IMF Asks Pakistan To Cut Spending
IMF official claimed that Pakistan needs to cut some development and non-development spending and boost revenue collection. Mazarei said that uncertainties about the government’s financing needs are limiting the central bank’s ability to lower interest rates.
Pakistan Launches Commodity Index
The National Commodity Exchange Limited (NCEL) launched the first Commodity Index in the country, chairman NCEL Sameer Ahmad said Monday. The NCEL Commodity Index based on the composition of five commodities available for trading on NCEL covering gold, silver, crude oil, palm olien, and Irri-6 Rice. The Index is designed to provide a diversified benchmark [...]
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