ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday stressed the importance of a well-regulated digital asset framework that aligns with international best practices and complies with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines to ensure transparency, financial security and economic stability. He said the government was committed to exploring digital assets and integrating blockchain technology as part
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Foreign loan disbursements and the rollover of existing debt jumped to $11.5 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as the government disclosed that it had received $306 million in Chinese lending for the construction of a nuclear power plant. The Ministry of Economic Affairs on Tuesday released details
BAMAKO: At least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali, authorities and local sources told AFP. Mali is one of Africa’s leading gold producers, and mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides and accidents. Authorities have struggled to control unregulated mining of the precious
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has upheld the Competition Appellate Tribunal’s (CAT) order imposing a penalty of Rs6 million on a local restaurant chain for using the name and logo of the international coffee chain, Starbucks, to allegedly deceive customers. Starbucks, a globally recognised chain of coffeehouses registered in the US state of Washington, had lodged