The numbers defy precedent: Rs6.213 trillion recovered in a single year by Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau—a figure that eclipses the institution’s entire haul across its first...
On a balmy December afternoon in Karachi’s money exchange district, the electronic tickers flash a reassuring message: remittances hit $3.2 billion in November 2025, up 9.4%...
The Pakistani rupee edged marginally higher against the US dollar in inter-bank trading on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, settling at 279.75—a modest gain of 0.01 rupee....
KARACHI — In the sun-drenched cotton fields of southern Punjab, a farmer named Bashir holds a cheap Android smartphone. He doesn’t type; he doesn’t know how....
Pakistan has returned to the International Monetary Fund twenty-three times. Twenty-three. At some point, the conversation must shift from “how do we secure the next program”...
Bitcoin trades near $90,000 ahead of the Federal Reserve’s January 2026 rate decision, with a weaker dollar and Magnificent Seven earnings driving risk appetite. Explore crypto’s...
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court’s, three-judge bench this week delivered a quiet revolution. By upholding the controversial ‘Super Tax’ on the country’s wealthiest entities, the...
The lights flickered in Rashid Ahmed’s textile factory in Karachi’s SITE industrial area on a sweltering October afternoon. Not from another power cut—those he’d grudgingly accepted...
Meezan Bank, the country’s first and largest Islamic bank, has transformed from a pioneering experiment in Shariah-compliant finance into a dominant force commanding over one-fifth of...
The sun rises over the Cholistan Desert, painting endless dunes in shades of amber and gold. A convoy of modified 4x4s kicks up plumes of sand...