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OPINION: Who is making money in Pakistan?

There are reports of factory closures, at least 150 over the past two years with the majority of the remaining units...

Updated 29 Dec, 2025 08:23am

Markets

Pakistan stocks expected to remain best-performing asset class in 2026: report

Equities to outpace gold, dollar in 2026, says Arif Habib Limited

Updated 27 Dec, 2025 10:22pm

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EDITORIAL: Opposing narratives

EDITORIAL: Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Islamabad while addressing a policy...

Updated 23 Dec, 2025 07:12am

World

Lebanon unveils first draft law to recover deposits since financial crash

The proposed fiscal gap law, a long-awaited measure needed to restructure Lebanon’s debt burden

Published 19 Dec, 2025 11:40pm

World

IMF approves $206mn aid to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah

The natural disaster killed more than 640 people, and affected more than 10 percent of Sri Lanka’s population

Published 19 Dec, 2025 11:12pm

Markets

Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries’ department’s currency values in terms of Special...

Published 19 Dec, 2025 06:07am

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Draft policy on deregulating sugar sector finalised

ISLAMABAD: The government has finalised the draft policy for deregulating the country’s sugar sector, under which...

Published 18 Dec, 2025 06:01am

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EDITORIAL: IMF conditions: prism of economic realism?

EDITORIAL: A detailed clarification issued by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s)...

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 07:00am

Markets

Pakistan-GCC Free Trade Agreement talks at advanced stage: Aurangzeb

Pakistan seeks trade, not aid from GCC, says finance minister

Published 15 Dec, 2025 02:34pm

Markets

KSE-100 settles at new all-time high as SBP cuts policy rate

KSE-100 Index closes at 170,741.34

Updated 15 Dec, 2025 06:00pm

Pakistan

CM Afridi threatens ‘freedom or shroud’ D-Chowk march

Afridi advises Maryam to focus on Punjab, which he says suffers from "most corrupt police department"

Published 14 Dec, 2025 08:09pm

Pakistan

‘Major indicators wonderful’: PM Shehbaz says Pakistan out of economic woes

Premier launches Regimeter, a dedicated portal for monitoring of reforms

Updated 13 Dec, 2025 10:37pm

Markets

IMF “conditionalities” not new, just execution of passed legislation, says Aurangzeb

Finance minister says steps such as public disclosure of civil servants’ assets an extension of standards applied to parliamentarians

Published 13 Dec, 2025 04:11pm

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Sugar sector: Comprehensive reforms sought by IMF

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistani authorities to undertake comprehensive reforms...

Published 13 Dec, 2025 03:33am

Markets

Bulls in control as KSE-100 Index gains nearly 1,300 points

Benchmark index settles at 169,864.52

Updated 12 Dec, 2025 07:49pm

Markets

Pakistan receives $1.2bn from IMF, confirms SBP

Inflows will be reflected in SBP's liquid reserves to be released on December 12, 2025

Updated 11 Dec, 2025 01:29pm

Markets

PM credits Field Marshal Asim Munir for reform implementation amid IMF board approval

PM says Pakistan’s economic reforms and digitisation efforts have become a global example

Published 09 Dec, 2025 10:09am

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EDITORIAL: Power Division’s past failures

EDITORIAL: Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik in his press conference on Sunday stated that Pakistan would begin...

Updated 09 Dec, 2025 07:20am

Business & Finance

Pakistan seeks US support to engage IMF, World Bank on energy reforms

Govt will not procure power in future, says Awais Ahmed Leghari

Published 08 Dec, 2025 10:07pm

World

Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618

At least 1,812 people have been killed in the natural disasters rolling across Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam over the past two weeks

Published 07 Dec, 2025 02:52pm

Technology

‘Saudi is now logical second market for Pakistani founders,’ says Sarmayacar chief

Saudi Arabia, propelled by Vision 2030, is the gravitational centre of the region, says Rabeel Warraich

Updated 06 Dec, 2025 06:14pm

Markets

Digital overhaul needed to tackle Pakistan’s $36bn logistics deficit: CAREC forum

Pakistan signs two major MoUs at the forum

Published 28 Nov, 2025 12:53pm

Markets

UK’s Reeves to test faith of investors and party with tax-heavy budget

Economists expect between 20-30 billion pounds of tax hikes when she addresses parliament at about 1230 GMT

Published 26 Nov, 2025 11:30am

Markets

IMF to reclassify India’s FX management framework, Bloomberg News reports

MUMBAI: The International Monetary Fund is likely to reclassify India’s foreign exchange rate management regime in...

Published 25 Nov, 2025 04:07pm

Pakistan

IMF reveals ‘elite capture’ costing Pakistan billions

Singles out sugar industry as a textbook example of how intertwined relationship between economic elites and state regulators combines to capture public benefits

Updated 20 Nov, 2025 02:20pm