The government on Friday increased profit margins of petrol pump owners by 15.5% in a hurriedly called virtual meeting to ...

Pakistan collected a record Rs1.567 trillion in petroleum levy during fiscal year 2025-26, exceeding the government target by ...

Pakistan celebrates its 79th Independence Day as the KSE-100 index delivers a 23% return over the past year despite ...

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, as the new pact is known, is the latest in a diplomatic pas de deux by Pakistan’s de facto ...

S&P Global Ratings raised Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘B’ from ‘B-’ on July 22, with a stable outlook, ...

Pakistan's fiscal situation improved markedly in the last financial year, recording a third consecutive primary budget surplus of Rs3.6 trillion on the back of higher petroleum levy collection and ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan could secure further sovereign credit rating upgrades if it sustains fiscal consolidation and strengthens its external position, with a fiscal deficit below 3 percent of GDP and ...

Pakistan is not short of economic plans. We have had five-year plans, annual plans, vision documents, export strategies, industrial policies, energy policies, investment policies, privatisation ...

Renowned political economist S. Akbar Zaidi has warned that getting rid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is impossible unless Pakistan stands on its own feet and implements deep, structural ...

Pakistan recorded a multi-decade low fiscal deficit of Rs. 3.3 trillion, equivalent to 2.6 percent of GDP, during FY26. According to fiscal data for FY26, the deficit fell from 5.4 percent of GDP or ...

Pakistan Economy: Pakistan's national debt is projected to reach Rs 83.6 trillion by June 2025-26 (excluding IMF and some bilateral loans), a 75% increase over four years. Pakistan is under a heavy ...