SPI inflation up 0.48pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended November 24, recorded an increase... Updated 26 Nov, 2022 10:02am
Business & Finance UBG leaders worried over decline in textile exports KARACHI: Leaders of the United Business Group (UBG), including S M Muneer, Zubair Tufail, Khalid Tawab, Hanif Gohar,... Published 25 Nov, 2022 06:53am
Business & Finance Football exports witness 62.22pc increase ISLAMABAD: Footballs exports during the first four months of fiscal year of 2022-23 increased by 62.22 percent as... Published 21 Nov, 2022 07:11am
Business & Finance Mobile phones worth $226m imported in four months ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $226.051 million during the first four months (July-October) of the... Published 20 Nov, 2022 04:16am
Print Jul-Oct textile group exports down 1.34pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by 1.34 percent during the first four months (July-October)... Updated 18 Nov, 2022 09:30am
Business & Finance Q1 LSMI output down 0.4pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 0.4 per cent during the first... Updated 17 Nov, 2022 09:18am
Pakistan Life expectancy now 65 years: PBS survey ISLAMABAD: Life expectancy at birth in Pakistan is 65 years, while a major cause of death is cardiovascular disease... Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Print SPI inflation up 0.74pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended November 10, recorded an increase... Updated 12 Nov, 2022 09:38am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.53pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on November 3, recorded an ... Published 05 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Print Tariff increase in Oct: Nepra refuses to endorse PBS claim ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has refused to endorse the Pakistan Bureau of... Updated 04 Nov, 2022 09:39am
Print Jul-Oct trade deficit narrows down 26.59pc ISLAMABAD: The country’s trade deficit narrowed down by 26.59 percent to $11.469 billion during the first four... Updated 03 Nov, 2022 09:56am
Editorials Rising inflation challenge EDITORIAL: Consumer price index (CPI) registered at 26.6 percent for October against 23.2 percent in September as ... Published 03 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Markets CPI-based inflation jumps in October, clocks in at 26.6% CPI inflation in rural areas clocked in at 29.5% on a year-on-year basis Brokerage house says reading in line with market expectation Updated 01 Nov, 2022 07:16pm
Business & Finance 16.7m cell phones manufactured locally in nine months: PTA ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 16.7 million phones handsets during the first nine... Updated 30 Oct, 2022 01:14pm
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 4.13pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on October 28, recorded an ... Updated 29 Oct, 2022 12:32pm
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.35pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on October 20, recorded an ... Updated 22 Oct, 2022 09:47am
Opinion Conflict within ruling class major cause of economic ‘meltdown’ Pakistan initiated economic stabilisation and structural reform programmes in 1988. In an effort to reduce internal... Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:36am
Print Nepra challenges ‘credibility’ of growth projections of World Bank, IMF ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Wednesday challenged the credibility of growth... Updated 20 Oct, 2022 09:50am
Print Jul-Aug LSMI output decreases ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 0.4 per cent during the first two... Updated 20 Oct, 2022 09:51am
Business & Finance Petroleum group imports grow 5.94pc in 1Q ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a growth of 5.94 percent during the first quarter (July-September) of... Published 19 Oct, 2022 07:09am
Business & Finance Q1 textile group exports witness 3.68pc growth YoY ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports witnessed a growth of 3.68 per cent during the first quarter... Updated 19 Oct, 2022 09:45am
Business & Finance Mobile phones worth $160.271m imported during 1Q ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $160.271 million during the first quarter (July-September) of the... Published 19 Oct, 2022 05:54am
Print Census process: Cabinet gives the go-ahead ISLAMABAD: A day after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet delayed approval of Rs5 billion for... Updated 19 Oct, 2022 09:50am
Pakistan Minorities call for steps to make population census an all-inclusive process ISLAMABAD: The representatives of different religious minorities have urged the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)... Published 17 Oct, 2022 05:57am
Business & Finance SPI down 0.57pc on WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on October 13, recorded a decrease... Updated 15 Oct, 2022 12:41pm
BR Research Grain market in turmoil Terms such as “highest ever prices” and “record increase” have become clichés over the past three years, ... Published 11 Oct, 2022 09:01am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.29pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended October 6, recorded an increase of... Updated 08 Oct, 2022 09:47am
Pakistan 1Q trade deficit declines 21.42pc to $9.2bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 21.42 percent to $9.209 billion during the first quarter of... Updated 05 Oct, 2022 09:50am
BR Research The PBS Metaverse The Metaverse is real. Pakistan is in it. It is represented by its bureau of statistics, the PBS. In that alternate... Published 04 Oct, 2022 08:31am
Editorials The nation’s economy not out of the woods yet EDITORIAL: Macroeconomic data released by various government agencies, including the Finance Division and the... Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am
