PSX: selling continues, KSE-100 settles over 800 points lower Updated 20 Oct, 2026 06:53pm The benchmark index settles at 165,151.64
Economy grows 3.65pc in FY26: NAC Published 20 Oct, 2026 05:10am ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy has registered a growth rate 3.65 percent in Financial Year (FY) 2025-26, slightly...
Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.65% in FY2026, economy size reaches $450bn: NAC Updated 19 Oct, 2026 03:00pm Growth lower than 3.70% estimated in previous meeting
Economists challenge 3.70pc GDP growth figure Published 04 Jun, 2026 05:22am ISLAMABAD: Leading economists have challenged the government’s provisional GDP growth estimate of 3.70 percent for...
NAC releases Q3 FY 2025-26 GDP estimates, showing 4pc YoY growth Updated 14 May, 2026 09:13am ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has released GDP estimates for the third quarter of fiscal year...
Pakistan’s economy expands to $452bn as GDP grows 3.99% in Q3 FY26 Updated 13 May, 2026 05:35pm Pakistan's economy is on an upward trajectory in Q3, largely propelled by significant industrial sector gains
Q2FY26 economy grows 3.89pc Published 03 Apr, 2026 06:08am ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) on Thursday approved the provisional GDP estimates for the first...
Pakistan unlikely to achieve IMF’s projected 3.2% GDP growth, say experts Updated 26 Jan, 2026 07:14am Economists forecast growth more likely to remain between 2.5% to 3%
Think tank slams Pakistan’s economic growth claims Updated 04 Jan, 2026 01:49pm Economic Policy and Business Development think tank says numbers reflect import-driven accounting effects rather than genuine expansion in productivity
EDITORIAL: Seeing growth thru prism of C + G + I + (X–M) Updated 02 Jan, 2026 07:42am EDITORIAL: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) earlier this week approved GDP growth of 3.71 percent in 1QFY26 and...
Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.71% in Q1 FY2026, says Ahsan Iqbal Updated 30 Dec, 2025 06:13pm Growth comes despite 2025 flood shock, says Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives
Growth rate upgrade Updated 28 Oct, 2025 06:33am EDITORIAL: The claim of more than 100 percent growth in the power and energy sector that encapsulates the upward...
Power & energy sector: Expert disputes 100pc growth claim Updated 23 Oct, 2025 09:32am ISLAMABAD: More than 100 percent growth in power and energy sector is mind-boggling - a growth encapsulated in the...
GDP growth revisions: numbers in flux, substance in doubt Updated 13 Oct, 2025 06:36am The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has revised the GDP growth for FY25 upward to 3.04 percent from an earlier...
Economy expands to USD407.2bn: NAC Published 09 Oct, 2025 06:33am ISLAMABAD: The updated GDP growth rate for the financial year 2024-25 stands at 3.04 percent, up from the earlier...
Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.04% in FY2025, economy size reaches $407bn: NAC Updated 08 Oct, 2025 10:16pm Growth higher than 2.68% estimated in previous meeting
GDP numbers so good, they must be made up Updated 22 May, 2025 08:13am The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) appears to be counting on a very generous miracle. How else does one justify...
Pakistan’s GDP grows 2.4% in Jan-Mar: NAC Updated 20 May, 2025 11:34pm Provisional GDP growth rate for FY25 is 2.68%, below target of 3.6% set by govt
Quarterly national accounts Published 05 Apr, 2025 05:23am EDITORIAL: The 112th meeting of the National Accounts Committee (NAC) approved the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
Pakistan’s GDP grows 1.73% in Oct-Dec Updated 26 Mar, 2025 11:11pm Growth in agriculture, industry and services stand at 1.1%, -0.18% and 2.57% respectively.
Pakistan’s GDP grows 0.92% in July-Sept, 2.5% in FY24 Updated 30 Dec, 2024 11:25pm Growth in agriculture, industry and services stood at 1.15%, -1.03% and 1.43% respectively, in Q1 FY25
Moving away from stabilisation to industrial sector growth: there is some time Published 11 Oct, 2024 01:12am Complete independence cannot be achieved without economic stability. These words have never sounded truer. A few...
Agriculture posts 6.76pc growth in Q4FY24: NAC Updated 01 Oct, 2024 09:30am Pakistan’s economy posts a stable growth of 3.07 percent during the fourth quarter of financial year 2023-24
FY23-24: NAC approves 2.38pc GDP provisional growth Updated 22 May, 2024 09:28am ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has approved provisional growth of gross domestic product (GDP) at...
GDP posts 1pc growth in Q2FY24: NAC Updated 29 Mar, 2024 09:10am ISLAMABAD: The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a modest growth of one percent during the 2nd quarter...
Q2FY24: Pakistan sees GDP growth of 1%, below expectation Updated 28 Mar, 2024 10:34pm National Accounts Committee says agriculture sees 5.02% growth, but industrial sector contracts
QNA – a right step? Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am At the 107 National Accounts Committee (NAC) meeting held on 28 November 2023 approval was given to the introduction...
NAC lowers FY23 growth rate to -0.17pc Updated 29 Nov, 2023 09:19am ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has revised the GDP growth rate downward for the fiscal year...
Economy shrinks Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s optimistic evaluation of the state of the economy with a visiting...