The Finance Ministry has introduced new measures to simplify federal pension payments. Commercial banks will no longer handle biometric verification or validate proof-of-life certificates. Pension-disbursing accounts...
Pakistan Railways, supported by the Asian Development Bank, has completed its second pre-market consultation for the Karachi-Rohri section of the ML-1 upgradation project. The session attracted...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the government recovered Rs800 billion within a year through enforcement measures without imposing new taxes. Addressing leading industrialists, businesspeople and entrepreneurs,...
The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has engaged Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan’s mining and minerals sector. Discussions will focus on emerging...
Pakistan and Oman have discussed establishing Gwadar and Sohar as sister ports to strengthen maritime cooperation and regional trade. The proposed arrangement would create a direct...
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) deferred a proposal on minimum indicative prices for Pakistan’s tobacco crop and revised cess rates for 2026–27. The Ministry of National...
The export of donkey meat and hides from the Gwadar Free Zone approved Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) , subject to required safeguards. The decision followed a...
OpenAI researchers are rapidly increasing their use of AI coding agents, with median daily inference consumption exceeding $600 and 90th-percentile users surpassing $7,000 at standard API...
The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has issued an international tender to sell and export 107,739 metric tonnes of white refined sugar, according to European traders....
Pakistan faces renewed pressure as it prepares to seek inclusion in the European Union’s successor GSP+ trade regime. The current framework is set to expire, while...
