A high-level delegation of the Punjab Agriculture Department, led by Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani, visited China to advance chief minister Punjab’s vision of modernising agriculture. The delegation included Parliamentary Secretary Usama Khan Leghari, Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, and other senior officials. During the visit, the delegation met with Chinese technology firms, machinery manufacturers, and […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed lower on Friday as profit-taking dominated the session, with the benchmark KSE-100 index slipping 0.39% to settle around 163,800 points. The index largely traded in the red as heavyweights, including Mari Petroleum (MARI), United Bank Limited (UBL), Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Pakistan Oilfields (POL), and Engro Holdings (ENGROH), collectively […]
A high-level Vietnamese business delegation visited the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday and met with LCCI President Faheem Ur Rehman Saigol to explore new trade and investment opportunities between the two countries, according to a statement. The delegation was led by Director General of NPD Viet Nam Joint Stock Company, Tran […]
The Economic Diplomacy Forum has expressed concern over Pakistan’s continued reliance on external borrowing and IMF assistance, urging the government to adopt structural fiscal reforms and promote regional trade as sustainable alternatives to repeated loan programmes. Commenting on the IMF’s recent staff-level agreement with Pakistan under the Extended Fund Facility, Economic Diplomacy Forum Founder-President Dr […]
Pakistan’s short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), recorded a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 4.57% for the week ended October 16, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The SPI, which tracks the weekly price movement of 51 essential goods across 50 markets in 17 cities, showed that […]