he Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) here on Thursday received global recognition for its community managed Hydropower Plants. According to PPAF announcement, here on Thursday, the award winning project is about 55 micro hydro plants completed in Northern Areas during the period 2004 to 2015 with funding from the World Bank, and the United States […]

Islamabad (AP) — Pakistan’s top civilian and military leaders traveled to the country’s southwest on Sunday to open a new international trade route by seeing off a Chinese ship that’s exporting goods to the Middle East and Africa from the newly built Gwadar port. The first convoy of Chinese trucks carrying goods for sale abroad […]

KARACHI: European Union Ambassador to Pakistan Jean Francois Cautain on Thursday disclosed that the EU is planning to enter into a five-year strategic partnership with Pakistan. In a meeting with the members of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma), the ambassador stated the current relationship between the EU and Pakistan has reached a mature […]

Pakistan and Emerging Markets in the World Economy The speech of Christine Lagarde Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Islamabad October 24, 2016 Also Available in Urdu Good afternoon—Al salaamu’alaykum! I would like to thank Prime Minister Sharif and Minister Dar for their warm invitation and State Bank Governor Wathra for hosting this event. This is […]

Pakistan often suffers of such a narrow and negative image in the international media but there is also that other side of Pakistan. It is a developing market with almost 200 million people, quickly growing middle-class and the current 7 % annual GDP growth estimated for 2016-2017 actually makes Pakistan one of the fastest growing […]

The Pakistani community in Finland is informed that the Government of Pakistan has approved  dual citizenship with Finland.