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Markets

Dollar heads for weekly drop as jobs data dims Fed hike bets

The dollar index , which measures the greenback against a ⁠basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, was 0.2% lower at 100.77 after a 0.5% decline on Thursday

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:36am

Markets

Oil up slightly ahead of long US weekend as peace efforts hold

Brent futures were up 17 cents, or 0.24%, to $72.10 a barrel

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:31am

Pakistan

Six killed, 19 injured in rain, flash floods

PESHAWAR: At least six people, including three children and a woman, were killed and 19 others injured in separate...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:30am

Business & Finance

Foreign investors: Punjab govt extending excellent opportunities: CM

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said the Punjab government was providing excellent opportunities for...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:29am

Pakistan

PTI will boycott elections in AJK

ISLAMABAD: The embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced it will boycott the forthcoming...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:27am

Pakistan

PTI blames govt for Lahore tragedy

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) General Secretary Salman Akram Raja, alongside city president Mian Usman...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:24am

Business & Finance

PRA records highest tax collection

LAHORE: The Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has recorded the highest tax collection in its history, gathering more...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:22am

Pakistan

PPP concerned over hike in Climate Support Levy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice President Senator Sherry Rehman expressed serious concerns over the...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:22am

Business & Finance

Agriculture policy: PM urged to adopt farmer-led reforms

LAHORE: Agriculture Republic, a think tank working on agricultural policy and reforms, has welcomed Prime Minister...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:20am

Pakistan

PIA launches Lahore-to-Manchester direct flight

LAHORE: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has launched its direct flight between Lahore and Manchester on...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:17am

Pakistan

Federal capital: PAC dissatisfied over state of public education

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Acting Chairman Syed Naveed Qamar, on Thursday expressed...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:17am

Business & Finance

Nadeem Khan appointed CEO PTCL

ISLAMABAD: The Board of Directors of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Thursday announced a major...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:12am

Pakistan

N-75 to be extended by 70km to reach Muzaffarabad: Aleem

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan has said that Murree Expressway (N-75) will be...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:11am

Pakistan

Money laundering threatens economic stability: NAB chief

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt-Gen Nazir Ahmed (Retd) on Thursday termed money...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:09am

Business & Finance

FY2025-26: KPRA records 20pc growth in STS collection

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) recorded a 20 percent growth in Sales Tax on Services (STS)...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:06am

Pakistan

KP raises concerns over tax imposition in erstwhile FATA/PATA

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, held a meeting with a delegation comprising...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:05am

Business & Finance

Not materialised under CPEC: Govt negotiates with ADB for ML-1 project financing

ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Muhammad Humair Karim, has said that Mainline-1 railway...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 07:03am

Business & Finance

Govt approves Rs1bn to support Global Accelerator on Jobs, Social Protection

ISLAMABAD: The government has approved an allocation of PKR 1 billion (USD 3.6 million) to support the Global...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:59am

Pakistan

Dar talks to KSA FM on phone

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (DPM/FM) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday held a...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:53am

Business & Finance

Women entrepreneurs: Aurangzeb vows to create conducive environment

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday held a meeting with a...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:51am

Business & Finance

AMEPA opposes live animal export policy

LAHORE: Pakistan should refrain from allowing the export of live animals and focus on expanding value-added Halal...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:50am

Pakistan

‘China’s development experience offers important lessons for Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD: The China-Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:46am

Business & Finance

India, UAE groups ink pact for Indian aluminium project

MUMBAI: India’s Adani Group and Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company are looking to invest USD 11.5 billion in...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:44am

Business & Finance

Chinese co ready to invest in energy value chain

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum, Ali Pervaiz Malik, on Thursday held a meeting with Hou Jianxin, Chairman...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:41am

Pakistan

FO says putting IWT in abeyance violation of world laws

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi has rejected any attempt to invoke baseless allegations of...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:38am

Business & Finance

Indian rupee drifts lower

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee declined for the fourth consecutive session against the dollar on Thursday as market flows...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 06:32am

World

Russian strikes kill 25 in biggest ever attack on Kyiv

KYIV: Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the early hours of...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:42am

BR Research

OMC sales: flat year, weak finish

Pakistan’s oil marketing companies closed FY26 with a story that looks stable on the surface but weaker underneath....

