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The government on Monday jacked up the price of petrol by Rs12.90 per litre while increasing the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs3.72 per litre. Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs358.77 per litre while HSD will cost Rs381.77 per litre. The government continues to levy Rs114 per l...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 7:14 pm
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Posted on 7 September 2026 | 3:17 am
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Posted on 7 September 2026 | 3:00 am
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Last month, Punjab's Chief Minister inaugurated a high-tech steam plant in Sheikhupura, built by a multinational company and designed to consume around 72,000 tonnes of biomass as fuel annually. By burning biomass in a controlled environment fitted with emission-control filters, the plant offers a...
Posted on 7 September 2026 | 2:52 am
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Posted on 7 September 2026 | 2:34 am
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• Guaranteed transportation tariff to facilitate Socar participation • Pipeline tariff projected at $64 a tonne • Project to link Faisalabad, Thalian and Tarujabba ISLAMABAD: Supported by the federal government, the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has sought recovery of about $432 million i...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 11:29 pm
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HYDERABAD: A surge in cotton production in Sindh during the ongoing season has brought relief to seed cotton producers and ginners amid several challenges that continue to affect the cotton sector as a whole. The Aug 31 fortnight cotton bales arrival report issued by Pakistan Cotton Ginners Associat...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 6:53 am
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday welcomed the launch of export insurance coverage by the Export Development Fund and the Export-Import Bank of Pakistan, saying the facility would help SMEs expand the country's exports. Chairing a meeting on the EDF, he said the Rs3 billion Risk Po...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 4:54 am
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KARACHI: The assembly plant of BYD in Gharo, Sindh, which was scheduled to become operational in the first half of FY26, has missed the deadline. According to a note from Topline Securities, Hub Power Company Ltd (Hubco) informed analysts this week that it plans to bring the BYD assembly plant onlin...
Posted on 6 September 2026 | 4:50 am
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Posted on 6 September 2026 | 4:36 am
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Posted on 6 September 2026 | 4:25 am
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ISLAMABAD: In a bid to cut delays and streamline trade procedures, Maritime Affairs Minister Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has proposed establishing a business facilitation centre to bring port-related services for exporters and importers under one roof. The minister made the proposal while chairi...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 11:08 pm
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has intensified its efforts to promote renewable energy by resolving over 11,000 pending net-metering applications. The move reinforces state policy to foster solar growth and protect consumers' rights while establishing a transparent, sustainable power system. ...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 11:08 pm
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Posted on 5 September 2026 | 2:50 am
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KARACHI: Consumers continue to face hardships in buying various commodities as the weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose 8.35 per cent for the week ending on Sept 3 year-on-year, showed data on Friday. According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 2:29 am
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• Fuel adjustment adds Rs2.06 per unit to Sept bills• 52 paisa per unit quarterly charge to continue through Nov; Rs45.6bn additional burden imposed on users• Some relief for lifeline consumers, EV charging stations, prepaid users ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Ne...
Posted on 5 September 2026 | 2:21 am
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday extended its mild recovery on selective buying, despite persistent uncertainty over the economic outlook amid an upsurge in inflation and geopolitical tensions. Topline Securities Ltd said the market remained range-bound during the last trading ...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:02 pm
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LAHORE: Amid warnings of a potential Rs100 billion collapse in farmers' revenues reminiscent of the 2017-18 sugar crisis, the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has demanded the immediate export authorisation of 1 million tonnes of surplus sugar before the upcoming crushing season kicks off on Nov 15. ...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:02 pm
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ISLAMABAD: With new incorporations in August, the number of registered companies surpassed the 300,000 milestone, primarily due to digital registration. At the same time, more companies were registered in Islamabad, mainly in the trading and IT sectors, than in Sindh. The Securities and Exchange Co...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:02 pm
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KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Atif Ikram Sheikh has voiced concern over the widening of the trade deficit during 2MFY27 by 18.1 per cent to $7.1 billion from $6.025bn. While acknowledging a slight recovery in overall economic activity, he said ...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:02 pm
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The government on Friday reduced the price of petrol by Rs3.13 per litre while increasing the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs3.74 per litre. Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs345.87 per litre while HSD will cost Rs378.05 per litre. The government continues to levy Rs114 per litr...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 6:28 pm
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ISLAMABAD: Buoyed by a windfall from the global surge in oil prices, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Friday announced a record Rs242.4 billion profit for fiscal year 2025-26, up 43 per cent from the previous year. The company's profit after tax for the first nine months of the f...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 6:10 pm
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ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed the government to require mandatory Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) as part of an upcoming auction for 800 megawatts of renewable power capacity from wind and solar projects, aimed at helping stabilise an ele...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 4:40 pm
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India's unexpectedly strong economic growth has sparked a debate after an ex-bureaucrat questioned whether the expansion was overstated and a former central bank chief asked why strong expansion had not shown up in jobs and investment. The government defended its numbers. The world's fifth-bigge...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 11:00 am
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed the need for Karachi-Peshawar Main Railway Line's (ML-1) early groundbreaking with Asian Development Bank (ADB) South, Central, and West Asia Vice President Yingming Yang on Friday. The premier and the visiting ADB official held a meeting in Islamabad, the P...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 9:38 am
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Posted on 4 September 2026 | 2:51 am
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• High-speed diesel to be deregulated at a later stage• Ogra may be empowered to adjust diesel pricing without repeated cabinet approvals• Petroleum price stabilisation fund unlikely to be operationalised ISLAMABAD: The government is unlikely to operationalise the recently created Petroleum Pr...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 2:30 am
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that a banking court cannot award markup to a bank if it was not explicitly claimed in the original plaint, setting aside a Feb 2019 Lahore High Court (LHC) judgement that allowed Citibank to recover markup through an amended decree. A three-member SC bench, he...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 2:18 am
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Workers load cotton onto a tractor trolley in Bahawalpur.—APP LAHORE: Driven by exceptionally favourable weather, Pakistan's cotton arrivals surged unexpectedly by 27 per cent to nearly 1.7 million bales as of Aug 31, significantly improving crop quality and reducing reliance on imports. Ac...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 2:03 am
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KARACHI: The trade gap widened alarmingly by over 18 per cent in the first two months of 2026-27, reflecting the increasing pressure of a surging import bill. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data, issued on Thursday, showed that the trade deficit for July-August FY27 swelled to $7.1 bil...
Posted on 4 September 2026 | 2:03 am