Pakistan’s KSE-100 index surged 44% in fiscal year 2025-26, closing at 180,301 points, powered largely by record worker remittances that hit $38.1 billion for the July-May...
There’s a number that keeps showing up in every conversation about Pakistan’s economy, and it keeps getting bigger: circular debt. As of early July 2026, the...
The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has completed the third review of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility and the second review of its Resilience and Sustainability Facility,...
The KSE-100 stands at 179,571 points as of June 24, 2026 — up 46% year-on-year. With SBP’s policy rate at 11.5% and inflation pressures expected to...
The trading floor of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rarely prices in diplomatic breakthroughs before they are signed in ink. Yet, Monday morning brought a sharp...
A ribbon-cutting in Karachi this week did more than open a branch. It marked the moment BankIslami Pakistan Limited, the country’s second-oldest full-fledged Islamic bank, formally...
Karachi’s fintech corridor produced another paper trail this week. ABHI Microfinance Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with NADRA Technologies Limited (NTL), the commercial arm...
Karachi’s trading floor went quiet for a half-second on June 15, 2026, then erupted. The State Bank of Pakistan had just held its policy rate at...
Pakistan’s current account surplus came in at $459 million in May 2026, the State Bank of Pakistan reported this week, reversing April’s $276 million deficit and...
The dollar is staging a comeback nobody priced in back in January. After its worst start to a calendar year in roughly two decades, the greenback...