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

BR Research

Feroz1888 Mills Limited

Feroz1888 Mills Limited (PSX: FML) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1972. The company is...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Illegally battery-burning operators: Hyderabad traders laud launch of crackdown

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad SITE Association of Trade and Industry Acting Chairman Aamir Shahab welcomed the action taken...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Business & Finance

Sohni Dharti Remittance Programme discontinued

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to discontinue the Sohni Dharti Remittance Programme (SDRP),...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

CCRA Rules 2026 approved: Regulations allow commercial use of cannabis

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has approved the Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority (Licensing) Rules,...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

World

Iran prepares to bury Ali Khamenei

DUBAI: Iran’s ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a show of public...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

PM to undertake visits to Iran, Türkiye from today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will undertake official visits to the Islamic Republic of Iran and...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Mediators meet US, Iranian negotiators in Doha

ISLAMABAD: Qatari and Pakistani mediators held separate meetings with US and Iranian negotiators in Doha on...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

PPIB likely to delay 1832MW hydel projects

ISLAMABAD: Private Power Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has reportedly decided to put three hydel projects of 1832 MW...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

MEL seeks amendments to generation licence

ISLAMABAD: M/s Monnoo Energy Limited (MEL) has sought amendments in its generation licence to increase the capacity...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

FY26 trade deficit widens by 21.57pc to USD39.471bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit of the country widened by 21.57 percent and reached USD 39.471 billion during financial...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Home remittances: SBP discontinues govt-backed TTCIS scheme

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday discontinued the government-backed Telegraphic Transfer...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Food security, other matters: Summaries approved by ECC

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday approved the auction of 8,198 metric...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

‘One Nation, One System’: PPRA to formally launch EPADS 2.0

ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) is set to formally launch the upgraded e-Pakistan...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

PM hails FBR for unprecedented collection

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declared the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) record-breaking tax haul a...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

FBR applies buoyancy-based tax collection forecasting for 2026-27

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has applied the buoyancy-based forecasting framework to estimate the...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Macroeconomic outlook and reform progress: Aurangzeb briefs S&P Global Ratings team

Finance Minister cited stronger growth, fiscal discipline, debt, and resilience

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

The Weather

KARACHI: The weather report on Thursday (July 02, 2026) and the forecast for Friday (July 03 2026)...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Business & Finance

HBL to chair SCO IBC 2027

BISHKEK, (Kyrgyzstan): The Annual Council Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Interbank Consortium (SCO...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Business & Finance

K-Solar, China’s Mingyang sign MoU

KARACHI: K-Solar (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of K-Electric’s investment arm KE Ventures Company...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Business & Finance

PACRA upgrades Soneri Bank’s rating to AA

KARACHI: The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA) has upgraded Soneri Bank’s Long-Term Entity Rating from AA- to...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Editorials

Dilution of monetary policy

EDITORIAL: A webinar titled ‘Managing Stability During Uncertain Times: Role of Monetary Policy in Pakistan’...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Editorials

A tragedy of negligence

EDITORIAL: The collapse of the roof of a private tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area, which claimed the lives of...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

One child killed in Lahore roof collapse

LAHORE: A child died, and at least four people injured after the roof of an under-construction house caved in...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

CM Punjab launches electric bus service in six more districts

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday in-augurated the electric bus service in six more...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Two foreign women record statements

LAHORE: Two women of the Netherlands and Venezuela nationals on Thursday recorded their statements before a city...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

CM orders safety audit of schools

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday took notice of the roof collapse at a summer camp...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Pakistan Railways: NA body seeks report on financial losses caused by accidents

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has suffered 35 train accidents in the last six months, largely due to decades of...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Sindh decides to convert ‘iWork4Sindh’ into regular govt programme

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to convert the pilot employment initiative “iWork4Sindh” into a regular...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

inDrive announces AI education initiative to empower youth

KARACHI: inDrive, the global mobility and urban services platform, has announced an initiative to deliver...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

High humidity keeps Karachi’s weather suffocating

KARACHI: High humidity continued to make weather conditions suffocating across Karachi and other parts of Sindh,...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Election campaign: Bilawal to visit every AJK district

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday reaffirmed his party’s...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Business & Finance

Automechanika Dubai to offer global players gateway to fast-growing markets

KARACHI: The 2026 edition of Automechanika Dubai, the region’s premier platform for the auto parts and accessories...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Condolence

KARACHI: Senator Sarmad Ali, President and Muhammad Athar Kazi, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Corruption in foreign funded-projects: EAD clarifies jurisdiction in taking action against ministries

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Affairs Division (EAD) categorically stated that it cannot direct the Federal Investigation...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Pakistan

