Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By Khaleeq Kiani Published in Dawn on October, 13, 2026 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.5 per cent during the current fiscal year and inflation to remain close to double digits for another year, notwithstanding global growth rebounding to 3.4pc. In its flagship World Economic Outlook, released at the launch […]
By Iftikhar A. KhanSyed Irfan Raza Published in Dawn on October, 13, 2026 ISLAMABAD: European Union Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday to discuss strengthening Pakistan-EU cooperation in migration and mobility, one of the eight pillars of the Pakistan-EU Strategic Engagement Plan 2019. Welcoming Commissioner Brunner on[…]
