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Profit after tax increased 220pc, translating into earnings per share of Rs40.4 compared to Rs12.6 a year earlier.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Cambodia on Wednesday signed an agreement between their trade promotion organisations (TPOs) at the conclusion of the second...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Cambodia have agreed to work toward establishing a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to support deeper commercial...
ISLAMABAD: The government has appointed Imtiaz Haider as the fifth commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP),...
KARACHI: Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) President Muhammad Ikram Rajput has expressed grave concern over the federal government’s...
ISLAMABAD: Amid the government’s narrative of returning to macroeconomic stability, the country’s textile exporters upped the ante against...
ISLAMABAD: S&P Global Market Intelligence has projected a strengthening of Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook in the current and next fiscal years,...
KARACHI: The yellow metal continued to shine in the world market, pushing domestic 10-gram and one-tola rates to a new all-time high of Rs423,235 and...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has released provisional national cotton production figures, showing that by Jan 15, 2026, a...
ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik has formally invited global stakeholders to participate in the Pakistan Minerals Investment...
KARACHI: A majority of Pakistanis expect economic improvement or stability in 2026, but public opinion reflects cautious optimism rather than...
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday notified up to five per cent reduction in the price of regasified liquefied natural...
ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 3.87 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Jan 15 due to an...
KARACHI: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan has said that supporting small and medium...
KARACHI: Pakistan and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an Indonesia-Pakistan Joint Trade Committee (JTC) to strengthen...
KARACHI: While the main apex business body is upbeat over economic prosperity, the leadership of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)...
ISLAMABAD: Global digital operator and the parent company of Jazz and Mobilink Bank, VEON Group has announced an investment of $20 million in Mobilink...
KARACHI: Urea sales surged 65 per cent month-on-month and 37pc year-on-year to hit an all-time high of 1.356 million tonnes in December 2025 amid...
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has described higher revenue collection in December as a strong validation of the government’s fiscal...
ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 2.41 per cent year-on-year in the week ending January 1 owing...
KARACHI: Attock Refinery Ltd on Friday announced that it will temporarily shut down its main crude distillation unit for three to four days starting...
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan will remain closed for public dealing on Thursday (Jan 1), which will be observed as a ‘bank holiday’. All...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday launched the country’s first-ever private-capital-funded Pakistan Skills Impact Bond (PSIB), backed by a guarantee...
KARACHI: Nearly 17 days have passed since the Karachi Cotton Exchange (KCE) was shut, raising serious concerns under a government that claims to...
KARACHI: Flour millers have criticised the Sindh government’s dual standard of providing a limited wheat quota to millers under the Wheat Food...
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Governor Saleemullah has said that Islamic banking must not remain limited to nomenclature but should be...
ISLAMABAD: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will provide technical support to the Capital Development...
ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased 3.75 per cent year-on-year in the week ending on Dec 18, owing...
ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has sought a nominal 72 paise per unit negative fuel cost adjustment (FCA) to consumers across...
LAHORE: A wave of concern swept through Pakistan’s cotton sector after the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) failed to issue the daily cotton spot...
KARACHI: The decision of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to lower the policy rate by 50 basis points to 10.50pc drew mixed reactions on Monday, with a...
KARACHI: Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL) on Monday signed an agreement with Reko Diq Mining Company (RDMC) for the handling and...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the relevant authorities to expedite the privatisation process of power distribution...
ISLAMABAD: The Regional Tax Office (RTO) Peshawar has sealed multiple godowns and seized non-duty paid raw tobacco, involving a tax evasion of Rs19...
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has strongly condemned a recent Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) report, demanding its immediate...
ISLAMABAD: The prices of all petroleum products are estimated to go down by up to Rs12 per litre on Monday for the next fortnight ending Dec 31 in...
ISLAMABAD: The state-owned Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDC) announced on Wednesday that it has made a significant oil and gas discovery in...
KARACHI: Exporters so far shipped around 6,000 tonnes of kinno to the Middle East, Sri Lanka and the Philippines since Dec 1. The All Pakistan Fruit...
KARACHI: Repeated closures of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have brought bilateral medicine trade to a standstill, leaving hundreds of trucks...
KARACHI: Despite upbeat indicators, the respondents of the Business Confidence Survey Wave 28 conducted by Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce and...
KARACHI: The country’s overall oil sales dropped 10 per cent year-on-year and 5pc month-on-month to 1.418 million tonnes during November. However,...
KARACHI: The Businessmen Group (BMG) Chairman Zubair Motiwala and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Muhammad Rehan Hanif have...
ISLAMABAD: With a three-one majority, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday imposed a Rs10 million fine on National...
ISLAMABAD: Acting on the prime minister’s directive to promote a cashless economy, Jazz has begun a nationwide rollout of free SIMs for two million...
KARACHI: Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan on Tuesday stated that the government was closely reviewing economic challenges and making all-out efforts...
KARACHI: Engineering Development Board (EDB) Chief Executive Hammad Ali Mansoor has encouraged the local auto manufacturers to focus on exporting...
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed on Tuesday urged regional collaboration to tackle today’s economic and financial...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Maritime Affairs has launched measures to address congestion at Port Qasim, where slow unloading of sugar consignments has...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has linked the filing of 892,419 new tax returns for the tax year 2025 to rising public confidence in the...
KARACHI: Banks continued to post strong profits in the third quarter of calendar year 2025, remaining the only sector with steady, low-risk earnings...