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CDWP clears Rs40bn health cover for AJK, GB, ICT

ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday cleared a Rs40.188 billion Sehat Sahulat Programme to provide universal health coverage in Azad Jammu and...

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Khaleeq Kiani

No more imports of ‘personal’ used cars

KARACHI: The Ministry of Commerce has amended the Import Policy Order 2022, imposing a ban on the import of used cars under the “personal baggage...

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Aamir Shafaat Khan

Exchange companies allowed to use Raast to receive remittances

KARACHI: In a major move to facilitate overseas Pakistanis, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed exchange companies to use the Raast...

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Shahid Iqbal

Index loses 1,113 points on regional tensions

KARACHI: Rising geopolitical tensions took their toll on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) as jittery investors continued to offload their...

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Muhammad Kashif

FPCCI warns against widespread textile factory closures, unemployment amid high energy tariffs, taxes

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Friday warned that Pakistan’s industrial sector was facing a severe crisis...

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Kalbe Ali

Equities falter after overnight rally

KARACHI: After a mild recovery overnight following a three-session of continuous battering, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday came...

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Muhammad Kashif

Govt keeps petrol, diesel prices unchanged for next fortnight

The government on Thursday kept petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) prices unchanged at Rs253.17 per litre and Rs257.08 per litre respectively, for...

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News Desk

Pakistan-born Asad Ayaz named Disney’s first-ever chief marketing and brand officer

WASHINGTON: The Walt Disney Company has announced the creation of a new enterprise-wide marketing and brand organisation and named Pakistan-born...

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Anwar Iqbal

Pakistan signs MoU with Donald Trump-linked World Liberty Finance

Pakistan said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with a firm connected to World Liberty Financial, the main crypto business of US President...

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Reuters

Govt allows re-export of transit cargo stuck at Pakistani ports amid Pak-Afghan border closure

ISLAMABAD: The government has allowed the re-export of transit cargo stuck at Pakistani ports to save Afghan importers from rising demurrage...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Petrol prices estimated to go down by up to Rs4.50, diesel by Rs2.75 for next fortnight

ISLAMABAD: The prices of all petroleum products are estimated to go down by up to Rs4.50 per litre (over 1pc each) on Thursday for the next...

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Khaleeq Kiani

Policies being evolved to support SMEs

KARACHI: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan has said that supporting small and medium...

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The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Pakistan at important stage in shaping its digital asset ecosystem: Aurangzeb

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Pakistan was at an early but important stage in shaping its digital asset ecosystem. He...

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News Desk

Govt planning to impose ‘export emergency’, create special cell at PM Office to address hurdles

ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to announce an ‘export emergency’ in the country and create a special cell at PM Office to address problems...

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Khaleeq Kiani

Subsidised consumers eat up power tariff cut

ISLAMABAD: Challenges in the power sector continue to grow as the number of poor and subsidised consumers more than doubled to 21 million in three...

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Khaleeq Kiani

Replacing colonial-era water laws

An entirely new unified water law is on the anvil to govern the water sector in Sindh. The idea is to run the sector more effectively and...

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Mohammad Hussain Khan

Trump team escalates attack on Fed’s Powell with criminal indictment threat

The Trump administration’s move to open a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell escalates the US president’s long-running...

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Reuters

The not-terrible state of VC

The year 2025 was not one when Pakistani startups made a comeback — but it was the year they stopped falling. Funding activity ticked up from the...

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Mutaher Khan