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Pakistan & Bangladesh to resume direct flights on January 29
KARACHI: Direct flights between Dhaka and Karachi will resume from January 29, 2026, after a 14-year break, as Biman Bangladesh...
CDNS realizes Rs710b savings inflows by January 5, FY 25-26
KARACHI: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has accomplished a mark of Rs710 billion in savings inflows of the...
PTA collects Rs83b in taxes from mobile device registration over six years
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has collected more than Rs83 billion in taxes from mobile phone device registration over...
Junaid Anwar Chaudhry launches strategic container vessel project at Karachi Shipyard
KARACHI: Construction of a 1,100 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container vessel for the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) has been...
Customs foils attempt to smuggle Rs42m marijuana at Karachi airport
KARACHI: Collectorate of Customs (Airports), Karachi, Air Cargo Control Unit (ACCU), has successfully foiled a major attempt to smuggle 2.26kg...
Pakistan’s public debt falls by Rs345b in first five months on lower external borrowing
KARACHI: Pakistan’s central government debt declined by Rs345 billion during the first five months of FY26 (July–November), driven largely by...
FBR organises tax awareness outreach seminar at Al Rahim Group
KARACHI: After the directives of Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mahmood Langrial, the Taxpayers’ Services Wing (TPS) of...
VEON Group announces investment of $20m in Mobilink Bank
KARACHI: Renowned digital operator VEON Group has announced an investment of $20 million in Mobilink Bank to support its growth...
Karachi RTO-II detains three trucks carrying 1,800 sugar bags with fake track, trace stamps
KARACHI: In an enforcement operation conducted in collaboration with Inland Revenue Intelligence and Investigation (I&I), the Regional Tax Office (RTO)-II,...
CDNS achieves Rs700b savings inflows by December 31th, FY 25-26
KARACHI: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has accomplished a mark of Rs700 billion in savings inflows of the...
Trade deficit in December 2025 surges by 24pc: SBP
KARACHI: Pakistan’s imports have continued to rise following recent relaxations in import policies, pushing the country’s trade deficit higher. According...
Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves stand over $21b
KARACHI: The total liquid foreign reserves of Pakistan stood US$ 21,012.2 million as of December 26, 2025 while the reserves...
Pakistan grants approval to Bangladesh airline for Dhaka-Karachi direct flights
KARACHI: Pakistan has granted permission to Biman Bangladesh Airlines to operate direct flights between Dhaka and Karachi. According to the...
SRB posts 25pc revenue growth in December 2025
KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has reported a strong 25% increase in revenue collection for December 2025, marking a...
Pakistan to build four new deep-sea ports to boost trade & logistics: Junaud Anwar Chaudhary
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to expand its maritime infrastructure with the development of three to four new deep-sea ports to...
Excise dept raids Customs’ warehouse, recovers huge cache of imported liquor
KARACHI: The Excise Department conducted a raid on a bungalow in Karachi’s Clifton Block 2 on New Year’s night and...
PTCL formally takes over Telenor Pakistan in major telecom milestone
KARACHI: In a landmark move for Pakistan’s telecom industry, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has officially taken charge of Telenor...
SBP unveils Pakistan’s Financial Inclusion Index
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched Pakistan’s Financial Inclusion Index (P-FII), a comprehensive measure of the state...
Gadani Customs seizes smuggled betel nuts, four passenger buses worth Rs252.5m
GADDANI: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Gadani, in a major intelligence-based anti-smuggling operations with the support from Frontier Corps (FC) and...
SBP buys $6.9b from interbank market in one year
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange intervention reached $6.9 billion in the one-year period from October 2024 to...
