KARACHI: The Pakistani stock market showed impressive growth this week, with the KSE-100 index rising by 3.08 per cent on a week-on-week basis. This upward trend was largely driven by strong buying activity from local mutual funds, as investors turned to equities, which continue to outperform other asset classes.

The rally in the stock market coincided with a series of significant developments in the economy. Key among these was the widening of Pakistan’s trade deficit, which surged 44pc year-on-year to $2.8bn for July 2025. On the positive side, workers’ remittances reached an all-time high for July, amounting to $3.2bn, up 7pc compared to the same month last year.

The government raised Rs370bn in a T-Bill auction held this week, with yields increasing by 5-30 basis points across all tenors. This came on the back........

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