Provincial govts: Improving prison conditions constitutional responsibility: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi said protecting prisoners’ rights is a fundamental...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Business & Finance

Over 33,300 cyber attacks detected on SMBs

ISLAMABAD: A global cybersecurity company detected over 33,300 attacks on Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs),...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Markets

'Four-year high': Pakistan trade deficit hits $39.5bn in FY26

Import volume spikes 8% to $69.6bn, export earnings drop 6% to $30.1bn in FY26

Published 02 Jul, 2026 11:19pm

Pakistan

ECC approves PASSCO severance package, wheat disposal, trade policy amendment

Amends import policy to incorporate international forced labor definitions

Published 02 Jul, 2026 10:32pm

Business & Finance

SBP-held forex reserves rise by $611mn to $16.5bn on multilateral inflows

Total liquid foreign exchange reserves stand at $22 billion

Published 02 Jul, 2026 10:03pm

Technology

PTA says monitoring internet disruption following SMW5 submarine cable fault

Users may experience intermittent degradation in service quality and connectivity, authority says

Published 02 Jul, 2026 09:46pm

Perspectives

Implementing reforms in Pakistan: a wild goose chase?

For most of its existence, Pakistan has been governed by rules inherited from the colonial era, rules written for a...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 09:16pm

Sports

Former Arsenal and Spain midfielder Cazorla retires at 41

Cazorla called time on his 23-year playing career after spending his final season with his boyhood club Real Oviedo

Published 02 Jul, 2026 08:41pm

World

India needs to increase oil, fuel storage capacity, minister says

The sum total of crude stocks at ports, terminals, refineries and in strategic petroleum reserve is enough to last 76 to 80 days

Published 02 Jul, 2026 08:28pm

Markets

India refiner Nayara's gasoline sold to Russia via traders, sources say

Indian companies were not selling fuel to Russia but it was 'possible' that Russia purchased Indian-origin fuel from traders, Puri says

Published 02 Jul, 2026 08:15pm

Markets

Most Gulf markets in red as US-Iran negotiations show little headway

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index eased 0.3%

Published 02 Jul, 2026 08:12pm

Markets

India bonds surge on Bloomberg index hopes, oil-led inflation relief

Benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield ended at 6.7180%

Published 02 Jul, 2026 08:03pm

Business & Finance

Chinese firm proposes investment in Pakistan's oil, refinery and offshore energy sectors

Company aims to collaborate in increasing domestic hydrocarbon production

Published 02 Jul, 2026 08:00pm

Markets

Wall St rises as softer jobs data calms rate-hike fears

Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 447.72 points

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:54pm

Technology

Microsoft partners with Singapore's Lightstorm to build India-Southeast Asia undersea cable

The network will span 3,600 km and have landing stations in Machilipatnam in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:30pm

Markets

Asia rice: Indian rice rates edge up on production concerns

India’s 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $340-$345 per ton this week

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:22pm

Sports

So far so perfect for De Minaur as he eyes deep Wimbledon run

The Australian fifth seed reaches seven quarter-finals at the majors but never goes any further

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:19pm

Business & Finance

Jaguar Land Rover sales fall 15% amid supply crunch, Middle East unrest

The British luxury carmaker sold 79,300 units wholesale in the first quarter, a 9.2% decline from a year earlier

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:12pm

Markets

Sri Lankan shares edge lower as losses outweigh healthcare gains

CSE All Share index settled down 0.1% at 22,221.91

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:05pm

Markets

India's IIFL Finance eyes second dollar bond sale in under a month, bankers say

IIFL Finance raised $500 million through a sale of bonds maturing in three years and three months at a coupon of 7.60%

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:01pm

World

Damascus cafe blast kills 5, wounds 16, Syrian state news agency says

A bomb is planted at the café, which is near the Palace of Justice in the centre of Syria's capital

Published 02 Jul, 2026 07:00pm

World

India's capital announces permanent anti-pollution curbs for toxic winter months

Authorities impose anti-pollution measures during this period under a graded action plan

Published 02 Jul, 2026 06:30pm

World

Iran warns US against interference in Strait of Hormuz

Any US interference in Hormuz would trigger 'decisive and rapid' response, Tehran says

Published 02 Jul, 2026 06:12pm

Pakistan

K-Solar, China’s Mingyang sign MoU to bring advanced wind energy and BESS solutions to Pakistan

K-Solar (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of K-Electric’s investment arm KE Ventures Company (Pvt)...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:55pm

