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Pakistan has the third-largest ship-breaking industry in the world. Could new compliance measures make it number one?

Bangladesh and India are market leaders in what has become a serious business in South Asia, but Pakistan lags behind.
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The wages of Dar’s destructiveness

How one man's obsession with the exchange rate has decimated a decade of progress on raising incomes and shrunk the Pakistani middle class

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Agriautos poised to ride the auto sales wave in 2026

The company's revenue and profit margins have recovered sharply from the crash in 2022, with nascent export sales also contributing to profit growth

For GSK, declining costs boost margins as much as rising prices

Deregulated drug pricing is only part of the story for many pharmaceutical players, with a decline in global API prices boosting profits for some

Do Pakistani exporters still have hope?

Inconsistent policies and a fast changing market have left textile exporters jolted. This is their story in their own words — and it holds the key to Pakistan’s economic future

Ghazi Fabrics to sell land for almost as much as it makes selling clothing

The Lahore-based textile mill is selling excess land for about Rs500 million, almost as much as its total revenue in fiscal year 2025

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PM forms committee to boost exports to $60 billion, addressing key bottlenecks

Committee, led by Ishaq Dar, to propose strategies for overcoming export challenges, including a focus on timely tax refund payments and diplomatic efforts

Pakistan and Indonesia closing in on jets and drones defence deal, sources say

Talks in advanced stages involve over 40 JF-17 jets, with Indonesia also showing interest in Pakistan's Shahpar drones

Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade

U.S. importers pay tariffs on goods from sanctioned countries like Iran, which exports oil primarily to China, along with other key trading partners including Turkey, Iraq, the UAE, and India

Nepra approves uniform power tariff for CY2026 amid industry opposition to cross-subsidy burden

Industrial sector protests Rs131 billion cross-subsidy, urging tariff adjustments to boost competitiveness and exports

Selling pressure weighs heavily on PSX as benchmark KSE-100 closes in red

Market closes at 182,384.14 points, down 1.1% or 2,025.53 points

PM’s task force urges reforms, tariff rationalisation, energy cost adjustments to boost exports-led growth, avert another IMF program

Task force highlights infrastructure challenges, including inadequate testing and compliance mechanisms, high freight costs, and logistics bottlenecks, which are hindering Pakistan's export growth

Pakistan’s economy set to grow 3.5% in 2026, despite external risks and challenges, says UN report

Economic recovery on track with robust IMF reforms; Q1 FY26 growth at 3.71% signals improved outlook, but risks remain

PSX to maintain positive momentum due to further monetary easing: report

AKD Research forecasts that investor sentiment is expected to rise with anticipated foreign investment flows, supported by improved US and Saudi relations

Editorial

Painfully Deja Vu

The Editorial Board
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

The Editorial Board
Pakistan’s economic survey reveals more spin than spark

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Agriculture at crossroads: Are we ready?

Omar Javed Chohan
Pakistan’s agriculture stands at a crossroads. It feeds a rapidly growing population, anchors rural livelihoods with around 38% of the Total...

Myth-busting the narrative on the 11th NFC Award

Taimur Khan Jhagra
The upcoming National Finance Commission (NFC) award, with its first meeting set for December 4 seems to be structured around a...

Promoting Made in Pakistan

Irfan Ahmad
The latest July-Oct 2025-26 trade numbers show that our current account deficit has surged by 255% YoY. Imports have multiplied. Exports...

The decline of centralized grids

Atta Ali Malik
For over a century, centralized electricity grids have been the backbone of global energy infrastructure, enabling large-scale power generation and distribution...

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Can Antimony Make Pakistan a Strategic Player?

Antimony has quietly become one of the world’s most strategically critical defense metals, used in night-vision technology, missile sensors, ammunition, and even nuclear weapons...
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More Sugar, Less Water: Pakistan’s Hidden Agricultural Crisis

Pakistan’s sugar production is rising, but is this really good news? In this investigative video, we explore the hidden costs of Pakistan’s sugar boom,...
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Pakistan’s New Vaccine Policy: What It Really Means

Pakistan has announced its first-ever National Vaccine Policy — and this is not just about healthcare. The policy touches Pakistan’s economy, industrial development, and...
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NFC Award & Pakistan’s Financial Reality

Description: For the past few weeks, Pakistan has been debating one question over and over — is the money given to provinces really the reason...

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Can Pakistan’s textiles be revived?

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The fall of Pakistan’s textiles

The problems are well identified. But how did a once proud and strong industry come to its current state?

What the success of Pakistan Idol says about the country’s economic trajectory

The business model captures lessons from recent successes, and the contestants are capturing a hinge moment in Pakistan's economic trajectory

A quarter billion Pakistanis: a bigger demographic dividend

The population alarmists are wrong and the country’s demographic problems are behind it. What is required now is a balanced approach to population that does not see family size as a concern of the state

Pakistan is in talks with American companies to supply antimony. But what is the unique chemical element with wide military uses?

While Pakistan has found deposits of antimony in Balochistan, systemic shortcomings, infrastructural lack, and political volatility risk, make it a more precarious undertaking than has been generally advertised.

Sugar production is on the rise and it will bleed our agricultural land dry

Exporting sugar is the equivalent of exporting water. But with the decimation of cotton, what other options to farmers have? 

Pakistan has a new vaccine policy to promote local production. Will it be enough?

After the fraught times of Covid-19, there is an understanding that Pakistan needs to be more reliant when it comes to basic vaccinations

PTCL closes Telenor deal, rises to second-largest telecom

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