ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will undertake new projects for Chinese financing and investment to expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) of $ 46 billion when officials from the two countries meet here on November 6 as part of the annual consultations of the Committee on Joint Cooperation (JCC). Speaking at a joint press conference together with the

KARACHI: The steel cutting ceremony of two warships of the A / P Type 054 Frigate Project being built for the Pakistan Navy was held at the Hudong Zhonghua (HZ) shipyard, China, on Friday. According to a press release, the Chief Naval Supervisor (CNO) of China, Commodore Azfar Humayun of the Pakistan Navy and the

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) requested on Friday the federal and provincial authorities of Pakistan to introduce a single tax base and make full use of development funds as & # 39; stimulus & # 39; to revive the economic growth that he estimated was one of the lowest with 2.4 percent for the

KARACHI: The governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Reza Baqir, launched the National Payment Systems Strategy (NPSS) on Friday. At a meeting, which included the president of the World Bank, David Robert Malpass, Baqir said that "this strategy establishes a road map and an action plan for Pakistan to have a modern and solid

KARACHI: Pakistan is one of the 10 economies where the business climate has improved most over the past year, Fitch Ratings said in a report issued Friday. The rating agency also recognized the policy measures taken by the government to reduce the current account deficit and reduce the trajectory of gross external financing needs. Fitch's

NEW DELHI: The New Delhi authorities declared a public health emergency on Friday and closed schools and all construction activities until next week, as air pollution in the city reached its worst level this year. A thick mist loomed over the Indian capital this week caused by columns of toxic smoke from agricultural fires in