Business & Finance

India's Skyroot Aerospace readies country's first private orbital rocket launch

The Vikram-1, a seven-stories-tall, multi-stage launch vehicle, is designed to carry payloads of up to 350 kilograms into the low Earth orbit

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:30pm

Business & Finance

India's SP Group floats fresh term sheet for debt fundraise, document shows

Eqyizen Investment is looking to raise 255 billion Indian rupees through the sale of three-year zero-coupon bonds

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:03pm

Markets

India's June palm oil imports fall to 14-month low as demand softens, dealers say

Soyoil imports fell 23% month-on-month in June to 381,000 tons

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:31pm

World

India, Japan sign pacts on AI, metals and energy after Modi-Takaichi talks

'Japan and India will leverage each other’s strengths to grow strong and prosperous together,' Takaichi tells

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:28pm

Markets

Aluminium extends downside as Gulf output recovers, risk appetite withers

Benchmark three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was down 0.8% at $3,053 a metric ton

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:20pm

Markets

Palm falls more than 1% as higher output pressure rises and demand lags

Dalian’s most-active soyoil contract rose 0.21%

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:16pm

Markets

Merchant, arbitrage flows extend Indian rupee's losing streak even as dollar slumps

The currency ended at 95.3925 against the dollar

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:14pm

Markets

Indian shares outperform Asia as oil drops, IT rebounds

Nifty 50 rose 0.71% to 24,175.7, while the BSE Sensex climbed 0.75% to 77,502.12

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:10pm

Markets

Rupee registers marginal gain against US dollar

Settles at 278.15

Updated 02 Jul, 2026 08:57pm

World

India to send minister, governor to Ali Khamenei funeral

The funeral will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in his hometown

Published 02 Jul, 2026 04:07pm

Business & Finance

SBP to discontinue Sohni Dharti Remittance Program

SBP will cease new reward points for the Sohni Dharti Remittance Program by July 2026, concluding a key incentive for foreign exchange inflows

Published 02 Jul, 2026 03:03pm

Business & Finance

SBP ends reimbursement scheme for remittance transfer fees

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has discontinued a government-backed incentive scheme that reimbursed banks for...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 02:19pm

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz to embark on visit to Iran, Turkiye from tomorrow: FO

Pakistan, Turkiye to discuss expanding trade, investment cooperation

Updated 02 Jul, 2026 04:37pm

Life & Style

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding fascinates, flummoxes media

The couple have made no public statements about their plans and Reuters has not been able to confirm the timing or location of the wedding

Published 02 Jul, 2026 01:59pm

Editorials

Dilution of monetary policy

EDITORIAL: A webinar titled ‘Managing Stability During Uncertain Times: Role of Monetary Policy in Pakistan’...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Editorials

A tragedy of negligence

EDITORIAL: The collapse of the roof of a private tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area, which claimed the lives of...

Published 03 Jul, 2026 05:13am

Editorials

FBR: Barely exceeding twice-reduced target

EDITORIAL: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected 12.957 trillion rupees last fiscal year (1 July 2025 to 30...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

No refuge for terror

EDITORIAL: Cross-border terrorism cannot become an accepted feature of Pakistan’s security environment. The latest...

Published 02 Jul, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

The local govt void

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s democratic evolution is in many ways the story of its failure to truly devolve power, which...

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

Editorials

Rights of way, rights at risk

EDITORIAL: The government’s ambition to accelerate digital connectivity and expand telecommunications infrastructure...

Published 01 Jul, 2026 05:57am

Editorials

The ‘missing’ economic update, outlook

EDITORIAL: The Finance Division has yet to upload its May 2026 Economic Update and Outlook, a document that would...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 06:25am

Editorials

Treaties, when convenient

EDITORIAL: A treaty that survives wars, crises and decades of political hostility only to be set aside unilaterally...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 06:26am

Editorials

The cost of administered pricing

EDITORIAL: With international oil prices retreating after the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the government’s...

Published 29 Jun, 2026 02:36am

Editorials

Waste-to-energy projects: better late than never

EDITORIAL: It’s encouraging that Pakistan has finally moved to develop a comprehensive national policy for...

Updated 30 Jun, 2026 04:23pm

Editorials

The cost of impunity

EDITORIAL: The unusually apologetic tone adopted by senior Punjab Police and Crime Control Department (CCD)...

Published 28 Jun, 2026 05:03am

Editorials

The anaemia challenge

EDITORIAL: The findings of the WOMAN-2 study, presented in the report “The Missing Evidence: Anaemia, Postpartum...

