Business confidence drops to negative 4%

KARACHI: Major foreign businesses operating across diversified sectors in the country have lost confidence in Pakistan’s economy. The overall Business Confidence Score (BCS) dropped 21 percentage points to negative 4% in the p...

SBP injects Rs2.1tr via OMOs

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) conducted Open Market Operations (OMO) on Friday, injecting a total of Rs2.1 trillion into the market. The OMO included Rs571.7 billion through a Shariah-compliant Mudarabah-based OMO...

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PM seeks report on customs scam

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought a report about large-scale tampering of Goods Declaration (GD) forms through breaches in the country's imported goods clearance system, as the Pakistan Single Window (PSW) Comp...

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Govt invites investors to minerals forum 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Federal Minister for Energy (Petroleum Division), Ali Pervaiz Malik, on Friday briefed foreign ambassadors on the upcoming Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025 (PMIF25) and invited delegates from their r...

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Startups explore cybersecurity at NIC

KARACHI: IT experts, on Friday, emphasised that cybersecurity plays a vital role in safeguarding business websites and combating the rising threats of malware, ransomware, and virus attacks. Pakistan's largest startup inducti...

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Rs34.5b added to kitty after LHC vacates stay

ISLAMABAD: The vacation of stay order by the Lahore High Court in the case regarding tax on windfall income of banks resulted in a benefit of Rs 11.5 billion to the national exchequer. While on this account, overall in a mont...

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