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PBS data shows short-term relief from food and fuel prices, but cost pressures persist KARACHI: Pakistan's weekly Sensitive Price Indicator...

LAHORE: Pakistan's largely informal gold market is eroding economic value, weakening consumer confidence and discouraging investment, with more than 90%...

Trade deficit. Design: Mohsin Alam ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has booked over $19 billion trade deficit during the first half of the...

Tesla faced a turbulent 2025, with shares falling in Q1 amid stiff competition, especially abroadMusk had openly dismissed BYD in...

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) unleashed unrelenting bullish momentum on the second day of the year, with the benchmark KSE-100...

Double-digit inflation, currency devaluation and IMF conditions deepen pressure on middle-income households Pakistanis spent nearly two out of every three...

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. Design: Ibrahim Yahya ISLAMABAD: The year 2025 brought both pain and gain in the energy sector during which...

Government expects to collect $368m under new electronic device manufacturing policy ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to impose up to...

Issues 47 notices to undertakings involved in cartelisation, price-fixing, prohibited agreements, deceptive practices ISLAMABAD: During 2025, the Competition Commission of...

Central bank holdings rise $13m as total deposits reach $21b; 2026 starts with softer bullion prices KARACHI: Pakistan's liquid foreign...

Says petroleum rights holders must disclose changes in shareholding, capital issuance ISLAMABAD: Over six months have passed since show-cause notices...

Foreign funds would divert their liquidity into buying Pakistan’s stocks. This would merely increases prices of shares and be profitable...

Annual report reveals talks with IPPs eliminated financial burden of Rs3,400b on consumers and national exchequer The Power Division has...

Says over 14 million Pakistanis live abroad, and 70 million rely on the airline domestically Prominent businessman Arif Habib has...

AKTA cites widespread closures, soaring inflation and unemployment, warns of no economic recovery in sight for 2026 Small traders have...

Nashpa Block well yields 4,100 bpd oil, 10.5 mmcfd gas, boosting local energy outputOil and gas sector. Photo: File Oil...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain chaired 2nd meeting of the National Wheat Oversight...

.State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched Pakistan's Financial Inclusion Index (P-FII),...

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to set up a National Vaccine Fund as a dedicated, professionally managed investment vehicle anchored...