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Gold price tumbles

KARACHI: In a dramatic reversal, domestic gold prices plunged on Saturday, with 10 grams (24kt) gold dropping by Rs9,088 to Rs382,630, and one-tola...

yesterday 10

Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Rs43m smuggled goods seized

ISLAMABAD: The Customs Enforcement Wing of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has confiscated smuggled goods valued at over Rs43 million during...

yesterday 10

Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Non-textile export shrinks 16.54pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan’s exports of non-textile products shrank 16.54 per cent in the first quarter (July-September) of the current year, mainly led...

yesterday 20

Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Consumers face tomato shock amid govt’s inaction

Consumers face tomato shock amid govt’s inaction

• Price surges to Rs560 per kg • Pulses stay costly despite global drop • Poultry prices fall amid overproduction KARACHI: The price of tomatoes...

yesterday 10

Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

PSX stays green amid volatility, geopolitical tensions

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) experienced a week of significant volatility, as the KSE-100 index showed modest gains of 0.44 per cent....

yesterday 10

Dawn Business

Muhammad Kashif

Pakistan’s car quality quagmire amid dual authority

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has claimed powers to certify the quality standards of vehicles assembled...

yesterday 20

Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

IMF can’t impose terms against Pakistan’s interests: minister

• Aurangzeb expects $1.2bn tranche by Dec 31, trade deal with US ‘within weeks’ • Says govt ‘close to deciding’ fate of Roosevelt Hotel...

yesterday 20

Dawn Business

Anwar Iqbal

IMF warns of revenue, pension pressures

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a gradual improvement in Pakistan’s fiscal indicators over the next five years,...

previous day 40

Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

Gold crosses Rs456,000 per tola

KARACHI: Domestic gold prices surged to a record high on Friday, with one tola (24kt) reaching Rs456,900 and 10 grams hitting Rs391,718 — marking...

previous day 40

Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

Bears snap bull run amid record volume

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) saw significant volatility on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index briefly surging above 165,000...

previous day 30

Dawn Business

Muhammad Kashif

Large-scale manufacturing growth decelerates on flood impact

ISLAMABAD: Growth in Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector slowed to 0.54 per cent year-on-year in August, compared to an 8.99pc rise...

previous day 10

Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Pakistan sells First Women Bank to UAE firm

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday hailed the acquisition of First Women Bank Ltd (FWBL) by Abu Dhabi-based International Holding...

previous day 30

Dawn Business

Dawn Report

Sost trade resumes after tribunal ruling

GILGIT: Trade activities at the Sost Dry Port have resumed following a decision by the Pakistan Cus­toms Appellate Tribunal, which ordered the...

previous day 10

Dawn Business

Jamil Nagri

Punjab agri dept signs four MoUs with Chinese firms

LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Department has signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Chinese technology and agricultural machinery...

previous day 10

Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Gold hits new highs

KARACHI: The prices of 10-gram and one-tola gold (24kt) on Wednesday reached new all-time highs, hitting Rs378,000 and Rs440,900, respectively....

17.10.2025 20

Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Competition Commission of Pakistan fines two transport associations

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has imposed a penalty of Rs5 million each on the Transporters of Goods Association (TGA)...

17.10.2025 20

Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

IMF, Pakistan reach staff-level agreement over another $1.2bn in loans

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that it had reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) with Pakistan on its loan programmes,...

17.10.2025 30

Dawn Business

Tahir Sherani

Aurangzeb meets Saudi finance minister, briefs him on ongoing privatisation of PIA and key airports

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met his Saudi counterpart on the third day of his ongoing US visit, the finance ministry said on Thursday,...

17.10.2025 20

Dawn Business

Tahir Sherani

IMF sees Pakistan’s economic growth at 3.6pc, warns of rising inflation and current account deficit

• Fund projects growth at 3.6pc, higher than World Bank’s 2.6pc forecast • Global growth forecast to slow to 3.2pc in 2025, 3.1pc in 2026...

17.10.2025 2

Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

2-member committee constituted as petroleum officials face probe over dues’ misstatement

ISLAMABAD: The government has constituted a two-member committee to probe into contradictory statements regarding outstanding dues against...

17.10.2025 1

Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

Textile exports fall for second month

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports fell by 1.99 per cent in September, marking the second consecutive month of negative growth....

17.10.2025 10

Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

PTCL directed to unbundle works after Telenor deal

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has ordered Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) to unbundle its operations...

15.10.2025 20

Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

No headway in talks between Khyber jirga, TTP

KHYBER: Negotiations between a jirga representing all tribes of Khyber district and terrorists from the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s Noor...

15.10.2025 10

Dawn Business

Ibrahim Shinwari

Donkey farming holds high potential in Pakistan

Pakistan’s investment climate is primarily dominated by mining, tourism or energy ventures, mostly under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...

14.10.2025 10

Dawn Business

Laraib Sajid

SMEDA proposes tweaks to boost small and medium enterprise coordination

• Board reviewed SME formalisation initiative and proposed amendments to Smeda Ordinance 2002 • SAPM emphasised rapid SME development, sustainable...

14.10.2025 3

Dawn Business

Bakhtawar Mian

Finance Minister Aurangzeb arrives in Washington to attend IMF, World Bank plenary meetings

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb reached Washington on Sunday, where he will attend plenary meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

14.10.2025 1

Dawn Business

Anwar Iqbal

Rice growers complain of ‘unjustified deductions’ by millers

Paddy harvesting started only last month in the lower Sindh region, and farmers — mostly small landholders — are already complaining about “...

14.10.2025 30

Dawn Business

Mohammad Hussain Khan