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Monday, January 19, 2026
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Business, Economic & Financial News
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Headlines
Pakistan–Philippines pharma trade could reach $1bn, says business leader
18/01/2026
Basmati boom lifts Pakistan to third spot in global rice exports in December
18/01/2026
Govt borrows Rs1.19tr from banks in 1HFY26 despite revenue growth
18/01/2026
Customs bust smuggling rings in Balochistan, Karachi, seize goods and valuables worth over Rs566m
18/01/2026
Punjab launches first govt run free home delivery of essentials, 312,000 orders fulfilled
18/01/2026
Featured
Signature Residency REIT offers familiar asset class in a new form
19/01/2026
What the government is doing to bring its interest costs down
19/01/2026
Shakarganj ends 2025 on a dour note, with revenue down 31%
19/01/2026
Agriautos poised to ride the auto sales wave in 2026
12/01/2026
For GSK, declining costs boost margins as much as rising prices
12/01/2026
Opinion
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Editorial
Agriculture at crossroads: Are we ready?
15/12/2025
Myth-busting the narrative on the 11th NFC Award
03/12/2025
Promoting Made in Pakistan
01/12/2025
The decline of centralized grids
24/11/2025
Pakistan’s economic gridlock: Why ignoring the SME sector keeps the economy stagnant
20/10/2025
Tech
After strong 2025, grown stalls at Symmetry Group
05/01/2026
Supernet announces major push towards regional expansion
05/01/2026
Punjab highway patrol launches Cyber Patrol unit for social media monitoring
24/12/2025
TPL Trakker revenue drops 43% in 2025
27/10/2025
Supernet’s post-connectivity pivot: doubling revenue at the cost of thinner margins
23/06/2025
World
OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT in bid to boost revenue
17/01/2026
India eases rules for foreign investors, proposes new trade settlement mechanism
17/01/2026
Musk’s Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown
17/01/2026
Oil settles higher ahead of US holiday on Iran strike concerns
17/01/2026
Global debt edges up to $251 trillion, nears 235% of GDP as private borrowing falls, public loans rise
16/01/2026
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The author is a business journalist at Profit. She can be reached at ariba.shahid@pakistantoday.com.pk or at twitter.com/AribaShahid
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