Malaysian and Pakistani prime ministers agree to boost trade and economic ties
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The prime ministers of Malaysia and Pakistan agreed in talks Thursday to increase bilateral trade and boost economic ties between their nations.
Shehbaz Sharif in asian news
Pakistani court denies imprisoned former premier Khan and his wife bail in graft case
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court denied on Monday a bail application by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in a graft case, their lawyer said. It’s another blow to the popular opposition leader, who has been in prison for more than a year after being convicted on multiple charges.
Gunmen storm a house and kill 7 workers in Pakistan’s southwest
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen stormed a house and killed seven laborers and wounded an eighth in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, a police official said Saturday.
The IMF approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan, which will get $1 billion immediately
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a new $7 billion loan for cash-strapped Pakistan, authorities said Wednesday, more than two months after the two sides said they had reached an agreement.
IMF loan offers Pakistan relief but long-term reforms remain a challenge
The $7bn loan is a lifeline for Pakistan’s struggling economy, but experts say the country needs fundamental changes.
IMF approves $7bn funding agreement for Pakistan
Approval comes more than two months after international lender and Islamabad said they had agreed on programme.
Is Pakistan’s bid to kick-start Chinese-run Gwadar port putting ‘cart before the horse’?
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet set the plan in motion on September 12 by ordering federal agencies to direct half of the commodities they import annually – amounting to hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fertilisers, sugar and wheat grain – through Gwadar port.
Pakistani Taliban deny attacking convoy of foreign ambassadors in restive northwest
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the country’s restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind the attack, which killed a police officer.