Karachi - Pakistan's central bank on Thursday said it was working closely with the government to restore economic stability amid rising rumours that the country might default soon on loans from its international creditors.
"The federal government and the central bank are working in tandem to restore macroeconomic stability," Shamshad Akhter, the governor of State Bank of Pakistan, said in an unscheduled statement.
Akhter blamed the prolonged political instability and rising international fuel and commodities prices for the country's financial difficulties.
Karachi, Sept 5: Pakistani parliamentarians (commonly referred to as Members of National Assembly) and members of provincial assemblies (MPAs) will cast their vote with a special indelible pencil in the presidential election scheduled for tomorrow.
Several top ranking babus in Sindh danced to the tune of an anonymous caller who befooled them by saying that he was calling from Zardari House, that they had been transferred, and that they must send official vehicles to the airports to receive the new incumbents.
Karachi- Pakistan's top security official said on Wednesday the government would complete its inquiry into the so-called honour killing of five women in the south-western province of Balochistan within a week and would make it public shortly.
Karachi - US-based Citibank has advised Pakistan to secure help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid default on its foreign debt repayments in the face of an ongoing political crisis.
