October 21, 2026
IMF Flags Pakistan’s Tax System as Unfair
The Fund's assessment lands in a year when salaried employees paid Rs144 billion in a single quarter — Rs90 billion more than property and retail combined.
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October 20, 2026
Fourth-Quarter Growth Slows to 2 Percent
The quarterly figure sits well below the 3.5 to 3.7 percent annual projections carried by the IMF and the Asian Development Bank.
October 19, 2026
Farm Lobby Calls for an Agricultural Emergency
The president of Kissan Ittehad has urged the government to declare an agricultural emergency, as growers face input costs and prices that have squeezed margins for two seasons.
October 18, 2026
Finance Ministry Says Reserves Were Rebuilt Without New Debt
The claim is that foreign exchange reserves have been rebuilt through the current account and purchases rather than fresh borrowing — a distinction the September deficit figures complicate.
October 13, 2026
IMF Raises Pakistan’s Inflation Forecast to 9.9 Percent
The World Economic Outlook lifts the inflation projection for 2026-27 from 8.4 to 9.9 percent while holding growth at 3.5. The current account deficit is put at about $4.4 billion.
October 8, 2026
IMF Clears $1.2bn for Pakistan and Tells It to End the Fuel Subsidy
Staff-level agreement on the fourth EFF review unlocks about $1.2 billion, subject to board approval. The Fund also says the petrol support scheme should be phased out promptly — two weeks after the prime minister said it had no objection.
September 20, 2026
Aurangzeb Puts Cost of Protest Shutdowns at Rs120bn a Day
The finance minister said marches, strikes and sit-ins could cost the economy Rs120 billion a day — Rs86bn in services, Rs25bn in industry and Rs9bn in agriculture — and called the disruption self-inflicted pain.
September 18, 2026
State Bank Reserves Hit Record $21.4bn After $3bn Weekly Jump
State Bank reserves rose $3.061 billion in the week to 11 September to a record $21.4 billion, taking total liquid reserves to $26.8 billion — still just below the September 2021 peak.
September 17, 2026
Current Account Deficit Narrows to $543m as Remittances Carry It
The July-August deficit fell 36 percent to $543 million, with remittances of $7.3 billion and services exports up 29 percent offsetting a goods trade gap that widened 10.4 percent.
September 10, 2026
Remittances Rise 16.5pc to $3.66bn in August
Overseas Pakistanis sent home $3.656 billion in August, 16.5 percent more than a year earlier, taking the first two months of the fiscal year to $7.3 billion against a $44 billion annual target.
