

Pakistan Direly Needs Women’s Financial Inclusion for a Productive Workforce
President Dr Arif Alvi on March 16, 2023 said Pakistan direly needed financial inclusion of women to turn fifty percent…

Foreign Reserves reached US$ 9.846 billion
Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves further reached US$ 9,846.8 million during the week ended on March 10, 2023. In a…

PM Calls for National Unity to Tackle Challenges, Attain Fiscal Stability
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on March 16, 2023 urged the national political leadership to forge unity for addressing the pervading…

ECB Facing High Core Inflation in the Near Term, Lagarde Says
Underlying inflation in the euro zone will stay high in the near term so a 50 basis point European Central…

UN Conference Calls for More Inclusive, Fair Digital Transformation in World’s Least Developed Countries
A United Nations conference under way in Doha, Qatar, has turned its attention to one of the world’s most problematic…

Reserve Bank of Australia Decides to Raise the Policy Rate by 25 Basis Points
At its meeting March 8, 2023, the Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to…

Bank of Canada Maintains Policy Rate, Continues Quantitative Tightening
The Bank of Canada March 8, 2023 held its target for the overnight rate at 4.5 percent, with the Bank…

Karandaaz Pakistan Signs Data Sharing Agreement with TASDEEQ Credit Bureau
Karandaaz Pakistan signed a data sharing agreement with TASDEEQ, a private credit bureau operating in Pakistan. By joining hands with…

Pharmaceutical Goods’ Export Increases by 32.4 percent
The export of pharmaceuticals goods from the country has witnessed an increase of 32.4 percent during the first seven months…

SECP Proposes Shariah Governance Regulations, 2023
In the light to promote Islamic financial markets in Pakistan, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued…