Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 18% YoY to $19.5bn in 10MFY24 Exports increase by 9.1% to $25.3bn, while imports decline 4.1% to $44.8bn Updated 02 May, 2024 08:54pm
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation decelerates further to 17.3% in April 2024 CPI-based figure is lowest in 23 months Updated 02 May, 2024 10:18pm
Opinion Persistent decline of manufacturing sector The latest monthly data for February 2024 on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently by... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
BR Research LSM: 20 months in the red The longest negative LSM growth streak got longer, as per the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of... Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:39am
BR Research WPI: Much more than it shows While the last two years have piled on a misery of historic proportions on retail prices, the seeds were sown a year... Published 03 Apr, 2024 09:18am
Pakistan Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 25% to $17.03bn in 9MFY24 However, trade deficit in March alone higher on yearly and monthly basis Updated 01 Apr, 2024 10:10pm
Markets Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 30% to $14.9bn in 8MFY24 Deficit stood at $21.3bn in 8MFY23 Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:28pm
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows to 23.1% in February This is the lowest CPI-based figure since June 2022 Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:22pm
Print July-January FY24: Trade deficit shrinks 32.7pc to $13.16bn YoY Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says exports increased by 7.87 percent to $17.778 billion Updated 21 Feb, 2024 01:04pm
Opinion PBS needs a makeover Policymaking at all levels of government requires precise, timely and accurate statistics to achieve various targets... Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am
Opinion Tech solves Pakistan’s three-fold education problem The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education, “in celebration of... Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am
Pakistan Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 33% to $13.2bn in 7MFY24 Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank 33% to $13.167 billion during July-January (7MFY24) on account of a considerable... Updated 02 Feb, 2024 09:16pm
Business & Finance Jul-Dec: Trade deficit falls 34.29pc to $11.15bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 34.29 percent in the first half (July-December) of the current... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 09:54am
Pakistan Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks over 34% to $11.15bn in 6MFY24 Stood at $16.97bn in same period of the previous year Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:03pm
Opinion Problematic statistics The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Print Oct LSMI output down 4.08pc YoY The LSMI quantum index number (QIM) estimated for October 2023 is 111.06 Updated 16 Dec, 2023 05:34pm
Pakistan SBP seen holding key policy rate as monetary policy committee meets Tuesday Pakistan's key rate was raised to an all-time high of 22% in June and has stayed unchanged for the last three rate meetings Updated 11 Dec, 2023 09:32pm
Business & Finance SPI down 0.23pc WoW ISLAMABAD: A decline of 0.23 percent has been recorded in the weekly Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Business & Finance Jul-Nov trade deficit shrinks 33.59pc to $9.378bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit contracted by 33.59 percent to $9.378 billion during the first five months... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Markets 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
Pakistan Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 34% to $9.38bn in 5MFY24 Stood at $14.28bn in same period of the previous year Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:44pm
Pakistan ‘Unfinished agenda of PBS’: Ishrat shares his opinion ISLAMABAD: Dr Ishrat Husain a renowned economist, former Governor State Bank, Former Advisor to Prime Minister on... Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am
Pakistan As many as 35pc female medical doctors unemployed in Pakistan: PBS KARACHI: A large number of female doctors are out of job in Pakistan despite the fact that the world’s fifth most... Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am
Pakistan Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 27.4% in August This is the lowest inflation figure in calendar year 2023 Updated 01 Sep, 2023 07:36pm
BR Research GDP estimates: a failure of ‘Planning’? The federal finance minister had a profound moment of candidness yesterday. During the press conference for the... Published 09 Jun, 2023 08:38am
Pakistan ACs directed to remain in field till 15th for census LAHORE: Commissioner Lahore Muhammad Ali Randhawa has issued an order for all Assistant Commissioners (ACs) and... Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am
Pakistan Pakistan’s first digital census tackles miscounts, exclusion LAHORE: Father-of-two Muhammad Saqib excitedly types his family’s details on a laptop in his Lahore office - the... Published 28 Feb, 2023 02:57pm
Business & Finance HIFY23 football exports soar 53.58pc to $120.89m YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Football exports during the first six months of the fiscal year of 2022-23 increased by ... Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am
Editorials Digital Census EDITORIAL: In an important development Pakistan is all set to digitalise population and housing census. The National... Published 11 Jan, 2023 05:53am
Editorials Analysing the inflationary spiral EDITORIAL: December 2022 headline inflation (Consumer Price Index) rose by 24.5 percent as per the Pakistan Bureau ... Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am