First Lady Bibi Asifa Bhutto Zardari, MNA, on Wednesday, said Pakistan highly values its close and multifaceted cooperation with the United Nations and attaches great importance to the work of the UN country team in Pakistan. The first lady met Mohamed Yahya, United Nations Resident Coordinator and the representatives of different UN agencies in Pakistan, […]
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Finmin highlights reform priorities at Harvard discussion
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday highlighted Pakistan’s key reform priorities while participating in a high-level panel discussion at Harvard University on “Pakistan’s Economic Agenda: Stability, Reform and What Comes Next,” held as part of the Pakistan Conference 2026. The session was moderated by Dr. Reza Baqir, former Governor of […]
Steps to lower production cost of industrial goods among govt priorities
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the incumbent government was taking priority measures to reduce the production cost of industrial goods for local industry, trade, and population. The prime minister, chairing a meeting to review recommendations of the sub-working group on customs duty and other trade sector reforms, said that the National Tariff […]
Power Priorities
The good thing (or bad thing) about the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is that it keeps changing its goal posts and keep putting different people in different roles. In politics, changing position is often called U-turn. This is what PTI founder Imran Khan has done this recently: he asked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa party head Junaid Akbar to […]
Our diplomatic priorities
Exactly one day ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s scheduled visit to Tehran, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has issued a diplomatic rebuke to his hosts in the form of a protest launched over Iran’s alleged lack of action against elements suspected of the Ormara massacre of April 18. The terrorists are seen as having […]