July-May LSMI output declines 9.87pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 9.87 percent during July-May... Updated 14 Jul, 2023 09:11am
Business & Finance Jan-May: 4.88m mobile phones manufactured in country ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 4.88 million mobile handsets during the first four... Published 11 Jul, 2023 06:08am
Business & Finance SPI-based inflation up 0.7pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended July 6, 2023, increased by 0.70 ... Published 08 Jul, 2023 06:20am
Editorials There’s need for forging ahead on own steam EDITORIAL: Rating agency Moody’s has warned that Pakistan’s liquidity risks remain high in spite of the... Updated 06 Jul, 2023 06:14am
Editorials Inflation down MoM EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June dropped by 8.6 percentage points compared to the month before – ... Published 05 Jul, 2023 06:00am
Opinion The youth bulge The high rate of population growth of Pakistan, among the highest in the world, has led to the emergence of a large... Updated 04 Jul, 2023 05:50am
Business & Finance June CPI inflation rises to 29.4pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in June... Published 04 Jul, 2023 05:07am
Business & Finance Jul-Jun trade deficit shrinks 43.03pc to $27.547bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 43.03 per cent to $27.547 billion during the fiscal year 2022-23... Published 04 Jul, 2023 05:07am
Markets Lowest reading since Jan: Pakistan’s headline inflation slows to 29.4% in June Inflation in May had hit a record high at 38% June's reading takes FY23 average to 29.18% compared to 12.15% in FY22 Updated 03 Jul, 2023 07:04pm
Opinion Trend in key fiscal ratios The consistent series of the GDP with one year, 2015-16, has been estimated and released by the PBS from 1999-2000... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Editorials Revised budget: a detailed anatomy EDITORIAL: Federal budget 2023-24 was passed by the National Assembly on Sunday without any meaningful discussion on... Published 27 Jun, 2023 06:15am
Business & Finance Mobile phones worth $516.488m imported during 11 months ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $516.488 million during the first 11 months (July-May) of the... Published 25 Jun, 2023 02:57am
Editorials Vicious cycle of smuggling, tax evasion EDITORIAL: Speakers at a briefing arranged by Ipsos for parliamentarians to discuss tax evasion in five major ... Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am
Business & Finance SPI-based inflation rises slightly ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended June 22, 2023 increased by 0.33 ... Published 24 Jun, 2023 06:02am
Business & Finance Jan-April: 3.44m mobile phones manufactured locally ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 3.44 million mobile handsets during the first four... Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:07am
Business & Finance Jul-May period: Petroleum group imports decline 21.84pc to $15.382bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 21.84 percent during the first 11 months ... Published 17 Jun, 2023 06:13am
Business & Finance July-May textile group exports fall 14.72pc to $15.029bn YoY ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 14.72 percent during the first eleven months... Updated 17 Jun, 2023 11:25am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.2pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended June 15, 2023, increased by 0.2... Updated 17 Jun, 2023 10:27am
Business & Finance Jul-Apr LSMI output down 9.39pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 9.39 percent during July-April... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Pakistan CMC advises Finance to release remaining census funds ISLAMABAD: Census Monitoring Committee (CMC) advised the Finance Division for the immediate release of the remaining... Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am
Print July-May trade deficit shrinks 40.59pc to $25.79bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 40.59% to $25.791 billion during the first 11 months (July-May) of... Updated 03 Jun, 2023 09:26am
Print Inflation rockets to 38pc amid economic slide ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 38 percent on a year-on-year basis in May... Updated 02 Jun, 2023 09:07am
Opinion Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the... Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am
Print PBS statement full of mistakes: economist ISLAMABAD: Realistic projections for the current year indicate that GDP growth will be negative 4 percent against... Updated 29 May, 2023 08:55am
Editorials Economy shrinks EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s optimistic evaluation of the state of the economy with a visiting... Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 0.42pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 25, 2023, decreased by 0.42... Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am
Opinion Slump in industrial production There is no end to the bad news on the on-going performance of the economy of Pakistan. Now we have been informed by... Updated 23 May, 2023 06:36am
Print Pakistan’s population attains new mark amid economic slump Reaches 249,566,743 (249.566 million), as per the initial results of the seventh national and first digital census 2023 Updated 23 May, 2023 11:31am
Business & Finance A negative growth of 73.84pc YoY: Jul-Apr mobile phone imports stand at $473.287m ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $473.287 million during the first 10 months (July-April) of the... Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am
Print Jul-Apr: petroleum group imports show 17.96pc negative growth ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 17.96 percent during the first 10 months... Updated 21 May, 2023 03:26pm