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Bangladesh and India are market leaders in what has become a serious business in South Asia, but Pakistan lags behind.

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

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

Federal govt transfers Secretary Petroleum over rising circular debt, delays in reforms

Momin Agha removed amid concerns over ballooning gas sector circular debt and stalled oil sector digitalisation; Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Mashhood Ahmad to look after role until new appointee

Turkey seeks to join Saudi-Pakistan defence pact: report

Advanced talks indicate a likely deal, potentially forming a new military bloc in the Middle East

Privatisation commission cancels HBFCL sale, restructures major transactions

Roosevelt Hotel process reopened, IIAP and DISCO privatisations added to agenda

Pakistan’s remittances rise 16.5% YoY to $3.59 billion in December 2025

Inflows grow 13% month-on-month; July–December remittances reach $19.7 billion

Finance ministry’s report says lack of transparency in SIFC initiatives may weaken investor confidence

Limited disclosure on concessions, fiscal costs and regulatory relaxations risks weakening investment governance credibility

FBR amends income tax rules to include AJK, GB taxpayers in Active Taxpayer List

Individuals registered with AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan tax authorities to be added to ATL, subject to address and verification conditions

FKS Group wins Hyderabad PSL franchise with Rs1.75 billion bid; OZ Developers take Sialkot with Rs 1.85 billion bid

Hyderabad and Sialkot confirmed as new teams in PSL's historic expansion for the 11th season

PTA directed to auction next-gen mobile spectrum, $630 million in non-tax revenue expected

Auction will include spectrum for 5G deployment; PTA also introduces new policy framework for Mobile Virtual Network Operators, enabling them to offer services under their brand through agreements with licensed operators, without the need for spectrum

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

Agriculture at crossroads: Are we ready?

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

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

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

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

The next telecom battle to be fought on the 5G front