August 31, 2026
Islamabad and Riyadh agreed in a joint statement to lift Pakistan's agricultural and food exports to Saudi Arabia to $3 billion within two years. Nothing binding was signed, and the trade the statement quantifies is worth about $330 million.
August 16, 2026
The Pakistan Transport Council has called off the strike after 15 associations signed an agreement, and oil tankers withdrew after OGRA accepted a 7-8 per cent freight increase. Container trailers, inter-provincial trucks and edible oil tankers remain out.
August 13, 2026
A two-day Joint Ministerial Commission has produced agreement on online B2B sessions covering seafood, fruit, vegetables, seeds and dairy, mutual recognition of standards and testing, and a new Joint Working Group on Trade.
August 13, 2026
The National Assembly's commerce committee has demanded a comprehensive assessment of Pakistan's persistent trade deficit with China and other free trade agreement partners. Imports from China rose 25.61 per cent while exports to China fell 5.59 per cent.
August 11, 2026
Workers' remittances reached $3.6 billion in July, up 13 per cent year-on-year, with Saudi Arabia the largest corridor at $913.9 million. Economists warn the inflows also measure how many Pakistanis are leaving to find work.
August 8, 2026
The Pakistan Business Council has installed Gul Ahmed director Ziad Bashir as chairman for an 18-month term, with Packages Limited chief executive Syed Hyder Ali as vice chairman. The Council's 102 members account for around 40 per cent of national exports.
July 12, 2026
Pakistani workers abroad remitted a record $41.6 billion in fiscal year 2025-26, the State Bank of Pakistan has confirmed — the highest annual figure in the country's history and an 8.6 percent increase over the $38.3 billion recorded in FY25. For the first time, remittance inflows exceeded Pakistan's total merchandise export earnings in the same fiscal year, underlining the economy's deepening dependence on its diaspora. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the UK were the three largest source countries.
June 28, 2026
Imports of bleached cotton fabric under the Export Facilitation Scheme surged more than 8,000 percent year-on-year in February, with the textile lobby alleging systemic misdeclaration is gutting the local industry.
June 26, 2026
Pakistani sugar mills are lobbying to export a claimed 1.3 million-tonne surplus, reviving fears of a repeat of the 2024 cycle that forced costly imports and a record price spike.
Islamabad: The marine fisheries sector saw strong growth in the first half of the financial year 2025-26, with seafood exports increasing to 122,629.11 metric tons valued at $253.24 million. Commenting on the data released by the Ministry of Marine Fisheries, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry said on Friday that the performance reflects the increasing competitiveness of Pakistan’s marine fisheries in global markets, noting the steady momentum of exports during July-December 2025. Compared to the corresponding period of 2024-2025, when exports reached 102,942.05 metric tons valued at $208.25 million, the industry registered a growth of 19.1% in
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