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FBR seals two sugar mills over tax law violation

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sealed two sugar mills in central Punjab for serious breaches of statutory provisions, in line...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Telecom industry demands rational spectrum auction policy

• Companies say it must reflect sector’s ‘economic realities’, urge federal cabinet to prioritise long-term benefits over short-term...

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Kalbe Ali

SBP rolls out ‘shock covering’ measures for banks

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has introduced a set of shocks covering climate-related risk measures to protect the financial...

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Shahid Iqbal

Govt prioritises critical power projects

ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday directed relevant ministries to finalise a prioritised list of the most critical...

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Amin Ahmed

PSX hits new peak on UAE investment hopes

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday extended its record-setting rally for a second consecutive session, propelling the benchmark...

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Muhammad Kashif

Gold scales new peak amid nil imports

KARACHI: Amid record breaking domestic rates, Pakistan’s gold imports specifically for jewellery export purposes have remained nil from...

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Aamir Shafaat Khan

ML-1 Karachi-Rohri work to start in July

ISLAMABAD: Ground work for the Karachi-Rohri section under the Main Line-1 (ML-1) project is expected to begin in July next year, a high-level...

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Amin Ahmed

17-day closure of Karachi Cotton Exchange creates crisis as brokers incurring ‘losses running into billions of rupees’

KARACHI: Nearly 17 days have passed since the Karachi Cotton Exchange (KCE) was shut, raising serious concerns under a government that claims to...

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The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Trade deficit with Middle East swells to $5.9bn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with the Middle East swelled by 7.88 per cent during the first five months of 2025-26, driven by a surge in...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

The rupee in 2026

Who remembers 1998, when Pakistan’s currency market broke down? The trigger was nuclear testing and the sudden pullback of external financing. The...

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Faisal Mamsa

Rupee gains 1.8pc in July-December against US dollar

• Experts say exchange rate still ‘managed’, warn pressures may return in 2026• Insist PKR’s path shaped by politics, financing, oil and not just...

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Shahid Iqbal

Meaningful relief for compliant income tax payers remains unlikely

Meaningful relief for compliant income tax payers, salaried individuals and the corporate sector — who together contribute roughly half of...

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Afshan Subohi

IMF sees Public Sector Deve­lopment Programme shrinking as defence outlay to rise

ISLAMABAD: Amid impr­oving fiscal space, the Inter­national Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a declining Public Sector Deve­lopment Programme...

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Khaleeq Kiani

FBR cracks down on healthcare tax evasion

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has intensified its enforcement drive across the country against tax evasion in the private...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Government borrowing reverses course

KARACHI: The government’s borrowing from banks in the first half of FY26 has marked a sharp reversal from last year’s pattern, with Rs672 billion...

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Shahid Iqbal

Russia delays LNG output target due to sanctions

MOSCOW: Russia has pushed back by “several years” a plan to reach an annual liquefied natural gas output target of 100 million tonnes, Deputy Prime...

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Reuters

Edible oil, meat fuel short-term inflation

ISLAMABAD: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose 2.83 per cent year-on-year in the week ending Dec 25 owing to an...

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Advances to deposits ratio falls to 35pc while investments to deposits ratio goes up to 100pc: report

• Report finds lending to private sector lowest in Pakistan• Undocumented economy is 40pc of GDP KARACHI: The advances to deposits ratio (ADR)...

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Shahid Iqbal

Silver crosses $76 mark for first time

BENGALURU: Silver breached the $76 mark for the first time on Friday, while gold and platinum hit record highs, buoyed by expectations of US...

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Reuters

Stakeholders back PIA sale, call for divestment of other SOEs

• OICCI expects foreign interest once new management stabilises operations• Privatisation debate ignores what passengers actually need, says ex-PBC...

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Aamir Shafaat Khan

Stocks hit record closing above 172,000 level

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) surged to a record high on Friday, with the benchmark KSE 100 index breaking the 172,000-point barrier...

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Muhammad Kashif

Trade rules often favour wealthy states, MNCs: WB

ISLAMABAD: Global standards have increasingly been used as tools in trade disputes since the turn of the century, reshaping trade flows and often...

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Amin Ahmed

Pakistan, ADB sign two key initiatives worth $730m in power, state-owned enterprises sector

Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed two major initiatives — a power transmission strengthening project and an accelerating state-...

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News Desk

NA panel flags sugar stock irregularities

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee has unearthed alarming irregularities in sugar stock reporting, citing misreporting of quantities, creation of...

26.12.2025 10

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Mubarak Zeb Khan

Millers slam Sindh govt’s ‘dual standards’ in wheat supply

KARACHI: Flour millers have criticised the Sindh government’s dual standard of providing a limited wheat quota to millers under the Wheat Food...

26.12.2025 10

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The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Govt raises Rs900bn, cuts T-bill yields

KARACHI: Cut-off yields on treasury bills were slashed by up to 79 basis points at the auction held on Wednesday, with the government raising over...

26.12.2025 10

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Shahid Iqbal

Tax exemptions for GB traders approved

• Annual relief capped at Rs4bn on 2,403 items; waivers limited exclusively to local traders, firm• Strict penalties mandated if exempted goods are...

26.12.2025 5

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Jamil Nagri

IHC slams Federal Board of Revenue for ‘institutional manipulation’

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a landmark ruling condemning what it termed “institutionalised manipulation” within the...

26.12.2025 2

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Malik Asad

Body of accounting and management professionals lays out IMF-backed blueprint to tackle corruption, revive economy

ISLAMABAD: The Institute of Cost and Management Accoun­tants (ICMA) on Wednesday recommended a set of measures as follow-up actions on Governance...

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Khaleeq Kiani