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Pakistan IMF funding 3.6 billion dollars scheduled for disbursement over next 14 months under EFF and RSF programmes

Pakistan to Receive $3.6 Billion More in IMF Funding Over Next 14 Months

Nayab Fatima2026-07-13

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is poised to get $3.6 billion more from the International Monetary Fund in the coming 14 months, as part of the final disbursements due on the existing two IMF programmes which have been a lifeline for Pakistan’s macroeconomic stability since 2024. While the Pakistan IMF funding $3.6 billion pipeline is dependent on the ... Read more

Karachi solid waste project performance rating from satisfactory to moderately unsatisfactory over delays

World Bank Downgrades USD100m Karachi Solid Waste Project

Nayab Fatima2026-07-12

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the performance of its USD100 million Karachi Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project negatively, sending out a notice that poor performance, inefficiencies in contract management, and lack of institutional capability are behind the delay in the implementation of one of the most important urban infrastructural projects in Pakistan. World ... Read more

Gwadar Port Bunkering Operation First International Ship-to-Ship Fuel Supply

Gwadar Port Completes First International Ship-to-Ship Bunkering Operation

Nayab Fatima2026-07-12

ISLAMABAD: This is the first ship-to-ship bunkering of an international vessel at the Gwadar Port – an event that symbolizes the start of Pakistan’s efforts to establish itself as a regional fuel hub at one of the best-situated deep-sea ports in the Indian Ocean. This is the stage when the Gwadar Port bunkering maritime hub ... Read more

rime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issues World Population Day message warning Pakistan population growth pressure on jobs schools hospitals housing with 2.55 percent

PM Shehbaz Warns Pakistan’s Population Boom Could Be Its Greatest Asset or Biggest Challenge

Nayab Fatima2026-07-12

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has given a warning on World Population Day that Pakistan’s rapidly growing population is putting increasing strain on employment, education, healthcare, and housing sectors, and the country stands at the crossroads of choosing whether the country’s population boom will be an asset or liability to the country. This is ... Read more

Imran Khan Jemima house Ormeley Lodge in Richmond listed for £25 million in London

Imran Khan’s Former London Home Hits Market for £25 Million

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-11

A £25 million price tag now sits on one of London’s most politically significant addresses for Pakistan. Ormeley Lodge. The name will not mean much outside Pakistani politics, but the address certainly will. This week Knight Frank and Sotheby’s International Realty put the Georgian mansion on the market. It sits in Richmond. Imran Khan lived ... Read more

Privatisation Commission appoints Asian Development Bank as financial adviser for Islamabad airport outsourcing

ADB Appointed Financial Adviser for Islamabad Airport Outsourcing

Nayab Fatima2026-07-11

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission has nominated the Asian Development Bank as the financial advisor for the outsourcing of operations of Islamabad International Airport a major infrastructure deal that Pakistan has made in recent times. The appointment of the ADB as financial advisor to the Islamabad airport outsourcing deal was passed by the Privatisation Commission at ... Read more

DIG Traffic Pir Muhammad Shah announces Karachi rickshaw meter policy banning non-metered rickshaws from operating in the city

Karachi to Allow Only Metered Rickshaws Under New Traffic Policy

Nayab Fatima2026-07-10

KARACHI: Banned Rickshaws in Karachi Pir Muhammad Shah DIG Traffic of Karachi has revealed that all kinds of rickshaws are to be banned from plying the streets of Karachi, except for the ones equipped with meters. The Karachi rickshaw meter scheme has been revealed by DIG Traffic of Karachi at Karachi Press Club along with ... Read more

Pakistan police cyberattack linked to China and India hackers

China, India-Linked Hackers Secretly Target Pakistan Police in Two-Year Spy Campaign

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-10

ISLAMABAD(Reuters): Two intelligence rivals picked the same target and neither knew the other was already inside. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne says hacking groups tied separately to China and India spent more than two years quietly probing Pakistan’s police networks, running parallel espionage campaigns that converged on the same institutions without any apparent coordination between Beijing and ... Read more

Pakistan issues emergency LNG tender after Strait of Hormuz attacks disrupt supply

Pakistan Seeks Emergency LNG Cargo as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate

Nayab Fatima2026-07-09

Pakistan declared an emergency bid for LNG on Thursday following further attacks in the Strait of Hormuz that caused disruption to the normal flow of gas into the country. This was confirmed by the state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) in an official statement made to Bloomberg news agency. According to Bloomberg, there have been several ... Read more

Customs seize 2,600 cigarette packs from Umrah pilgrims at Jinnah International Airport

Customs Seize 2,600 Cigarette Packs from Two Umrah Pilgrims at Karachi Airport

Nayab Fatima2026-07-09

KARACHI: Through a press statement released by the Pakistan Custom Department, it was learnt that Customs seize 2,600 cigarette packets from the baggage of two pilgrims traveling for Umrah at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. How 2,600 Cigarette Packets were Seized by the Customs Official These two individuals were about to board a private ... Read more

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Pakistan to Receive $3.6 Billion More in IMF Funding Over Next 14 Months

World Bank Downgrades USD100m Karachi Solid Waste Project

Gwadar Port Completes First International Ship-to-Ship Bunkering Operation

PM Shehbaz Warns Pakistan’s Population Boom Could Be Its Greatest Asset or Biggest Challenge

Imran Khan’s Former London Home Hits Market for £25 Million

ADB Appointed Financial Adviser for Islamabad Airport Outsourcing

Karachi to Allow Only Metered Rickshaws Under New Traffic Policy

China, India-Linked Hackers Secretly Target Pakistan Police in Two-Year Spy Campaign

Pakistan Seeks Emergency LNG Cargo as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate

Customs Seize 2,600 Cigarette Packs from Two Umrah Pilgrims at Karachi Airport

Pakistan to Receive $3.6 Billion More in IMF Funding Over Next 14 Months

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