New Delhi: Pakistan’s demographic dividend has turned out to be a “demographic dilemma” as a widening skills gap leads to “economic stagnation which feeds social unrest”, a new report has said. The report from The Express Tribune said the country produced nearly 8 lakh university graduates annually but struggled to access key labour markets such…
Green-lights Rs500m project on Pakistan’s founding fathers to highlight the nation’s ideological heritage globally The federal government on Saturday announced plans to produce two historical web series on the life and services of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and philosopher-poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal to mark their 150th birth anniversaries. The decision was taken at a high-level…
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is set to visit Pakistan starting February 25 to hold discussions on the third review under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), according to official sources. During the visit, negotiations will also take place on the second review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), the sources said. The IMF…
Pakistan’s gas sector is sinking under a staggering Rs3.283 trillion circular debt, lawmakers were told, as parliamentarians warned that mounting losses at state-run utilities could ultimately collapse the system and further burden consumers. The disclosure before the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Petroleum triggered sharp criticism and calls for structural reform, including privatisation, of the…
Pakistan’s men’s cricket team will tour Bangladesh for a three-match ODI series in March this year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed on Friday. Pakistan will arrive in Bangladesh on March 9 and will undergo a training session on March 10 ahead of the opening ODI against the hosts at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium…
Pakistan-owned Roosevelt Hotel shut since 2020, key to IMF-backed asset plan worth over $1b A view of The Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan in New York City, US, February 24, 2025.PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistan signed a deal with the United States government on Thursday to jointly redevelop New York’s Roosevelt Hotel, allowing Islamabad to unlock the value…
Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan joined an elite group of batters with an unbeaten century in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 clash against Namibia at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground on Wednesday. Farhan, who had nine fifties to his name in the shortest international format, dominated the Eagles’ bowling attack and made an unbeaten…
New Delhi: Pakistan’s push to position itself as a supplier of rare earths and critical minerals to the United States remains only a promise without evidence unless domestic security, political stability and regulatory clarity improve, a new report has said. The report in Pakistan-based The Friday Times said that despite geological potential including deposits at…
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed the re-export of Afghan transit trade consignments, that had remained stuck for months at Chaman and Quetta, through Karachi’s ports. The main border crossings with Afghanistan have remained closed to regular trade and transit since October 10, 2025, following deadly clashes along the frontier after Kabul failed to…
Pakistan is preparing to repay about $1.3 billion in principal and interest on a maturing Eurobond in April 2026, as negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approach under the country’s $7 billion reform programme. As the IMF review mission prepares to arrive in Pakistan later this month, officials said the delegation will stay in…