Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan on Friday held a high-level consultative meeting with leaders, traders and community representatives from Chaman District, including members of the Chaman Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss persistent issues affecting cross-border trade at the Pak-Afghan border. According to an official statement, the meeting primarily focused on the […]
To modernise the local marble and granite (dimension stone) sector, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) and the All Pakistan Marble Manufacturers Association have constituted a technical working group. The working group will develop a joint framework focusing on environmentally compliant value addition, phased upgradation, technology transfer, workforce training, strengthening the role […]
Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), recorded a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 3.75% for the week ended December 18, 2025, according to the latest report released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The SPI, which tracks price movements of 51 essential commodities across 50 markets in 17 cities, provides a […]
Gas utilities have opposed a proposal to scrap the guaranteed asset-based return formula and have asked the government to continue the current pricing regime. The government had tasked the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) with restructuring the two public gas utilities by doing away with the fixed asset-based return. According to officials, the regulator […]
Central banks in big economies are signalling a change of stance as the Bank of Japan raised interest rates to a 30-year high on Friday. The Swiss National Bank left its policy interest rate unchanged at 0% on December 11, the lowest among developed-market central banks. The Bank of Canada held its key rate at […]
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