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Aurangzeb to visit US as Pakistan reassesses trade strategy amid regional trade shifts

US remains Pakistan’s largest single-country export destination,

Updated 14 Feb, 2026 07:56pm

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Change in banking outlook rating by Moody’s

EDITORIAL: Moody’s has changed the banking outlook for Pakistan from positive to stable, generating intense debate...

Updated 12 Feb, 2026 09:00am

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SBP projects inflation within target range, sees growth picking up in FY26

The report reviews economic developments since the publication of the previous MPR in August 2025

Published 09 Feb, 2026 08:24pm

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Smuggling cheap credit back into the system

The government’s decision to slash the Export Finance Scheme rate has been dressed up as harmless relief for...

Updated 09 Feb, 2026 09:12am

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Inflation within range

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released data for headline inflation (Consumer Price Index) was 5.6...

Published 08 Feb, 2026 03:09am

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Financing fiscal deficit and lending to private sector: ineffectiveness of monetary policy

The Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the policy interest rate unchanged at 10.5 percent, marking an...

Published 05 Feb, 2026 02:51am

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Taking stock of debt stock

EDITORIAL: Annual Debt Review Fiscal Year 2025 prepared by the Debt Management Office reveals that public debt stock...

Published 04 Feb, 2026 05:49am

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OPINION: The unraveling world order and Pakistan

It appears that the global world trade order is on the verge of collapse. What we are witnessing today is not an...

Updated 03 Feb, 2026 07:27am

Markets

Sterling drops against dollar

LONDON: The pound dropped against the dollar on Friday, with the US currency benefiting from growing expectations...

Published 02 Feb, 2026 05:59am

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PM Shehbaz rolls out measures to boost industry, trade and exports

Initiatives include a 300-basis-point cut in the refinance rate for exporters
Announce reductions in industrial power tariffs and wheeling charges

Updated 31 Jan, 2026 02:21pm

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S&P’s projections for Pakistan ‘broadly align’ with SBP’s outlook, says Khurram Schehzad

Adviser to the Finance Minister says S&P projects inflation at 5.1% in 2026; SBP has forecast range of 5%–7% over the next two years

Updated 27 Jan, 2026 07:56pm

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KSE-100 sheds nearly 400 points after SBP keeps policy rate unchanged

Benchmark index settled at 188,202.85

Updated 27 Jan, 2026 06:12pm

Business & Finance

Atiq suggests policy rate to be brought down

Karachi: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 10.5 percent in its...

Published 27 Jan, 2026 07:02am

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BR RESEARCH: MPC holds the line: tweaks the plumbing

The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to hold the policy rate while cutting the Cash Reserve Requirement is being...

Updated 27 Jan, 2026 09:34am

Business & Finance

Business leaders decry SBP’s decision to hold policy rate

Single-digit interest rate essential for economic revival, restoring business confidence, FPCCI official says

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 09:44pm

Markets

KSE-100 closes 579 points lower as late-session selling erases intra-day gains

SBP maintains policy rate at 10.5%

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 06:39pm

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OPINION: The perils of premature easing: can SBP hold the line?

The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) Monetary Policy Committee gathers today under familiar pressures. Markets...

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 09:16am

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MPC meeting today

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled to meet today (Monday) to...

Published 26 Jan, 2026 06:04am

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Businessmen underscore need for further cut in interest rate

PESHAWAR: Members of the Business community pinned high hopes about a reduction in interest rate in the forthcoming...

Published 25 Jan, 2026 06:01am

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National Savings Scheme: CDNS reduces profit rates on majority of schemes

Reduction aligns with expectations of decline in policy rate

Updated 24 Jan, 2026 05:21pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s central bank seen cutting rates again after December surprise

As per Reuters poll, the median forecast points to a 50bps cut

Published 23 Jan, 2026 01:47pm

Business & Finance

Single-digit rates back in sight at upcoming MPC

A 75bps cut in the upcoming MPC meeting is well-aligned with macro realities, says AHL

Updated 23 Jan, 2026 06:42pm

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PBIF seeks ‘industrial package’ immediately

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

Published 21 Jan, 2026 03:43am

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Stocks maintain upward momentum, KSE-100 gains nearly 900 points

Expectations of policy rate cut fuelling rally

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 07:11pm

Business & Finance

National Savings Scheme: profit rates on majority of schemes reduced

Reduction aligns with expectations of a gradual decline in key interest rates

Updated 09 Jan, 2026 01:21pm

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SBP buys $1bn in Sept interbank dealings

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) purchased a hefty USD 1 billion worth of forex from the interbank market...

Updated 31 Dec, 2025 08:04am

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EDITORIAL: What to make of the 50bps policy rate cut

EDITORIAL: The policy rate was reduced by 50 basis points, according to the statement released by the Monetary ...

Updated 17 Dec, 2025 07:15am

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KSE-100 closes lower amid late-session selling

Benchmark index settles at 170,447.29

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 07:51pm

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BR RESEARCH: A cut that solves yesterday’s problem

It blinked. After holding the policy rate at 11 percent for four consecutive reviews, the Monetary Policy Committee...

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 08:07am

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Will SBP rate cut ‘do little to ease pressure on businesses’?

One businessman says 'such a token adjustment falls far short of what is urgently required to revive Pakistan’s fragile economy and restore business confidence'

Updated 16 Dec, 2025 07:18am