the President. A matter of great urgency was the formulation of a clear stance on the Fissile ...

ISLAMABAD Renewing Governments resolve to eliminate terrorism, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani warned on Tuesday that Pakistan would counter any attempt aimed at undermining the strategic stability of the region through all appropriate means. Addressing the Defence Committee of the Cabinet ...

CHINA (AFP) - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday said international pressure over Chinas currency policy was unfair and that a stable yuan is crucial to his nations economic health. Following a summit here with top European Union leaders, Wen also rebuffed EU demands for a flexible policy and told ...

LAHORE - Corporate sector should prepare management strategies keeping in mind the 'consumer protection aspect to recover from the economic recession. These views were expressed by the speakers at the International management conference, organised by the Management Association of Pakistan (MAP) on ...

KARACHI - A sound and dynamic 'economic diplomacy is inevitable for politico-economic stability of the country, which will ensure countrys economic strength in the time of recent crisis. This was stated by Tariq Sayeed, President SAARC CCI, and former President, FPCCI while responding to the ...

HYDERABAD/KARACHI (AFP/APP) - State Bank of Pakistan Governor Shamshad Akhtar here on Tuesday said the rescue package of International Monitoring Fund (IMF) will help in maintaining economic stability in the country. In her presentation,"Economic Scenario of Pakistan", organised by Sindh ...

KARACHI - The traders and businessmen have demanded the newly-elected President Asif Ali Zardari to formulate viable and consolidated economic strategy for the restoration of macroeconomic stability and prosperity of the country. "The clouds of "political uncertainty" have been vanished after ...

LAHORE - Chairman Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF), Irfan Qaiser has urged the government to prepare a roadmap to bring the country out of the economic crises for which the political stability is a prerequisite. In a statement issued on Thursday, the PIAF Chairman said ...

ISLAMABAD - In the face of rising anti-US sentiments coupled with grave political crisis confronting the country, the ruling circles here fear that Washington's opposition to peace deals in the restive tribal regions and demand for military operations could harm the stability of the country. ...