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Pakistan moves away from trade aid with GCC countries: FinMin

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb gives an interview to CNN Business Arabia. — X/@kschehzad Inflation falls to single digits from 38% peak. Primary surpluses and reserves bolster external safety reserves. Rating agencies upgrade Pakistan’s outlook this year. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said Pakistan is moving away from aid-based support to trade and investment, with an emphasis on deeper economic partnerships with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. In an interview with CNN Business ArabiaAurangzeb said the strategic shift, which he said has been clearly articulated by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, reflects Pakistan’s renewed economic confidence and reform momentum, aimed at long-term economic

December 18, 2025

The UN and humanitarian agencies warn that Israel’s policies are threatening aid operations in Gaza

The ongoing rewrite process has left millions of dollars worth of essential supplies stuck outside the strip June 5, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS The United Nations and aid groups warned on Wednesday that humanitarian operations in the Palestinian territories, particularly Gaza, risk collapsing if Israel does not remove obstacles that include an “unclear, arbitrary and highly politicized” registration process. Dozens of international aid groups face delisting by Dec. 31, meaning they must shut down operations within 60 days, the UN and more than 200 local and international aid groups said in a joint statement. “The deletion of NGOs (international aid groups)

December 16, 2025

Pakistan is shifting from aid to investment as economic reforms gain credibility

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during an interview with Reuters at the 2025 IMF/World Bank Annual Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File Islamabad: Federal Finance Minister and Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan is no longer seeking aid-based support and is moving decisively towards trade and investment-led engagement to ensure long-term economic sustainability and mutually beneficial partnerships, especially with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. In an interview with CNN Business Arabia, he said this strategic direction, clearly articulated by the prime minister, reflects renewed economic confidence and momentum for reforms. He noted

December 10, 2025

UN condemns global apathy to 2026 aid appeal

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Monday hit out at global “apathy” to the widespread suffering as it launched a humanitarian aid appeal for 2026 that is limited in scope as aid operations face major funding cuts. “This is an era of brutality, impunity and indifference,” UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told reporters, condemning “the ferocity and intensity of the killing, the complete disregard for international law, the appalling levels of sexual violence” he had seen on the ground in 2025. “This is a time when the rules are giving way, when the scaffolding of coexistence is under constant attack,

December 9, 2025

U.S. aid sought for energy reforms

Islamabad: Federal Minister of Power Awais Ahmed Leghari on Monday met US Ambassador to Pakistan Natalie Baker to discuss ongoing reforms, future cooperation and investment opportunities in Pakistan’s energy sector. During the meeting, the minister sought the ambassador’s support to engage US-based multilateral development partners and international financial institutions, including the IMF and the World Bank, to help remove obstacles to the sustainable development of Pakistan’s power sector. He said that the assistance of development partners is necessary to implement structural reforms and improve the performance of the sector. Leghari briefed Baker on the recently launched Surplus Power package and

December 8, 2025

UN cuts aid appeal for 2026 despite growing need

A Palestinian woman gestures as she waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025. — Reuters The United Nations appealed on Monday for an aid budget just half of what it had hoped for this year, acknowledging a plunge in donor funding at a time when humanitarian needs have never been greater. By its own admission, the UN’s $23 billion appeal will exclude tens of millions of people who urgently need help, as falling support has forced it to prioritize only the most desperate. The funding cuts

December 4, 2025

Child deaths to rise this year as aid cuts reverse progress, Gates says

A nurse from Save the Children vaccinates an internally displaced Somali child in Baidoa, Somalia, June 25, 2025. — Reuters LONDON: About 200,000 more children are likely to die before their fifth birthday this year than in 2024, as cuts to international aid undermine decades of progress, the Gates Foundation said on Thursday. The projected increase would mark the first increase in preventable child deaths this century, Gates said, from an estimated 4.6 million in 2024 to 4.8 million this year. Child deaths have halved since 2000. “For decades, the world has made steady progress in saving children’s lives. But

December 2, 2025

Pakistan accuses India of blocking the delivery of aid to Sri Lanka

Foreign Ministry says aid delivery delayed by 60 hours, India denies blocking airspace Pakistan’s foreign ministry said its humanitarian aid mission to Sri Lanka has been delayed for more than 60 hours due to India’s denial of full flight permission. A special aircraft carrying Pakistani aid to Sri Lanka is awaiting clearance to enter Indian airspace. The ministry said the partial permission granted by India late on Sunday, after a 48-hour wait, was operationally impractical, limited to just a few hours and not valid for the return journey. The Foreign Office described the delay as “severely hampering this urgent aid

November 12, 2025