LONDON: Pressure is mounting on George Osborne ahead of next week’s Autumn Statement as “terrible” public finance figures suggested the government would miss its borrowing targets this year.
Deficit reduction has slowed so rapidly in recent months that some economists expect a £10bn overshoot by the end of the financial year — sufficient to put in jeopardy the chancellor’s ambition to eliminate borrowing by 2019-20.
ISLAMABBAD: Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday agreed to further expand trade ties by keeping border crossings open round the clock,...
LAHORE: It has been revealed that bank cheques worth over Rs563.2 million, belonging to industrialists, have been dishonored. The audit...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced new graded penalties for delays in filing goods declarations and clearing...
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves increased by $14 million during the week ended August 7, 2026, reaching $22.498...
