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Year-opening buying lifts PSX to peak tribune.com.pk
Foreign funds would divert their liquidity into buying Pakistan’s stocks. This would merely increases prices of shares and be profitable...
Think tank challenges 3.7% growth tribune.com.pk
Growth target. Design: Ibrahim Yahya ISLAMABAD: An independent think tank has termed the first quarter's economic growth rate of 3.7%...
NARC opens speed breeding units for wheat and pulses tribune.com.pk
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Friday inaugurated speed breeding facilities for wheat...
PSX tops 179,000 as equities extend rally tribune.com.pk
The new flat 15% CGT rate for filers and 20% for non-filers will be applicable to only those shares that...
‘Mineral marvel’ to be showcased at Riyadh forum tribune.com.pk
FM for Petroleum informed KSA ambassador Pakistan will participate in forum later this month following Saudi inviteMinister of State for...
Fisheries reforms key to boosting seafood exports tribune.com.pk
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has called for urgent reforms in the fisheries sector, saying...
Cement sales grow 9.7% to 25.8m tonnes tribune.com.pk
LAHORE: Cement dispatches showed a slight growth of 1.47% in December 2025 as total sales reached 4.347 million tons against...
SBP injects Rs13 trillion into economy, announces Rs4.5 trillion borrowing target tribune.com.pk
State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) injected Rs13 trillion through both conventional and...
SPI rises 2.41% YoY despite weekly decline tribune.com.pk
PBS data shows short-term relief from food and fuel prices, but cost pressures persist KARACHI: Pakistan's weekly Sensitive Price Indicator...
Informal gold trade drains revenue, distorts prices tribune.com.pk
LAHORE: Pakistan's largely informal gold market is eroding economic value, weakening consumer confidence and discouraging investment, with more than 90%...
Trade deficit widens to $19b tribune.com.pk
Trade deficit. Design: Mohsin Alam ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has booked over $19 billion trade deficit during the first half of the...
BYD overtakes Tesla to become world’s largest EV seller tribune.com.pk
Tesla faced a turbulent 2025, with shares falling in Q1 amid stiff competition, especially abroadMusk had openly dismissed BYD in...
PSX smashes through 179,000 as bulls stay firmly in control tribune.com.pk
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) unleashed unrelenting bullish momentum on the second day of the year, with the benchmark KSE-100...
Food, housing consume 63% of household spending in Pakistan tribune.com.pk
Double-digit inflation, currency devaluation and IMF conditions deepen pressure on middle-income households Pakistanis spent nearly two out of every three...
Dollar makes soft start to 2026 after biggest annual drop in eight years tribune.com.pk
Major currencies extend 2025 gains against dollar as markets await US data and Fed leadership signals The US dollar made a feeble start...
Energy sector sees mixed results in 2025 amid circular debt, reform efforts tribune.com.pk
Energy sector. Design: Ibrahim Yahya ISLAMABAD: The year 2025 brought both pain and gain in the energy sector during which...
Pakistan proposes 5% levy on mobile imports to fund local manufacturing effort tribune.com.pk
Government expects to collect $368m under new electronic device manufacturing policy ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to impose up to...
CCP imposes Rs2.36b penalties in 2025 tribune.com.pk
Issues 47 notices to undertakings involved in cartelisation, price-fixing, prohibited agreements, deceptive practices ISLAMABAD: During 2025, the Competition Commission of...
State Bank’s reserves edge up to $15.91b tribune.com.pk
Central bank holdings rise $13m as total deposits reach $21b; 2026 starts with softer bullion prices KARACHI: Pakistan's liquid foreign...
DGPC delays action on ownership change tribune.com.pk
Says petroleum rights holders must disclose changes in shareholding, capital issuance ISLAMABAD: Over six months have passed since show-cause notices...
