7th census: PBS demands remaining Rs12bn ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has demanded the remaining Rs12 billion for conducting the 7th... Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 1.80pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 22, 2023, recorded an... Updated 25 Mar, 2023 08:47am
Pakistan PBS tells provinces to stop census staff from using social media ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has taken serious note of social media usage by officials during... Published 21 Mar, 2023 07:14am
Print Petrol subsidy to bikers: two options under study ISLAMABAD: On an average consumption of 17.5 litres per month, the two options under consideration for petrol... Updated 21 Mar, 2023 08:58am
Print Govt releases Rs10bn more for digital census ISLAMABAD: The federal government has released around Rs 10 billion for digital census in the country, bringing the... Updated 20 Mar, 2023 08:59am
Print 68.29pc negative growth YoY: Mobile phones worth $447.855m imported in 8 months ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $447.855 million during the first eight months (July-January) of... Updated 19 Mar, 2023 09:45am
Business & Finance First 8 months of year 2022-23: Petroleum group imports show negative growth of 8.28pc ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 8.28 percent during the first eight months... Published 18 Mar, 2023 06:14am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.96pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 16, 2023, recorded an... Published 18 Mar, 2023 06:14am
Print Jul-Feb textile group exports dip 11.09pc YoY Exports remain at $1.180 billion when compared to $1.684 billion during the same month of last year Updated 18 Mar, 2023 09:19am
Editorials LSMI: growth engine revving low EDITORIAL: The latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) for Large Scale Manufacturing Index... Published 17 Mar, 2023 06:15am
Pakistan Sindh’s concerns about digital census discussed threadbare ISLAMABAD: A virtual meeting between Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal and ... Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am
Pakistan Census monitoring dashboards: PBS asks Nadra to give provinces access ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has asked the National Database and Registration Authority ... Published 15 Mar, 2023 06:01am
Print Jul-Jan LSMI output falls 4.40pc YoY The LSMI output decreases by 7.9 percent for January 2023 when compared with January 2022 Updated 15 Mar, 2023 06:16pm
Print Bridge financing for digital census: ECC asks 4 ministries to surrender Rs12bn ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed four Ministries to surrender Rs 12... Updated 12 Mar, 2023 09:51am
Business & Finance SPI-based inflation increases 1.37pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended March 9, 2023, recorded an ... Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am
Pakistan Ahsan tells Sindh CM: Concerns of Sindh will be addressed immediately ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday chaired a 7th... Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am
Print ECC likely to approve SG for population and housing census ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Monday (today) is... Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:45am
Print PL: Govt projects Rs175bn revenue shortfall The government expected to raise rate of PL on high-speed diesel by Rs 5 to Rs 50 per litre Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:03am
Business & Finance Weekly SPI inflation down 0.30pc ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 2, 2023, recorded a decrease... Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am
Business & Finance Jul-Feb trade deficit narrows 33.18pc YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 33.18 percent to $21.3 billion during the first eight months... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:20am
Print MPC to meet today KARACHI: The emergent meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be ... Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:13am
Business & Finance Feb CPI jumps 31.5pc, highest rate in nearly 50 years ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 31.5 percent on a year-on-year basis in... Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am
Pakistan Pakistan’s headline inflation reading in February hits 31.5% YoY This is the highest YoY inflation reading since data was made available in July 1965, according to brokerage house AHL Updated 01 Mar, 2023 07:10pm
Opinion IMF conditionalities: fiscal reforms The International Monetary Fund (IMF) typically imposes a series of conditions on countries that receive financial... Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Opinion Progressive fiscal policy The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said recently in the... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Print First digital census will begin tomorrow ISLAMABAD: The field enumeration of the 7th Housing and Population, first of its kind of digital census in South... Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:40am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 2.78pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended February 23, 2023, recorded an... Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:48am
Editorials Raise in FBR tax collection target EDITORIAL: Additional taxation measures of 170 billion rupees tabled in parliament on 15 February by Finance ... Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Print Negative growth of 67.35pc YoY: Mobile phones worth $414.801m imported in 7 months ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $414.801 million during the first seven months (July-January) of... Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am
Business & Finance Jul-Jan petroleum group imports show negative growth ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 9.27 percent during the first seven months... Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am