Published 28 Jun, 2026 05:03am

Editorials

HIV: Time to act

EDITORIAL: The concerns raised at the recent community dialogue in Karachi over the growing number of HIV infections...

Updated 26 Jun, 2026 06:20am

Editorials

Women’s inheritance rights

EDITORIAL: The landmark ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on women’s inheritance rights is a timely...

Updated 26 Jun, 2026 06:23am

Editorials

Finance Act 2026

EDITORIAL: The Finance Bill 2026 was passed by the National Assembly with 35 amendments, including extending sales...

Updated 25 Jun, 2026 06:53am

Editorials

Borrowing prosperity

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s central government debt rose by Rs1.4 trillion in April alone, pushing the total debt stock to...

Updated 25 Jun, 2026 06:54am

Editorials

Population ‘bomb’

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s annual population growth rate is estimated at 2.55 percent which implies the addition of...

Published 24 Jun, 2026 05:52am

Editorials

Open for exits

EDITORIAL: An economy that loses more foreign exchange through profit repatriation than it gains through foreign...

Published 24 Jun, 2026 05:52am

Editorials

KP Budget

EDITORIAL: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget for 2026-27 presented by Chief Minister Sohail Afridi unveiled a total...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Editorials

Balochistan Budget

EDITORIAL: Balochistan’s latest budget arrives wrapped in the language of fiscal discipline, development and prudent...

Published 23 Jun, 2026 05:27am

Editorials

NFC Award: a system under strain

EDITORIAL: A recent media report has highlighted a view gaining traction within policymaking circles that the NFC...

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:43am

Editorials

Policing and the inviolability of the home

EDITORIAL: The recent judgment of the Peshawar High Court is a timely reminder that constitutional rights cannot be...

Updated 22 Jun, 2026 08:43am

Editorials

A crisis decades in the making

EDITORIAL: Few national failures have been forecast as accurately and ignored as consistently as Pakistan’s water...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

A preventable tragedy

EDITORIAL: The horrific loss of at least 10 lives, including five children, in a fiery crash on the Islamabad-Murree...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

US-Iran breakthrough

EDITORIAL: With President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian finally signing the Islamabad...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:39am

Editorials

Health spending: the cost of neglect

EDITORIAL: The latest Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 presents a disturbing picture of the country’s public health...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:42am

Editorials

Why the secrecy

EDITORIAL: The government is hush-hush about the quantum of tax relief offered and new taxes imposed in the recently...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 04:57am

Editorials

Sindh Budget

EDITORIAL: Sindh presented a 3,525 billion-rupee budget with the major reliance for revenue remaining on federal...

Updated 19 Jun, 2026 02:56pm

Editorials

Pakistan’s savings crisis

EDITORIAL: One of the more underappreciated aspects of Pakistan’s economic malaise has been the alarming collapse in...

Updated 19 Jun, 2026 06:24am

Editorials

Punjab Budget

EDITORIAL: The Punjab budget envisages total revenue of 1209 billion rupees from own resources (only 749 billion...

Published 18 Jun, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

Beyond symbolic sanctions

EDITORIAL: France’s decision to ban Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, in...

Updated 18 Jun, 2026 05:59am

Editorials

Maintaining the policy rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee met on the previously scheduled date – 15 June – and decided to keep the...

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Editorials

From oil shock to hunger crisis

EDITORIAL: The United Nations is now warning that a global hunger crisis feared at the outset of the Middle East...

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Editorials

Fiscal fault lines could test budget outlook

EDITORIAL: While the FY2026-27 budget has been framed as a pro-growth package aimed at reviving economic activity...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Editorials

A nation failing its children

EDITORIAL: The scale of Pakistan’s child labour crisis came into sharp focus at the International Labour...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Editorials

Policy contradictions stall progress

EDITORIAL: One of the more damaging flaws of governance in Pakistan today is the disconnect between what...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Editorials

The price of delay

EDITORIAL: Billions of rupees worth of foreign-funded development projects are once again facing delays, not because...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Editorials

Too important to trust locally?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s long-term development challenge is no mystery. Child malnutrition, stunting, poor educational...

Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:20am

Editorials

Forest fires: A growing environmental emergency

EDITORIAL: The devastating forest fire that recently swept through the Kotli Sattian area of Murree district in...

Updated 14 Jun, 2026 07:00am

Editorials

The Budget

EDITORIAL: The federal finance minister, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, presented yesterday the third budget of the...

