The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has appointed Mahir Binici as the new Resident Representative for Pakistan, replacing Esther Perez. Binici, a Turkish national with expertise in macroeconomic policies and emerging markets, will take over from Perez in December 2024. His appointment coincides with growing concerns within Pakistan about the IMF’s role in the country’s economic … Read more
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Michel Barnier, the EU’s former Brexit negotiator, as his new prime minister on Thursday, tasking him with unifying France and ending the political paralysis that followed an inconclusive snap election. The discreet, conservative politician will have the daunting challenge of trying to push reforms, and the 2025 budget, through a bitterly … Read more
Mawlawi Badreddin Haqqani nominated as ambassador who presented credentials to UAE’s foreign ministry KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led foreign ministry said it has appointed its first accredited ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, the second country to accept an envoy at that level after China. The UAE foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Wednesday appointed the prime minister’s confidant Rashid Mahmood Langrial as chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), bringing an officer from the all-powerful Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) after five years to fix the tax system. Langrial has been serving as secretary power since March this year and has been … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Rashid Mahmood Langrial of the Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) has been appointed as the head the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) by the federal government. The grade-21 officer “is transferred and posted as Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, under Section 10 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973, with immediate effect,” the notification, issued today … Read more