Iranian Consul General (CG) Mehran Movahedfar has voiced concern that despite cooperation in barter trade between the governments of Iran and Pakistan, no improvement has been made. “Difficulties are created in operations by the State Bank of Pakistan. Similar problems are faced by the companies exporting rice from Pakistan, due to which many enterprises have refused to continue cooperation,” h
Fitch Solutions has projected Pakistan’s economic growth to contract by 0.3% in the current fiscal year 2023 after the government allowed the local currency to devalue by a net 14.2% against the US dollar in the past four working days. The rupee closed at Rs268/83 in the interbank market on Tuesday, in the backdrop of other actions by the government to revive the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
With Pakistan’s debt-to-GDP ratio in a danger zone of 70%, and between 40% and 50% of government revenues earmarked for interest payments this year, only default-stricken Sri Lanka, Ghana, and Nigeria are worse off. Just $500 million of interest or ‘coupon’ payments are due on Pakistan’s international bonds this year, but the chief of the central bank has said $3 billion is needed to meet overa
Demand for petroleum oil products (POL) surged by a surprising 8% to 1.44 million tonnes in January against a downward trend in the short to medium-run, as industrial and commercial consumers apparently hoarded the products before the much-anticipated hike in their price. The demand, however, declined by a staggering 20% in the month of January, compared to the same month of last year (January
Inflation rate jumped to 48-year high in January due to a double-digit increase in cost of almost all essential goods, in what appears to be a prelude to what the nation will embrace because of record currency devaluation, higher taxes and electricity prices. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), the inflation monitor, rose by 27.6% in January compared to the same period last year, the Pakistan Burea