‘Pakistan can’t afford boom-bust cycle’: Aurangzeb – Business

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday cautioned the business community that the country cannot afford another boom-and-bust cycle, stressing the need for continued structural reforms to ensure sustainable and equitable prosperity. Speaking at a conference on ‘Retail Reimagined: Innovate, Collaborate & Thrive’, organised by the Pakistan Retail Business Council (PRBC) in Islamabad, the minister…

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Govt agency slams presence of ‘non-professionals’ in state-owned entities boards – Business

ISLAMABAD: The Central Monitoring Unit (CMU) of the federal government has deplored disproportionate presence of non-professional and non-independent members in the boards of directors at state-owned entities (SOEs) and an absence of effective audit and monitoring mechanisms in these organisations. The CMU has suggested adoption of international financial and audit standards to address governance weaknesses…

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CTD lodges case over Barkhan killings – Pakistan

QUETTA / GWADAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Balochistan Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against unknown assailants involved in the Barkhan killing incident, where seven people were murdered. According to officials, the FIR was filed on the complaint of the Station House Officer (SHO) of CTD Loralai against unidentified individuals under various charges,…

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The façade – Newspaper – DAWN.COM

RECENTLY, there has been a flurry of legislation in Pakistan. The Constitution itself has undergone a major overhaul, after the passage of the 26th Amendment. The changes brought in are of such great benefit to the people that their contents had to be carefully guarded until their actual passage, so that no ordinary citizen could…

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IMF, Pakistan to open $1bn climate finance talks – Pakistan

• Official says mission due on Feb 24 for ‘review & discussion’• Sherry urges structured climate financing to tackle environmental crisis• Aurangzeb says bureaucratic hurdles continue to obstruct access to climate funds ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Islamabad next week to discuss around $1 billion in climate financing for Pakistan, an…

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Ukraine initiative – Newspaper – DAWN.COM

THOUGH Donald Trump has not been able to fulfil his promise of ending the Ukraine conflict “24 hours” after taking office, the American president is clearly not interested in pumping more US funds into this war. Moreover, his overtures to Russia — and use of scathing language to target the Ukrainian president — have sent…

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