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LARKANA: Daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaheed Mohtram Benazir Bhutto, Bibi Aseefa Bhutto Zardari on Sunday submitted her ...

Elements behind campaign against martyrs to face stern action: Attaullah Tarar

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said this on Sunday the government was fully aware of the ...

Retaining walls on Chitral Shandur road damaging automatically

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April 2, 2024

CHITRAL: Construction work on the Chitral-Booni Shandor road has been going on for the past 4 years under the supervision ...

Honor of student

TALASH: In the annual examinations of Community Development Public School and College Talash Dir Lower, a talented student Ahmed Khan ...

Kashmiri condemns the sale of their state to Maharashtra govt

Muzaffarabad: Pasban-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir has condemned the sale of India's illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K) land to the ...

Ambassador of Iran calls on National Assembly Speaker

Islamabad: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq held a fruitful meeting with Ambassador of Iran H.E. Dr. Amiri Moghaddam, in ...

Tribes agreed to a ceasefire in North Waziristan & Orakzai

WANA: Successful Jirga of AC Mir Ali Subdivision & Upper Orakzai with the Misri Khel (North Waziristan) & Biland Khel ...

7 Pak Army troops martyred in North Waziristan terror attack

In the early hours of March 16, 2024, a group of six terrorists attacked a security force post in the ...

ISLAMABAD: As the new government began to seek a fresh loan to end its economic woes, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome held a meeting to discuss economic reforms through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) among other key issues. problems. Ambassador Blome called on Prime Minister Shehbaz on Friday to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, including a partnership with the newly formed government on regional security, US mission acting spokesman Thomas Montgomery said in a statement. The meeting took place as Islamabad entered the stage of negotiations with the global lender for the final review meeting on the $3 billion Contingency Agreement (SBA). If the negotiations are successful, the IMF will release a final tranche of around $1.1 billion to Pakistan. They also subsequently discussed "US support for continued economic reforms with and through the IMF, trade and investment, education, climate change and private sector-led economic growth," Montgomery added. The US envoy also expressed Washington's support for Pakistan's democracy and the crucial role of an independent press. The two sides also discussed how the two countries can work together to accelerate projects dealing with climate change under the US-Pakistan Green Alliance.

PM seeks Washington’s support on economic reforms through IMF

March 15, 2024