Pakistan could triple incomes by 2050 with faster reforms, World Bank says
A new World Bank report says per capita growth is stuck at 1.6% despite macroeconomic stability returning, and that reform could unlock growth of up to 6.9% a year.
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Shehbaz vows to ‘leave no stone unturned’ restoring progress to KP, assails PTI ‘callousness’
Chairing a security meeting in Peshawar, the prime minister accused the outgoing PTI government of letting militants return to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and vowed to restore the province’s progress.
Pakistan’s economy grew 3.7% last year, says World Bank
The World Bank’s Pakistan Development Update credits rating upgrades and a return to bond markets for the recovery, but flags a sharp mid-year inflation spike driven by energy prices.
India rejects OIC resolutions, accuses Pakistan of misusing the bloc
New Delhi called references to India in the resolutions of the OIC foreign ministers’ meeting in Baghdad “malicious, biased and false” and said they had been orchestrated by Islamabad.
Delhi court orders release of Cockroach Janta Party leaders after week in Tihar
Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, arrested for scaling barricades at Jantar Mantar, walked free vowing to keep up their campaign against India’s chief election commissioner.
Asim Munir and Maldives’ Muizzu agree to deepen defence cooperation
The army chief met the Maldivian president in Islamabad on the second day of the first visit by a Maldivian head of state in 11 years, as the two countries signed a defence and maritime security pact.
Petrol cut by Rs2.71 a litre, diesel up by 31 paisa
Petrol will sell at Rs379.31 a litre and high-speed diesel at Rs390.11 from Thursday under the government’s daily pricing system, still well above pre-war levels.
Pakistan arrests man wanted in US over $126 million fake postage scheme
Faheem Akram, 33, is accused of selling more than 5.1 million counterfeit US postage labels for about $2 each through LabelsBank.com, costing the US Postal Service an estimated Rs35 billion.
Khawaja Asif brands PTI overseas YouTubers its own ‘biggest enemies’
The defence minister said PTI’s champions abroad were “printing money” and earning dollars from the ordeal of the very leader they swear by, while the party at home pays for their posts.
Binance brings tokenised US stocks to UAE users through Abu Dhabi’s ADGM
bStocks let eligible UAE users trade tokens tracking Tesla, NVIDIA and other US shares around the clock from $5, under prospectuses approved by Abu Dhabi Global Market’s regulator.
