August 26, 2026
An adviser to the finance minister says engagement with Washington on a $10 billion bilateral stabilisation facility has been "constructive", with a response expected in a couple of months.
August 26, 2026
The ratings agency has raised Pakistan's sovereign credit rating one notch to B3 with a stable outlook, citing rebuilt foreign-exchange reserves, better fiscal metrics and lower domestic financing costs.
July 21, 2026
The KSE-100 gained 2,442 points in a single session on July 21 on the news that Qatar, Oman, Egypt and Pakistan were mediating a 10-day US-Iran ceasefire proposal. No ceasefire had been agreed. No deal was on the table. The stock market priced in a war that might end before the war has actually ended. Pakistan's economy is now so deeply coupled to the Strait of Hormuz that a diplomat saying the right things in the right room can move Rs278 billion in equity value in an afternoon.
July 4, 2026
Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue collected Rs13.004 trillion in the fiscal year ending June 2026, exceeding the downwardly revised target of Rs12.983 trillion by Rs21 billion. The result was driven by a surge in income tax collection in June; sales tax, customs duty, and federal excise duty all fell short of their respective targets.
June 30, 2026
The State Bank of Pakistan left its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 11.5% at its June meeting, with headline inflation now at its highest since June 2024. The decision caps a fiscal year in which Pakistan's economy grew 3.7% to a record $452 billion — its best performance since the 2022 balance-of-payments crisis.
June 29, 2026
Moody's raised Pakistan's sovereign rating one notch to Caa1 on an improving external position, joining earlier upgrades by Fitch and S&P and lifting the KSE-100 to fresh highs.
June 28, 2026
The government held petrol and diesel rates steady for the new fortnight despite falling global crude, instead pocketing the relief through a higher petroleum levy.
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.
June 26, 2026
The government says Pakistan International Airlines will be handed to the Arif Habib-led consortium by the end of June 2026 after months of delay, once outstanding legal conditions tied to the Rs135 billion deal are cleared.
June 25, 2026
Barrick and Pakistani officials have reaffirmed their commitment to the Reko Diq copper-gold project even as the company slows development and extends a security and cost review into mid-2027.
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