Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 29.2% in November Inflation reading higher than October's when it stood at 26.9% Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:38pm
Markets Inflation expected to go over 28% in Nov following gas price hike: report Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in November is expected to hit 28.26%, higher than 26.9%recorded in... Updated 23 Nov, 2023 11:39pm
Editorials SBP Vision 2028 EDITORIAL: It’s easy to lose one’s way in the complex and sometimes deliberately vague language of financial... Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am
Editorials One big reason for food inflation EDITORIAL: The National Price Monitoring Committee’s (NPMC’s) revelation of a 40 percent differential in... Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am
Editorials Policy rate paradigm EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) dated 30 October left the policy rate unchanged premised on the... Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:29am
Opinion The quick fix The people of Pakistan are beaten by frightening inflation and rising prices, and now the terror attacks on the... Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am
Pakistan Shehbaz heaps praise on Nawaz’s political struggle, perseverance LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said Nawaz Sharif had come back and now the country’s... Published 22 Oct, 2023 03:20am
Business & Finance Japan inflation slows to under 3% TOKYO: Japanese consumer inflation slowed to below three percent last month for the first time since August 2022 on... Published 20 Oct, 2023 11:47am
Editorials Rise in LSM output EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released very encouraging data on large-scale manufacturing (LSM)... Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am
Editorials Reverse migration EDITORIAL: One by one the social spillovers of the financial meltdown are beginning to show. Now there’s a very... Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am
Pakistan PM Kakar directs authorities to activate ‘strict price control mechanism’ Interim prime minister urges chief ministers to ensure prices of essential commodities and services reduced correspondingly, after significant cut in fuel prices Published 16 Oct, 2023 09:24pm
Editorials Growth rate downgrade EDITORIAL: In a report titled “World Economic Outlook 2023 Navigating Global Divergences,” the International... Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am
BR Research Must find ways to subsidise the poor National headline inflation for the third straight quarter stayed close to 30 percent – a first in Pakistan’s... Published 12 Oct, 2023 08:25am
Editorials Inflation on the rise EDITORIAL: Sensitive Price Index (SPI) rose by 0.11 percent for the week ending 5 October 2023 registering a... Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am
Opinion Spurt in inflation The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released the estimate of the rate of inflation in the national Consumer... Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:47am
Markets AHL expects decline in petroleum prices by up to Rs41 per litre Petroleum prices are expected to see a decline in the next announcement amid a significant decline in international... Updated 06 Oct, 2023 11:00pm
Opinion World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the... Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 31.4% in September Brokerage house says reading is in line with market expectations Updated 02 Oct, 2023 07:42pm
Opinion Facilitate to educate There are a lot of suggestions on how to eradicate poverty and help the underprivileged survive in these days of... Updated 29 Sep, 2023 06:54am
Print Sept inflation seen at 29-31pc KARACHI: Inflation in Pakistan is expected to clock in around 29-31% in September, the Ministry of Finance said in... Updated 30 Sep, 2023 08:52am
Pakistan JI chief reiterates demand for reduction in power tariff LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Siraj-ul-Haq addressing the sit-in protest in front of Governor House on the ... Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am
Opinion A culture of strikes The Karachi chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami has given a call for a shutdown in the country’s largest city for today... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Editorials Inflation will remain a challenge EDITORIAL: The sensitive price index (SPI), computing the prices of 51 essential items from 50 markets in 17 cities,... Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am
Business & Finance Brokerage house sees interest-rate hike of 150bps as inflation bites Arif Habib Limited says SBP might consider increasing interest rates as a precautionary measure to address persistently high levels of inflation Updated 07 Sep, 2023 03:50pm
Pakistan NFC award major reason behind govt’s inability to go after untaxed sectors: economist Dr Ashfaque Hassan Khan says Islamabad loses incentive to tax undocumented economy as it loses big chunk of additional revenue Published 04 Sep, 2023 05:26pm
Opinion Economic policy needs a hard reset The present currency crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented. PKR has depreciated against USD from 180 to 305 since ... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance Rising inflation, price hike assailed KARACHI: Central leader of Businessmen Forum Captain Abdul Rasheed Abro has expressed his concern over the ever... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Editorials Initiative required from caretakers EDITORIAL: The induction of well-respected technocrats in the caretaker cabinet on 17 August was widely hailed but a... Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan Rising inflation and inflated bills: Partial ‘shutter-down’ strike in Peshawar PESHAWAR: A partial shutter-down strike was observed against rising inflation and inflated bills in the provincial... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
Business & Finance Resilience in challenging energy market: PSO posts Rs3.6trn gross revenue, Rs5.7bn profit after tax KARACHI: PSO, the nation’s leading energy company, has achieved remarkable progress and demonstrated resilience in... Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am