Oil smuggling: a dangerous parallel market Updated 26 May, 2026 07:27am EDITORIAL: The surge in Iranian oil smuggling into Pakistan during the ongoing Middle East conflict has exposed...
PSX posts strong recovery Published 26 May, 2026 04:53am KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) staged a strong recovery on Monday as renewed optimism surrounding...
Bulls hold sway Published 21 May, 2026 05:01am KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended its upward momentum on Wednesday as improving investor...
Stock market plummets Published 19 May, 2026 06:02am KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) came under heavy selling pressure on Monday as investor sentiment...
PSX extends losing streak Published 15 May, 2026 06:03am KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended its losing streak on Thursday as investor sentiment remained fragile...
War raises risks to macroeconomic outlook, warns SBP Updated 13 May, 2026 09:27am KARACHI: The war in the Middle East has intensified risks to Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook, triggering fresh...
50bps increase—doctor’s orders! Updated 27 Apr, 2026 08:07am The Monetary Policy Committee meeting is due today. The market is split. Surveys and polls show that roughly half of...
Sharing fuel price burden along with rationing Published 27 Mar, 2026 06:40am EDITORIAL: With rising international oil prices—especially for supplies from the Middle East—the authorities in...
Stocks show strong bullish session Published 19 Mar, 2026 06:08am KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a strong bullish session on Wednesday, with the benchmark index...
Stocks decline Published 17 Mar, 2026 05:57am KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a sharp sell-off on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index...
Stocks bounce back sharply Published 11 Mar, 2026 05:25am KARACHI: Pakistan’s equity market staged a powerful recovery on Tuesday as aggressive buying across key sectors...
Significant cut in fuel prices likely Updated 14 Sep, 2024 05:05pm ISLAMABAD: As international oil prices continue to fall, the government is poised for a significant reduction in...
Oil prices in for a surge? Published 19 Mar, 2024 09:03am International oil prices have hovered and remained steady over the last month only to be triggered by some recent...
1HFY24 – Fall in oil sales Published 05 Jan, 2024 08:35am The oil sales by the oil marketing sector during the first half of FY24 (1HFY24) witnessed a decline of around 15...
Monetary policy blues Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in its meeting of 12 December 2023 kept the discount rate unchanged...
Provincial govts can bear FPA cost to provide relief to consumers: experts Published 13 Sep, 2022 06:12am LAHORE: Provincial governments can bear the cost of Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) to provide relief to the electricity...
Petroleum prices: Currency depreciation restricts relief Published 02 Aug, 2022 08:51am A sharp decline in benchmark gasoline prices allowed the government to cut domestic retail petrol prices by 1.3...
Energy conservation drive: Power Div asked to seek comments of Finance Div Updated 24 Jul, 2022 11:50am ISLAMABAD: Cabinet Division has advised Power Division to seek comments of Finance Division on the summary of Rs...
PM announces cut in fuel prices Updated 15 Jul, 2022 09:37am Petrol price slashed to Rs230.24 per litre, diesel to Rs236 per litre
JPMorgan warns oil prices could reach ‘Stratospheric’ $380 on worst-case Russian cut Updated 03 Jul, 2022 07:41pm A 3 million-barrel cut to daily supplies would push benchmark London crude prices to $190, analysts warn
POL products: GST abolished, PL revised downward Updated 02 Feb, 2022 10:38am Based on existing levels of consumption, estimated revenue loss on account of zero sales tax on petroleum products would be between Rs 21 to 25 billion in one month
PKR remains subdued Published 24 Jan, 2022 06:50am KARACHI: The rupee lost value in three of the five sessions, ending 0.09% lower week-on-week, but only after it...
Oil prices: interesting times ahead! Published 24 Nov, 2021 08:10am Pakistan external account is almost always in stress when the international oil prices hover over $70-80 mark....