Pakistan’s petrol price has climbed by roughly Rs28 per litre since the start of September, according to fuel price tracking confirmed in Thursday’s 11am headlines, as the country’s newly adopted daily pricing mechanism continues to push pump rates upward in near-constant, incremental steps rather than the larger, more predictable fortnightly revisions consumers were accustomed to...
An International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Pakistan on September 23 to conduct a biannual review of the country’s economic performance under its $7 billion Extended Fund Facility and $1.4 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility, marking the next major checkpoint in a lending programme that has become central to Pakistan’s fiscal management and, increasingly,...
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has said petrol prices could fall by as much as Rs106 per litre if the government abolishes the petroleum levy and removes certain taxes on the commodity, as his party’s weeks-long protest campaign against fuel prices heads toward a critical government meeting on Thursday. Speaking on Geo News’...
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb called the current salaried tax return form illogical while unveiling the Asaan Tajir mobile app for small traders, and confirmed Pakistan has sought a US Exchange Stabilisation Support Facility.
There is a particular kind of corporate confidence that travels badly. It shows up in boardrooms in New York, London, and Düsseldorf, gets packaged into a market entry strategy, and then lands in Lagos, Karachi, or Jakarta with the quiet certainty that what worked at home will work anywhere. It almost never does. Emerging markets...
The National Savings Centre announced the Rs1,500 and Rs100 prize bond draw results on August 17, 2026, with first prizes of Rs3 million and Rs700,000 awarded. Here's how to check and claim winnings.
Jamaat-e-Islami launched the next phase of its nationwide campaign against the petroleum levy and rising inflation on Sunday, staging simultaneous sit-ins outside Governor Houses in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta, with party leadership vowing the protests would continue until the government agreed to withdraw the levy altogether. In Karachi, JI workers marched from different parts...
Explore the top 10 tech entrepreneurs transforming Pakistan's digital economy. From software pioneers and startup investors to ecosystem builders, this list highlights influential innovators, including Tech Entrepreneur Burhan Mirza, whose work in technology investment, entrepreneurship, and human capital development continues to shape the country's innovation landscape.
A comparison of the 20 cheapest smartphones on sale in Karachi this month, ranked by price.
Cryptocurrency trading in Pakistan has entered a new phase this year after the government formally ended a seven-year ban on digital assets, opening the door to regulated participation in a market that already counts tens of millions of local traders. The State Bank of Pakistan and the Ministry of Finance lifted the prohibition on April...