Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb calls on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif . —INP/File Premier Shehbaz hopes it to be Pakistan’s last IMF borrowing. Asserts country to enter new era after agreement gets go-head. FinMin says structural reforms, self-sufficiency key to avert debt. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that his government … Read more
BEIJING: China and Africa have always been a community with a shared future, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed on Tuesday in a reply to scholars from 50 African countries. In the letter, Xi noted that in the face of a volatile and intertwined world situation, China and Africa need to strengthen solidarity and cooperation more … Read more
BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed that China’s high-quality development should be powered by the achievements of a Party-wide campaign on discipline education. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a recent instruction, which was read out … Read more
UN peacekeepers on the Israeli-Lebanese border have never been more crucial, the force’s global chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Tuesday, as fears soared of an escalation in the Middle East. Since Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, sparking a war in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have … Read more
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb addresses press conference in Islamabad on July 28, 2024. — YouTube screengrab/Geo News Live Minister underscores need to move towards structural solutions. Says efforts are being made to bring agriculture into tax regime. Chief Ministers to legislate regarding agri-tax, FinMin says. ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Sunday stressed the need … Read more
Aurangzeb says country will develop only via reforms; underscores private sector’s role in economy. Haseeb Bhatti ISLAMABAD: Amid hopes to secure International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board’s approval of a new programme, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Thursday termed “inevitable ” reforms as the key to free the country from the lender. Speaking at the groundbreaking … Read more