KARACHI: Pakistan’s technology exports maintained strong momentum in April 2026, rising 33% year?on?year to $423 million from $317 million in the same month last year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Monday. Trend data from several research houses showed technology exports steadily strengthening over the past year. In March 2025, IT exports stood…
Aurangzeb says this would help reinforce foreign exchange reserves, strengthen the country’s external account Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb along with the Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, held a detailed meeting with Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan. PHOTO: MINISTRY OF FINANCE ON X The Kingdom of Saudi…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. SCREENGRAB Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday warned that India was pursuing what he described as a strategy of “hydro-hegemony”, saying that at least 17 projects, including reservoir and river diversion schemes, were designed to alter the Indus river system drastically. In April…
DPM, PPP chief, reject Delhi’s suspension of IWT Ministers vow to defend country’s water rights Experts urge w A giant videowall highlights India’s violations of the Indus Waters Treaty since April 2025 during a presentation at a seminar titled ‘Indus Waters Treaty: An Instrument of Peace and Regional Stability’ in Islamabad. Photo: PTV ISLAMABAD: The…
Iran renewed attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, causing oil loading at the port of Fujairah to be at least partly halted after the third attack in four days. FILE IMAGE: PIXABAY Oil futures fell more than 1% on Friday and were on track for their steepest weekly decline since early April, following…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended lower on Tuesday as investors adopted a cautious stance amid a lacklustre trading environment, with the absence of a strong catalyst prompting profit-taking in key sectors. The market opened on a positive note, with buying interest witnessed across cement, commercial banks, oil and gas exploration companies, oil marketing…
A shrinking imagination and an absence of philosophical thinking have contributed to the downfall of Urdu poetry In Urdu literature, traditionally two concepts have remained dominant with regards to where creativity emanates from. The first is amad (spontaneity) and second is awrad (contrived). For a long time, the majority of Urdu writers, and the socio-cultural…
Next meeting will take place after the funeral processions for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 30, 2026. Photo: REUTERS Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign that they had made…
A thriving illicit trade of more than 40 billion cigarettes a year is undermining Pakistan’s tax policy objectives Pakistan’s cigarette market has become a case study in how good-faith tax policy can yield unintended/negative results. Despite repeated increases in excise duties – most dramatically in the 2022–23 financial year – the country now hosts the…
Says the government considers buying liquefied natural gas on the spot market to offset supply disruptions Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Ali Pervaiz Malik speaks during an interview with Reuters, during the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 8, 2025. Photo: Reuters Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Wednesday…