Cultivation of Rabi crops, including wheat and oilseeds, has begun in lower Sindh amid a 22pc irrigation water shortage forecast by Irsa. Farmers in Sindh are increasingly turning to oilseed crops, particularly mustard, for quicker economic returns. Greater domestic production could help reduce Pakistan’s dependence on imported edible oil, which consumes substantial foreign exchange. Pakistan […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Qatar have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral economic ties, exploring new avenues for trade and investment, and expanding cooperation across key sectors, including agriculture, food security, manufacturing, information technology, maritime transport and infrastructure. The commitment was expressed during the second meeting of the Pakistan-Qatar Joint Task Force (JTF) on Trade and […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday launched a scheme under which the government would distribute 500,000 Chromebook laptops to students nationwide over two years. He addressed the launch ceremony in Islamabad of the Prime Minister’s Youth Chromebook Scheme, a nationwide initiative to distribute 500,000 Chromebooks equipped with MiFi internet connectivity to deserving students and […]
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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan on Saturday said banks had failed to extend loans under the Rs2.2 trillion Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) fund. Chairing a consultative session, Mr Khan called on the regulators, including the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the Securities and Exchange Commission […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit with Gulf partner countries narrowed 26.35 per cent to $2.85bn in the first quarter of 2026-27 against $3.87bn a year earlier, largely due to lower imports and moderately higher exports. The steepest declines were 97.46pc and 72.51pc in import payments to Kuwait and Qatar. These two countries accounted for $947.923 million […]
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KARACHI: Rising oil prices and persistent geopolitical uncertainty kept the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) under selling pressure during the outgoing week, as investors booked profits ahead of the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) monetary policy announcement on Oct 26. The benchmark KSE-100 index fell 2.4 per cent week-on-week (WoW), shedding 4,045 points to close at […]
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