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<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded its highest-ever monthly information technology (IT) exports at $437 million in December 2025, marking a 26 per cent increase compared to the same month last year.</p> <p>During the first half (July-December) of 2025
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<p>MUMBAI: India’s central bank has proposed that BRICS countries link their official digital currencies to make cross-border trade and tourism payments easier, two sources said, which could reduce reliance on the US dollar as geopolitical tensions r
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<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government claims to have supplied 850,000 metric tonnes of wheat to other provinces, of which a major chunk has been provided to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. </p> <p>Punjab Director Food Amjad Hafeez says transportation of wheat is bei
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<p>ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has amended the Companies (Further Issue of Shares) Regulations 2020. </p> <p>As a result, the requirement for a clean CIB report will not apply if the relevant persons provide
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<p>KARACHI: JazzWorld, an integrated digital services company, has executed Pakistan’s largest-ever interest rate swap (IRS) transaction of Rs75 billion with United Bank Ltd (UBL).</p> <p>An interest rate swap is a financial contract under which two
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<p>KARACHI: Despite signs of economic fragility, including a current account deficit and a sharp plunge in foreign direct investment in December 2025, equity investors continued their buying spree, propelling the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to a fr
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<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) upgraded its 2026 global growth forecast on Monday, citing a boost from tech investments but warning that a reevaluation of AI productivity gains or renewed trade tensions could bring disruptions.</p> <p>World
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<p>Pakistan’s external financing position weakened in December 2025 due to a rise in imports and persistent income outflows that pushed the current account back into deficit.</p> <p>According to <a class="link--external" href="https://www.sbp.org.pk/
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<p>LAHORE: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has released provisional national cotton production figures, showing that by Jan 15, 2026, a total of 5.49m bales arrived at ginning factories across the country.</p> <p>This is only 7,000 bal
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