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Pakistan enters bunkering market with first facility

ISLAMABAD: The country has laun­ched its first standardised bunkering operations at the Karachi Port, aligning Pakistan’s largest port with global...

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Kalbe Ali

Textile exports drift lower for third month

ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns over the country’s export performance, Pakistan’s textile and clothing sector recorded a 0.67 per cent decline in...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

ADB approves $330m loan to expand clean energy transmission in Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday that it had approved loans totalling $330 million to Pakistan for the country’s Second Power...

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News Desk

Foreign loan inflows surge 33pc in July-Oct

ISLAMABAD: Foreign loan inflows to Pakistan increased by more than 33 per cent to $2.293 billion in the first four months of 2025-26, mainly on the...

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Khaleeq Kiani

Afghanistan seeks to cut economic dependence on Pakistan

• Kabul wants to bolster trade with C. Asia states • Afghan traders say Islamabad still shortest, cheapest route to seaports • Uzbek president...

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Agencies

SBP limits cash dollar transactions

• Makes account-to-account transfer mandatory for dollar deposits • Individuals no longer allowed to buy cash dollars from open market KARACHI: The...

17.11.2025 3

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Shahid Iqbal

Local automakers urged to focus on exporting ‘Made-in-Pakistan’ vehicles

KARACHI: Engineering Devel­opment Board (EDB) Chief Executive Hammad Ali Mansoor has encouraged the local auto manufacturers to focus on exporting...

16.11.2025 3

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The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Costly food continues fuelling inflation

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 4.15 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Nov 13, owing...

16.11.2025 10

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Equities close weekend session on bullish note

KARACHI: Following initial volatility, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended its overnight bull run as the banks, oil and gas, and cement...

16.11.2025 10

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Muhammad Kashif

Monitoring of tobacco sector to boost revenues

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to digitally monitor the value chain of tobacco to cigarette manufacturing at the factory...

15.11.2025 4

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

14,802 firms enrolled in July-October

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 14,802 new companies in the first four months of FY26. Of these...

15.11.2025 2

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Kalbe Ali

Three deep-sea ports to expand maritime footprint

KARACHI: Maritime Minister Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry on Thursday constituted a high-level, multi-agency committee to identify potential sites...

15.11.2025 6

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Kalbe Ali

Pakistan revives offshore exploration with 23-block award round to 3 public sector oil and gas producers

ISLAMABAD: The government has awarded 23 new offshore exploration blocks to three public sector oil and gas producers led by Mari Energies on a...

15.11.2025 4

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Khaleeq Kiani

Afghan regime’s move to suspend trade sends shock waves through KP

KHYBER: The sudden announcement of the Afghan Taliban regime about abrupt suspension of trade ties with Pakistan on Thursday sent shock waves...

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Ibrahim Shinwari