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Pakistan to get $1.1bn from IMF in December: Dar

The IMF has said Pakistan's economic reforms are on track and that the Executive Board would meet in early December…

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South Asia’s dismal HDIs

Khadija Haq, the president of the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre, says South Asia is one of the least…

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‘Poisonous’ economic combinations

SINCE the global financial crisis in 2008 and the ensuing Great Recession, innumerable reports on the world economy have appeared…

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Chinese investors pull back

THE market is still rife with rumours over what could have prompted the Chinese company Shandong Ruyi Science and Technology…

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Farmers seek a fair compensation for flood losses

AS the Ministry of National Food, Security and Research comes up with its almost final assessment of damages to the…

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Marketing Diamer-Bhasha dam

THIS Wednesday, Pakistan will be marketing its largest-ever project — the Diamer-Bhasha dam — for private sector financing in a…

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Upgrading bagasse-based power plants

BASED on 2012-13 data on cane crushing and sugar production released by the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association and assuming a…

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ADB highlights ‘alarming’ climate change situation in Asia-Pacific region

A staggering 40,000 people lost their lives due to natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region during the period 2003-2012 alone.…

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Job growth is rising solidly, so why isn’t pay?

Where are the pay raises? Employers in the United States are hiring at a brisk pace. Unemployment has sunk to…

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