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<p>• Fuel adjustment adds Rs2.06 per unit to Sept bills<br>• 52 paisa per unit quarterly charge to continue through Nov; Rs45.6bn additional burden imposed on users<br>• Some relief for lifeline consumers, EV charging st…
Read on Dawn Business<p>KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Atif Ikram Sheikh has voiced concern over the widening of the trade deficit during 2MFY27 by 18.1 per cent to $7.1 billion from $6.02…
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Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: With new incorporations in August, the number of registered companies surpassed the 300,000 milestone, primarily due to digital registration. At the same time, more companies were registered in Islamabad, m…
Read on Dawn Business<p>KARACHI: Consumers continue to face hardships in buying various commodities as the weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose 8.35 per cent for the week ending on Sept 3 year-on-year, showed d…
Read on Dawn Business<p>LAHORE: Amid warnings of a potential Rs100 billion collapse in farmers’ revenues reminiscent of the 2017-18 sugar crisis, the Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) has demanded the immediate export authorisation of 1 million…
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Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: Buoyed by a windfall from the global surge in oil prices, Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Friday announced a record Rs242.4 billion profit for fiscal year 2025-26, up 43 per cent from the…
Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed the government to require mandatory Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) as part of an upcoming <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news…
Read on Dawn Business<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed the need for <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2025879"><u>Karachi-Peshawar Main Railway Line’s</u></a> (ML-1) early groundbreaking with Asian Development Bank (ADB) South, Cen…
Read on Dawn Business<p>India’s unexpectedly strong economic growth has sparked a debate after an ex-bureaucrat questioned whether the expansion was overstated and a former central bank chief asked why strong expansion had not shown up in jo…
Read on Dawn Business<p><strong>• High-speed diesel to be deregulated at a later stage<br>• Ogra may be empowered to adjust diesel pricing without repeated cabinet approvals<br>• Petroleum price stabilisation fund unlikely to be operationali…
Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that a banking court cannot award markup to a bank if it was not explicitly claimed in the original plaint, setting aside a Feb 2019 Lahore High Court (LHC) judgement that allowe…
Read on Dawn Business<p>KARACHI: The trade gap widened alarmingly by over 18 per cent in the first two months of 2026-27, reflecting the increasing pressure of a surging import bill.</p> <p>The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data, issu…
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Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers have expressed reservations over the powers of arrest contained in the proposed Wapda Security Force (WSF) Act 2026, which could allow its personnel to detain individuals within a 1km radius of an…
Read on Dawn Business<p>KARACHI: Although the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) managed to post marginal gains in a topsy-turvy session on Thursday, snapping a three-session losing streak, investor sentiment remained choppy as the Middle East co…
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Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: Traditional underground financial networks, including hawala and other similar service providers (HOSSPs), have become increasingly professionalised and are making greater use of virtual assets and fintech…
Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has raised a record $3 billion — its single largest international capital market transaction — through a dual-tranche Eurobond sale that drew nearly $6bn in orders, the Ministry of Finance said on…
Read on Dawn Business<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the establishment of a Trade Facilitation Board to decide on non-tariff matters related to cross-border trade and create a roadmap for trade promotion, the Prime Minister’s O…
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Read on Dawn Business<p>ISLAMABAD: While acknowledging that the public sector alone cannot meet nutrition requirements, speakers at a conference said on Wednesday that a lack of policy consistency and coordination among government agencies w…
Read on Dawn Business<p>LAHORE: Flour millers of Punjab allege that the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (Passco) warehouses have been supplying them with spoiled and water-damaged wheat, a charge denied by Passco.</p>…
Read on Dawn Business<p>KARACHI: Punjab more than doubled its borrowing from banks for budgetary support during the first seven weeks of the current fiscal year, reflecting growing liquidity pressures on the country’s largest province.</p> <…
Read on Dawn Business<p>KARACHI: Escalation in US military attacks and Iranian retaliation pushed oil prices higher, fuelling global economic uncertainty, especially in Pakistan, which relies on energy imports via the Strait of Hormuz, trigg…
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