July-May trade deficit widens 57.85pc to $43.334bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 57.85 per cent during the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal year... Updated 03 Jun, 2022 10:15am
Print May CPI inflation rises 13.8pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased by 13.8 per cent on a year-on-year basis in May... Updated 02 Jun, 2022 09:54am
Print PBS expands basket of selected items ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has extended basket of selected items comprising 1,674 for... Updated 02 Jun, 2022 09:58am
Business & Finance SPI decreases 0.26pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 26, 2022, recorded a decrease of 0.26 percent... Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am
Pakistan 7th Population and Housing Census-2022: PBS launches series of sensitisation workshops KARACHI: Provinces are important stakeholders in census process and are directly involved in data collection,... Published 26 May, 2022 05:26am
Business & Finance PBS holds workshop on population & housing census 2022 LAHORE: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) organised first sensitisation workshop regarding forthcoming 7th... Published 24 May, 2022 05:35am
Business & Finance Ban on luxury items’ import welcomed: BMP chief advocates controlling burgeoning food import bill LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) Chairman Mian Anjum... Published 22 May, 2022 06:03am
Pakistan SPI up 1.42pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 19, 2022 recorded an increase of 1.42 percent... Published 21 May, 2022 04:34am
Print Jul-Apr mobile phone import grows 7.43pc to $1.81bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $1.810 billion during the first 10 months (July-April) of 2021-22... Updated 15 May, 2022 08:31am
Print Jul-Apr exports grow 25.55pc to $26.25bn YoY Country’s trade deficit widens by 64.90 percent from $23.826 billion in July-April 2020-21 to $39.290 billion in July-April 2021-22 Updated 15 May, 2022 12:14pm
Print Jul-Mar LSMI output jumps 10.4pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The overall output of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) increased by 10.4 percent for... Updated 14 May, 2022 10:04am
Business & Finance SPI surges 0.49pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended May 12, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.49 per cent... Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am
Pakistan First-ever digital census: PBS working extensively to meet challenging timelines ISLAMABAD: First meeting of the Census Monitoring Committee constituted in pursuance of decision taken in 49th... Published 11 May, 2022 04:58am
Business & Finance Jul-Mar services’ exports grow 17.07pc to $5.15bn YoY ISLAMABAD: The exports of services from the country witnessed an increase of 17.07 percent during the first three... Published 08 May, 2022 07:06am
Print Jul-Apr trade deficit widens 64.79pc to $39.264bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 64.79 percent during the first 10 months (July-April) of the current fiscal... Updated 07 May, 2022 10:05am
Opinion Rising inflation and remedial actions The evolving global and local geopolitical landscape is posing serious economic challenges for the new government in... Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am
Opinion 2020-21: Overstatement of employment The labour force survey for 2020-21 has been released recently by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Despite... Published 06 May, 2022 05:03am
Business & Finance SPI up 0.43pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 28, 2022 recorded an increase of 0.43 ... Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am
Business & Finance Output of telecom activities estimated at Rs492.956bn ISLAMABAD: The output of the telecommunication activities has been estimated at Rs492.956 billion, whereas,... Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am
Opinion Growth in imports The information on the composition of imports from July 21 to March 22 was released recently by the Pakistan Bureau... Published 26 Apr, 2022 05:20am
Business & Finance SPI down 1.28pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 21, 2022 recorded a decrease of 1.28 percent... Updated 23 Apr, 2022 10:35am
Pakistan Ahsan given briefing about PBS ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Ahsan Iqbal chaired a meeting on the activities... Published 21 Apr, 2022 06:19am
Business & Finance July-Mar mobile phone imports soar 3.93pc to $1.596bn YoY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $1.596 billion during the first nine months (July-March) of 2021-22... Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am
Print Jul-Mar imports soar 49.10pc to $58.877bn YoY Trade deficit widens by 70.76 percent from $20.802 billion in July-March 2020-21 to $35.522 billion in July-March 2021-22 Updated 17 Apr, 2022 12:57pm
Business & Finance SPI slightly falls WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 14, 2022 recorded a decrease of 0.68 percent... Published 16 Apr, 2022 04:10am
Business & Finance Jul-Feb LSMI output up 7.8pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The overall output of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) increased by 7.8 percent for... Updated 16 Apr, 2022 03:08pm
Pakistan Demographic survey reveals cardiovascular disease major cause of death ISLAMABAD: The major cause of death was cardiovascular disease (14.74 percent), followed by fever (9.28 percent),... Published 15 Apr, 2022 05:29am
Business & Finance SPI increases 1.53pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 7, 2022 recorded an increase of 1.53 percent... Published 09 Apr, 2022 04:39am
Print Jul-Mar trade deficit widens 70.1pc ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 70.1 percent during the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal... Updated 05 Apr, 2022 10:00am
Business & Finance March CPI inflation up 12.7pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation increased by 12.7 percent on year-on-year basis in March 2022 as... Published 02 Apr, 2022 04:14am
