Business
Banks Profitability up 14%
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan listed banks profitability clocked in Rs173bn, up by 14% YoY and 12% QoQ in 1Q2025. Despite the decline in interest rates, the sector’s NII clocked…
Author: Ahmad Ameer
Pakistan
Pakistan, U.S. to Boost Economic Ties and Strengthen Partnership
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States are pleased to announce the strengthening of their long-standing strategic and economic partnership, marked by recent high-level engagements and a…
Business
SBP Slashes Key Rate to 11% as Inflation Eases Sharply
ISLAMABAD: This analysis was produced by S&P Global Market Intelligence, not S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately managed division of S&P Global. Please attribute any…
Energy
Wattoo Boosts Relief for Diamer-Bhasha Dam Affectees
ISLAMABAD: In a major step towards addressing the concerns of those displaced by the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project, Federal Minister for Water Resources Mian Muhammad Mueen Wattoo…
Business
Monetary Policy (May’25): SBP Cuts Interest Rate
Staff ReportIslamabad: Pakistan Central Bank has reduced monetary policy rate by 100 bps to 11%. This cut is higher than market expectations,” Topline Securities said. Arib…
Business
Despite Interest Rate Cut, Market is Down
Staff ReportIslamabad: The benchmark index was quite volatile during Monday’s session, falling by 1,036 points in early trading. However, it made a strong recovery in the…
Agriculture
Urea Sales Likely to. Drop in April 2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Urea sales in Apr-2025 is expected to clock in at 251k tons, down 24% YoY compared to 238k tons in Apr-2024. Similarly, Urea sales…
Energy
Petroleum Minister Engages with CEOs of Pakistan’s Refineries to Strengthen Energy Sector
ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation comprising Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Pakistan’s leading refineries called on Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik today. The meeting focused…
Business
CAT upholds CCP order with reduce penalty on dairy farmers
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) has directed representatives of all three dairy farmer associations of Karachi to submit written undertakings pledging not to engage in…
Energy
Oil Sales up 32% in April 2025
Staff Report Islamabad: Pakistan’s Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) recorded sales of 1.46mn tons in Apr 2025, up 32% YoY and 20% MoM. The rise was driven…
