Khaleeq Kiani

Articles by Khaleeq Kiani

PIA union makes vain effort to stall airline sale

HealthJanuary 5, 2026

• People’s Unity alleges privatisation bidding process lacked transparency; employees barred from participation• Claims collective bargaining agent has expertise to turn around loss-making flag carrie...

Industry demands revival of confidence

BusinessDecember 23, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan Business Forum (PBF) on Monday sought Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s urgent intervention for revival of business confidence and Pakistan’s economic competitiveness. In a letter ...

Diesel price slashed by Rs14 as petrol remains unchanged

NewsDecember 16, 2025

The government on Monday decreased the high-speed diesel (HSD) price by Rs14 and kept the petrol price unchanged for the fortnight ending December 31, owing to favourable international market prices. ...

NFC meets today to discuss resource sharing

NewsDecember 4, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The inaugural meeting of the 11th National Finance Commission (NFC) is being held here on Thursday (today) to formally begin negotiations on the horizontal and vertical distribution of divi...

Finance minister expects ‘good’ NFC output

BusinessDecember 1, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Sunday warns against an urge for ‘gold rush’ to economic growth and asserted that both the federation and its units would have to contribute greater r...

Govt utters cautious optimism amid mixed economic performance

BusinessNovember 29, 2025

• Expenditures swell 11.9pc against revenue growth of 11.4pc in July-October• Public debt records first quarterly decline of Rs1.371tr in five years• Key crops cotton, rice see production fall; sugarc...

Pakistan, Russia vow ‘forward-looking’ partnership

BusinessNovember 28, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia on Thursday reaffirmed their resolve to deepen bilateral cooperation in diversified trade, energy, business-to-business engagements and social sectors like health and ed...

IMF highlights corruption risks across state institutions

BusinessNovember 20, 2025

• Lender’s Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment proposes 15-point reform plan • Calls for tighter limits on govt’s financial powers • Demands first public annual report of SIFC, concessions...

Govt to release key report ahead of IMF board meeting

BusinessNovember 5, 2025

ISLAMABAD: The government has given an undertaking to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it will publish the much-delayed Governance and Corruption Diagnostic (GCD) Assessment Report before th...

World Bank asks Pakistan to overhaul skewed trade pacts

BusinessNovember 3, 2025

• Urges govt to ensure market-determined, flexible exchange rate • Calls for deeper reforms to cut energy, input costs ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has asked Pakistan to improve its skewed preferential t...

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