Tuesday, June 9 2026
IMF's $7B Aid Paves the Way for Pakistan's Economic Growth

IMF’s $7B Aid Paves the Way for Pakistan’s Economic Growth

Web Desk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is preparing for a phase of “transitional pain” following the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) approval of a new […]

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Investing in Pakistan $12.7bn Rollovers to Drive Growth

Investing in Pakistan: $12.7bn Rollovers to Drive Growth

Web Desk

According to the Finance Division, Pakistan’s external debt obligations are projected to surpass $100 billion between fiscal years 2025 and […]

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SBP Sees Positive Growth in Banking Sector for 2024

SBP Sees Positive Growth in Banking Sector for 2024

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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has released its Mid-Year Performance Review of the Banking Sector for the first half […]

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IT and ITeS Export Witness A Significant 30% Growth

IT and ITeS Export Witness A Significant 30% Growth

Web Desk

Pakistan’s information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITeS) sectors have recorded a notable 30% year-on-year (YoY) growth in export remittances […]

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Electricity-Costs-Ease Due To Energy Reforms And Subsidies

Electricity Costs Ease Due To Energy Reforms And Subsidies

Web Desk

The first quarter of the current fiscal year has been notably eventful for Pakistan’s electricity sector. From a significant rise […]

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October Target Set for PIA Privatization and Growth

October Target Set for PIA Privatization and Growth

Web Desk

Federal Minister for Defense Khawaja Asif stated that the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) privatization process is expected to be finalized […]

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Moody’s Upgrades Pakistan to Caa2, Outlook Now Positive

Moody’s Upgrades Pakistan to Caa2, Outlook Now Positive

Nizam Khaskheli

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded Pakistan’s local and foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings from Caa3 to Caa2, […]

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Inflation Drops To The First Single Digit Unit

Pakistan’s Inflation Drops To The First Single Digit Unit

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The latest inflation figure comes after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reduced the key policy rate by 100 basis […]

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Pakistan's Trade Gap Narrows, Exports See Strong Growth

Pakistan’s Trade Gap Narrows, Exports See Strong Growth

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According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday, Pakistan’s trade deficit has marginally reduced to […]

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Fiscal Reforms Drive Economic Growth for Pakistan in FY25

Fiscal Reforms Drive Economic Growth for Pakistan in FY25

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Following a challenging Fiscal Year 2023-24 (FY24), which saw an average inflation rate of 23.4%, there was hope that the […]

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Petrol, Plugs, and Politics: Pakistan’s EV Crossroads

Editorial

Pakistan spends approximately $13 billion annually on petroleum imports. The transport sector alone accounted for 80% of Pakistan’s petroleum consumption in 2024–25. That single statistic renders the EV debate less of an environmental conversation and more of an economic survival question. Yet the path from fossil fuel dependency to electric mobility is where things get […]

Pakistan’s OOH Market Resilience and It’s Digital Reckoning

Danish Ejaz

Out-of-home advertising in Pakistan has quietly become one of the most resilient segments in the country’s advertising economy — surviving a pandemic, absorbing inflation, and posting some of the strongest growth figures in traditional media. The numbers tell a story that the industry largely underreports. The Pandemic Dip and the Rebound Pakistan’s total advertising revenue […]

Branding During The Time of Conflict

Kashif Hafeez

It’s a long historical academic debate about why so many marketing and military terminologies resemble and are inter-changeably used e.g. Brand warfare, goals, targets, objectives, positioning, impact, action, intelligence, strategy, tactical moves, attack strategies (frontal, flank, guerrilla, encirclement & bypass), position strategies (position strategy, contraction strategy, counter-offensive strategy, preemptive defensive strategy, and mobile defensive strategy), […]

SILENCE In PR Crisis Is Not A Strategy. It’s A Brand Suicide.

Editorial

There is an unspoken playbook in Pakistani brand management that everyone follows without writing it down. When a crisis hits – like a labor issue, product failure, social media backlash, or an employee speaking out – the usual reaction is to say nothing. They call legal teams and PR agencies, try to kill the story, […]

Pakistan Opens Door to Crypto, With Both Eyes Open

Business Desk

For years, Pakistan’s banking system treated crypto like a contagion. That officially changed on April 14, 2026. The State Bank of Pakistan issued BPRD Circular Letter No. 10 of 2026 today, effectively replacing the 2018 blanket prohibition on virtual currencies with a structured, compliance-heavy framework that allows banks to work with licensed crypto companies for […]

Jahan Khwab, Wahan HBL And You Can Actually Believe It

Editorial

HBL is Pakistan’s largest bank by almost every metric that matters: assets, branch network, international presence, and retail penetration. What it has historically struggled with is something that balance sheets cannot measure: emotional relevance. For most of its existence, HBL has communicated as a bank communicates products, rates, reach, and reliability. Competent positioning for an […]