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Annual trade deficit widens to $39.47 Bn in FY2025-26

Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s merchandise trade deficit widened by more than 21 percent during fiscal year 2025-26, reaching $39.47 billion, as import growth significantly outpaced exports, according to provisional trade statistics released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The data showed that the cumulative trade deficit for the period …

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Economic performance registers GDP growoth of 3.7%

Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy ended fiscal year 2025-26 on a significantly stronger footing, recording its highest economic growth in four years, single-digit average inflation, and a current account surplus, according to the Finance Division’s Monthly Economic Update & Outlook for June 2026. The report, released by the Finance Division, …

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PIACL privatisation reaches first financial close

–Pakistan transfers management control of PIA to investor consortium after completing the first financial closing of the Rs180 billion privatisation transaction BeNewz Report ISLAMABAD: The Government on Monday transferred management control of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Limited–PIACL–to an investor consortium led by Arif Habib Corporation Limited after successfully achieving the first …

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