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Startup Allia Health secures $2m in funding in Tim Draper-backed round, targets Pakistani expansion

Backed by Tim Draper, the clinician-facing platform eyes digital disruption in mental health delivery across emerging markets
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K-Electric: Asleep at the switch

A bruising board fight has left the management adrift, at a time when the company is unprepared to deal with the coming age of solar energy

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When the taxman meets the tobacco baron

Track and trace has proven effective in moments, but taxation in the tobacco trade is a whole other ball game

Code, Cash, and Chaos: Inside the blindspots threatening Pakistani IT

A thriving IT industry risks stalling as policy uncertainty clouds Pakistan’s digital future

The govt is going to tax e-commerce. Can they survive it?

The imposition of sales tax and stricter monitoring of the industry can prove to be a killing blow

At Highnoon Laboratories, profits surge on export growth

Margin expansion, product line growth, and global markets access help the company grow its top and bottom lines

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National Assembly, Senate committees reject proposal for 18% sales tax on imported solar panels

Committee members from all political parties opposed the 18% GST on solar panels, with the FBR estimating Rs20 billion in revenue from the tax

Sindh Special Court convicts first-ever insider trading case in Pakistan

Zakir Hussain Somji, former AVP of a private bank, fined Rs8.6 million for illegal stock trades using insider information

$3 billion project financing for Reko Diq advances with IFC, IDA loan approval

Company remains on track to sign project finance documents and expects the loan to be available for initial drawdown in the second half of 2025

Rs 35.968 billion funding package approved for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s merged districts

Funds will support key projects, including solarising 120,000 off-grid households with Rs 13.5 billion and Rs 7 billion for police station construction and Levies force transformation

Pakistan, US to deepen economic ties amid reciprocal tariff talks: Aurangzeb

Finance minister says constructive engagement underway to finalise trade agreement

KSE-100 ends lower after volatile session despite strong early gains

Index swings over 1,000 points as investor sentiment remains mixed following policy rate hold

Foreign investment slips sharply in May, cumulative FDI down 7.5%

Total foreign inflows in May 2025 fell to $145.1 million compared to $544.8 million a year ago

Pakistan, US officials make headway in trade talks, focus on resolving Trump tariffs

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lead discussions to finalise trade deal and ease reciprocal tariffs

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Painfully Deja Vu

The tradition of the annual budget speech is rapidly becoming meaningless. Every year, the finance minister delivers a barely...

Growth on paper, stagnation on ground

Pakistan’s economic survey reveals more spin than spark

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Bitter squeeze on the juice industry

A 20% excise duty meant to boost revenue is crushing the formal juice industry, hurting farmers, empowering unsafe informal players, and shrinking the tax base.

Reminder: Maryam Nawaz’s crusade to turn Punjab into a dictatorship continues

The appearance of billboards stuck in the middle of Liberty Chowk in Lahore proudly advertising the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority...

The Chashma-Jhelum Link Canal Question

While the Indus Water Treaty is under threat, we must focus on implementing its spirit domestically

Govts are initiating AI projects. Can Sovereign AI be a national utility?

The adoption of AI is accelerating globally, revolutionizing companies and governments with an emerging “super intelligence” making decisions faster and allocating...

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