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By Bilal Ahmed | TimelyUps Business Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the trading week on a mildly positive note. The KSE-100 index closed at 166,419.72 on Friday, October 16, 2026, gaining 233.55 points — a rise of 0.14 percent — after a session that spent most of the day…
By Bilal Ahmed | TimelyUps Business Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 Pakistan is about to sit in one of the most important chairs in global finance. The country has been named the incoming chair of the Boards of Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group for 2027 — its…
By Ayesha Khan | TimelyUps Business Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 Pakistan is weighing a $1 billion-plus emergency LNG import plan to keep homes warm and factories running this winter, and the final call now sits with the Prime Minister. A proposal on the table calls for buying 10 spot-market LNG cargoes between November…
By Bilal Ahmed | TimelyUps Business Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 Pakistan’s foreign exchange cushion got slightly thicker this week. The State Bank of Pakistan’s reserves rose by $16 million to $21.469 billion during the week ended October 9, 2026, the central bank reported on Thursday (October 15). Total liquid reserves — including the…
By Bilal Ahmed | Published October 16, 2026 | TimelyUps Business Desk The federal government has cut the price of petrol by Rs3.63 per litre to Rs390.23 per litre, while raising high-speed diesel (HSD) by Re0.31 to Rs396.96 per litre, under a Petroleum Division notification issued on Thursday. The revised rates take effect on Friday,…
By Bilal Ahmed | TimelyUps Business Desk | Published: October 16, 2026 The Federal Board of Revenue has given taxpayers one more window: the deadline for filing income tax returns for Tax Year 2026 has been extended to October 31, 2026. The FBR announced the move on October 15, 2026, through Circular No. 04 of…
By Bilal Ahmed | Published October 15, 2026 | TimelyUps Business Desk Pakistan’s Power Division said on Thursday that electricity consumers have been spared a potential Rs5 to Rs6 per unit hike in the September 2026 fuel price adjustment, holding the projected increase to Rs2.56 per unit through targeted load management and cheaper fuel arrangements….
By Bilal Ahmed | Business Desk | October 15, 2026 | Updated: October 15, 2026 The results are out. If you bought a Rs750 prize bond this year, check your number now: the Central Directorate of National Savings has announced the results of the 108th draw of the Rs750 prize bond, held in Rawalpindi on…
By Bilal Ahmed | Business Desk | October 15, 2026 | Updated: October 15, 2026 If you have ever applied for a home loan in Pakistan and watched your file bounce between bank desks for months, buried under a mountain of documents nobody could fully explain, this one is for you. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…
By Bilal Ahmed | Business Desk | October 15, 2026 | Updated: October 15, 2026 Pakistan is losing an estimated $31.5 billion every year because its young people cannot find work that matches their education — or cannot find work at all. The figure comes from the World Bank, and surfaced this week as the…