Tech glitches, economy twitches In today’s digital landscape, the internet has become a fundamental necessity for individuals and businesses ... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 07:28am
Opinion Inflation decline and no feel-good factor The July inflation data was released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on the 1 of August, showing a ... Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am
Pakistan Pharma, healthcare sectors also reeling amid economic crisis KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy and its people are facing a health crisis. With an economy burdened by high debt and... Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:09am
Pakistan Green Pakistan: Phase-I Up-scaling Programme achieves plantation target of 2.12bn LAHORE: Phase-I of the Green Pakistan Up-scaling Program has achieved a plantation target of 2.12 billion to enhance... Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am
Editorials Trends in unemployment EDITORIAL: One of the most ignored contributors to the unemployment rate – which stands at 6.3 percent, according... Updated 22 Jun, 2024 07:28am
Print BISP allocated Rs598.71bn ISLAMABAD: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has been budgeted at Rs598.71 billion in financial year 2024-25,... Updated 13 Jun, 2024 09:32am
Pakistan Rs313.4bn disbursed among 9.4m BISP beneficiaries ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2023-2024 unveiled substantial financial commitments by the Government of Pakistan... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Pakistan Cumulative education expenditures decline ISLAMABAD: The cumulative education expenditures by federal and provincial governments declined as a percentage of... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Pakistan Country goes from being water-stressed to water-scarce ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing a shift from water-stressed to water-scarce status due to factors such as population... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Opinion Neither up-to-date nor unbiased The Economic Survey’s relevance, limited to data analysis, is neither up to date (limited to July-March or for ... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Print Inflation target of 21pc will be missed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss the inflation target of 21 percent set for the current fiscal year and will remain in... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am
Print Interest expenses climb to Rs5.5trn KARACHI: The tight monetary stance by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) resulted in a massive surge in the federal... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:58am
Editorials Economic Survey EDITORIAL: The Economic Survey 2024-25 gives good news: key macroeconomic indicators are better than the comparable... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Print Growth target missed: Economic Survey ISLAMABAD: Economy is likely to have expanded by 2.4% in the fiscal year that ends this month, missing a target of... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:13am
Print No sacred cows, everyone has to contribute to economy: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Tuesday forewarned that there are no sacred cows and everyone has to... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 09:32am
Print Life expectancy rises to 67.3 years ISLAMABAD: The life expectancy in Pakistan has increased from 65.7 years to 67.3 years from 2015 to 2022, revealed... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am
Print Tax exemptions, zero-rating cost kitty over Rs3.87trn ISLAMABAD: Total tax exemptions, concessions, zero-rating and special tax treatments to various businesses,... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:59am
Business & Finance Economic Survey: Red Sea disruptions continue to affect supply chain ISLAMABAD: The Government said on Tuesday that prolonged disruptions in Red Sea will continue to disrupt supply... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance Unemployment rate stands at 6.3pc ISLAMABAD: With 4.51 million unemployed population, the rate of unemployment in Pakistan stands at 6.3 percent, the... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Markets Economic Survey: Jul-Mar POL import bill down on lower intake ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s petroleum import bill declined in the first nine months (July-March) of fiscal year 2023-24... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Markets Rs719.59bn PL collected in Jul-Mar ISLAMABAD: The federal government has collected Rs719.592 billion petroleum levy (PL) on petroleum products in the... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance ‘IT industry demonstrates growth of -3.02pc owing to decline in telecommunication’ ISLAMABAD: The information and communication industry demonstrated growth of -3.02 per cent because of a decline in... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance Livestock sector registers 3.9pc growth ISLAMABAD: The livestock sector of the economy has registered a growth of 3.9 per cent during 2023-24, revealed... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Technology Pakistan’s ICT exports soar to $2.28bn, reveals Economic Survey 2023-24 Pakistan’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector exports remittances have surged 17.44% to $2.283... Published 11 Jun, 2024 11:23pm
Business & Finance Capacity utilisation of Pakistan’s cement industry drops to lowest on record At around 55%, this is the lowest level since at least FY2007 Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:53pm
Pakistan Key highlights of Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24 Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb unveiled the Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24 on Tuesday, recapping the annual... Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:50pm
Markets ‘Intensified competition with China’ dents Pakistan’s textile sector: Economic Survey 2023-24 Intensified competition with China and weakened external demand hit Pakistan’s textile sector, which remained at the... Published 11 Jun, 2024 09:53pm
Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24: Pakistan’s GDP per capita increases to $1,680, size of economy at $375bn Pakistan’s GDP per capita (or per capita income) witnessed a rebound this fiscal year, standing at $1,680 compared... Published 11 Jun, 2024 09:28pm
Technology Economic Survey 2023-24: mobile phones dominate as Pakistan’s telecom sector imports stand at $1.62bn Imports by Pakistan’s telecom sector soared by 117.9%, jumping to $1.623 billion during July-March FY2024, according... Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:57pm
Pakistan Aurangzeb says some rollovers, return of commercial bank borrowing ways to manage external debt in FY25 Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb sounded a confident tone, saying that Pakistan will meet its external debt... Updated 11 Jun, 2024 11:56pm
Pitching Pakistan’s economy: brokerage house AHL says country not witnessing exodus of foreign investment
