After years of subdued activity and margin pressures, Pakistan’s long-steel sector is expected to stage a gradual recovery from FY26 onwards, buoyed by government relief measures, federal spending on infrastructure, lower raw material duties and, to some extent, reconstruction-led demand in the wake of devastating floods. However, this recovery is not export-led or efficiency-driven. Instead […]
The United States remained the top export destination for Pakistani products during the first month of the current financial year, followed by the United Kingdom and China. Total exports to the US were recorded at $615.199 million in July 2025 against exports of $476.290 million in July 2024, showing an increase of 29.16%, according to […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday granted interim bail to PTI leader and former provincial minister Raja Basharrat in November 26, protest and riots case. The court stopped the police from arresting the petitioner till next date in the case registered by Karachi Company Police Station against him. ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sapra heard the […]
Ahead of a full-court meeting of the Islamabad High Court, scheduled for today, two IHC judges have raised serious questions about the lack of transparency in the high court. Justice Babar Sattar and Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan have written separate letters to IHC Chief Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar. Copies of the letters have also […]
For the first time in more than two decades, Pakistan has produced a national economic census. It counted over 7.1 million establishments and geo-tagged nearly 40 million structures, making it the largest digitisation exercise in South Asia. Government officials have presented it as a landmark step toward building a reliable statistical frame of the economy. […]
Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday lent credence to the reports that efforts are underway to open a path of reconciliation with the establishment for his release as he reiterated that dialogue should always remain open for political and democratic solutions. After meeting with Imran who is currently detained at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, PTI […]
The National Cyber Crime Agency (NCCIA) told a parliamentary panel on Tuesday that cases of online financial fraud worth Rs2-3 billion have been reported in Pakistan. The Senate Standing Committee on IT and Telecom met at the Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Palwasha Khan. NCCIA officials briefed the committee on illegal call centers […]
Afghanistan’s veteran spinner Mohammad Nabi reached 100 wickets in Twenty20 internationals as he helped his team beat Pakistan by 18 runs in a tri-series match in Sharjah on Tuesday. Pakistan had won the first meeting between the teams in the competition by 31 runs. On Tuesday, Nabi grabbed 2-20 to help restrict Pakistan to 151-9 […]
The Taliban takeover of Kabul on 15 August 2021 was met with a mix of high excitement and cautious skepticism in Pakistan. Country’s political and security establishment considered it as an opportunity to secure Pakistan’s western borders, hoping that the Taliban regime will address its two longstanding core concerns – rolling back Indian influence; and […]
Prospects of reconciliation between Pakistan and Bangladesh got an impetus when Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar visited Dhaka on August 23-24. It was the first visit of a Pakistani foreign minister to Dhaka in 13 years. During the visit, the two sides agreed to strengthen bilateral relations and resolve issues […]