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By Bilal Ahmed | Business Desk | Published: October 20, 2026 Petrol is Rs5.16 per litre cheaper starting today. The federal government has cut the price of petrol from Rs386.30 to Rs381.14 per litre and slashed high-speed diesel by Rs7.69 to Rs389.27 per litre, effective Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The Petroleum Division issued the notification…
Bilal Ahmed Business & Agriculture Correspondent | Updated: October 19, 2026 Punjab’s livestock sector has recorded a 43 percent increase in animal exports, with 400,000 animals prepared for export in a year and rural livestock farmers expected to earn Rs11 billion, according to a provincial government handout. The growth is being credited to Chief Minister…
Pakistan’s weekly inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), dipped 0.04% in the week ended October 16, 2026, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday — with the SPI index easing to 372.43 points from 372.58 the previous week. Tomatoes led the decline, plunging 23.05% in a single…
By Bilal Ahmed | Updated: October 18, 2026 | Category: Business The next time the FBR audits your income tax return, you may never see — or speak to — the officer handling your case. From October 15, 2026, the Federal Board of Revenue has switched on a comprehensive faceless framework for tax audits, assessments…
By Bilal Ahmed | Updated: October 18, 2026 | Category: Business Pakistan and Malaysia have agreed on a concrete roadmap to push their bilateral trade from around $1.5 billion to $5 billion, after the Malaysia–Pakistan Business Engagement 2026 brought the two countries’ ministers, diplomats, chambers and private investors together under one roof in Islamabad. If…
Attacks on Gulf Energy Infrastructure ‘Worrying’ for Pakistan’s Economic Outlook, Says Finance Minister Aurangzeb By Bilal Ahmed | Published: October 17, 2026 | Category: Business Yes, Pakistan has dodged the worst of the energy shock so far — but Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb now says the escalation hitting Gulf energy infrastructure is what genuinely worries…
The petrol price in Pakistan has been cut by Rs3.93 per litre to Rs386.30/L, while high-speed diesel is unchanged at Rs396.96/L. The new rates take effect from October 17, 2026 and hold through October 19 (Saturday to Monday), covering the whole weekend. The cut was announced on Friday evening by the Petroleum Division after OGRA…
The petrol price in Pakistan has been cut by Rs3.93 per litre to Rs386.30/L, while high-speed diesel is unchanged at Rs396.96/L. The new rates take effect from October 17, 2026 and hold through October 19 (Saturday to Monday), covering the whole weekend. The cut was announced on Friday evening by the Petroleum Division after OGRA…
Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports grew 5.26 percent year-on-year to USD 5.026 billion in the July–September quarter of fiscal year 2026-27, according to foreign trade data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). That compares with USD 4.775 billion in the same three months last year — roughly a quarter of a billion dollars…
By Bilal Ahmed | TimelyUps Business Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 The government has put hoarders and profiteers on notice. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday, October 16, 2026, chaired the Cabinet Committee on Essential Commodities in Islamabad and ordered “strict action against hoarding, artificial shortages and overpricing of essential…