{"id":1159534,"date":"2026-02-09T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/?p=1159534"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:40:09","slug":"pm-welcomes-moodys-stable-outlook-for-pakistans-banking-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/09\/pm-welcomes-moodys-stable-outlook-for-pakistans-banking-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"PM welcomes Moody\u2019s stable outlook for Pakistan\u2019s banking sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ISLAMABAD, Feb 09 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed satisfaction over Moody\u2019s decision to assign a stable outlook to Pakistan\u2019s banking sector, and termed it a positive reflection of the country\u2019s improving economic fundamentals and prudent policy direction.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister lauded the efforts of the government\u2019s economic team, saying their day-and-night hard work had played a crucial role in steering the economy towards stability and growth. He said international institutions\u2019 reports and ratings served as clear evidence that Pakistan\u2019s economic trajectory was moving in the right direction, a Prime Minister&#8217;s Office news release said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPakistan\u2019s economy is now on the path of stability and progress,\u201d the prime minister said, adding that recent assessments by global rating agencies underscored growing confidence in the country\u2019s financial and economic management.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appreciated the collective efforts of the economic managers in ensuring macroeconomic stability, strengthening the financial sector and restoring investor confidence. He said the acknowledgment by Moody\u2019s was a testament to sound economic policies and sustained reforms undertaken by the government.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing optimism about the future, the prime minister said that, by the grace of Almighty Allah, the dream of Pakistan\u2019s development was steadily turning into reality, and the government remained committed to maintaining economic discipline and accelerating growth for the benefit of the people.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Feb 09 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed satisfaction over Moody\u2019s decision to assign a stable outlook to Pakistan\u2019s banking sector, and termed it a positive reflection of the country\u2019s improving economic fundamentals and prudent policy direction. The prime minister lauded the efforts of the government\u2019s economic team, saying their day-and-night&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1159538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_speechable_audio":"","_speechable_word_timings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[7977,7978,358],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-1159534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-banking-sector","tag-pakistans-economic-growth","tag-prime-minister-muhammad-shehbaz-sharif","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159534"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_template?post=1159534"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=1159534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}