Updated 13 Jun, 2026 06:44am

Editorials

Jul-Mar: growth poor, but still not too bad?

EDITORIAL: The 3.7 percent growth for 2025-26 in the Economic Survey, limited to nine months of data (July-March),...

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Editorials

Breaking the cycle of acid attacks

EDITORIAL: The horrific acid attack on a young female doctor at a government hospital in Quetta has once again...

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Editorials

The high cost of easy revenues

EDITORIAL: Pakistan is simultaneously running tight fiscal and monetary policies through primary fiscal surpluses...

Published 11 Jun, 2026 05:06am

Editorials

Budget: getting close to plugging the gap

EDITORIAL: Credible though still unconfirmed reports suggest that the two major coalition partners - the Pakistan...

Updated 11 Jun, 2026 06:52am

Editorials

Budget delayed, budget denied?

EDITORIAL: While technically there is no delay in the presentation of the budget to parliament, with 16 June the...

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Editorials

A fragile truce

EDITORIAL: The uneasy calm that followed the Iran-US truce agreed in April, and included a halt to hostilities in...

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Editorials

Taxing traders: a political test

EDITORIAL: The announcement last week of the Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for small traders and shopkeepers is the latest...

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

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A long-overdue harvest of common sense

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s decision to adopt a National Agricultural Biotechnology Policy comes after years of declining...

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

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Budget 26-27: Stabilisation fatigue is now setting in

EDITORIAL: Balancing the budget is becoming increasingly difficult. Despite imposing exorbitant taxes on the formal...

Updated 08 Jun, 2026 08:02am

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CPEC outcome

EDITORIAL: Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Khan Leghari, during a press conference on Sunday, acknowledged...

Published 08 Jun, 2026 02:29am

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 2	278.35
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 2	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 2	161.29
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 2	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 2	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 2	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 2	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
India Sensex / Jul 2	77,502.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 2	68,733.15
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Hang Seng / Jul 2	23,055.03
FTSE 100 / Jul 2	10,652.87
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 2	25,580.88
France CAC40 / Jul 2	8,474.86

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 2	68.41
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 2	367,572
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 2	4,146.51
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 2	77.12
Petrol/Litre / Jul 3	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jul 3	311.47

Stock	Price
Paramount Mod / Jul 2 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	15.48 ▲ 1.41 (10.02%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 2 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	26.70 ▲ 2.43 (10.01%)
Rupali polyester / Jul 2 Rupali Polyester Limited(RUPL)	31.54 ▲ 2.87 (10.01%)
S.G.Power / Jul 2 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	96.97 ▲ 8.82 (10.01%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 2 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	41.21 ▲ 3.75 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Jul 2 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	28.27 ▲ 2.57 (10%)
Chashma / Jul 2 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	146.45 ▲ 13.31 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 2 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	27.16 ▲ 2.47 (10%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 2 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	266.46 ▲ 24.22 (10%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 2 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	95.17 ▲ 8.65 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Pack Films / Jul 2 Tri-Pack Films Limited(TRIPF)	152.49 ▼ -16.21 (-9.61%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 2 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.10 ▼ -3.58 (-9.5%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 2 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	40.48 ▼ -4.14 (-9.28%)
Bawany Air Products / Jul 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	33.84 ▼ -3.27 (-8.81%)
Husein Industries / Jul 2 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	56.44 ▼ -5.4 (-8.73%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jul 2 Blue-Ex Limited(BLUEX)	8.52 ▼ -0.64 (-6.99%)
J.K.Spinning / Jul 2 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	202.31 ▼ -13.95 (-6.45%)
Masood Textile / Jul 2 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	109.91 ▼ -7.08 (-6.05%)
Premier Sugar / Jul 2 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	715.07 ▼ -39 (-5.17%)
ICC Industries / Jul 2 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	13.68 ▼ -0.72 (-5%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 2 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	84,688,111 ▲ 0.51
B.O.Punjab / Jul 2 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	59,305,943 ▲ 0.46
Cnergyico PK / Jul 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,052,059 ▲ 0.18
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jul 2 Blue-Ex Limited(BLUEX)	36,072,347 ▼ -0.64
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 2 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	31,255,007 ▲ 0.11
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 2 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	30,380,645 ▲ 1.2
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	29,515,535 ▼ -0.01
Beco Steel Ltd / Jul 2 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	25,810,023 ▲ 0.34
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	21,978,001 ▼ -0.04
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 2 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	20,406,901 ▲ 0.86

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