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November 16, 2025

Exports remained stagnant despite the fall in the rupee

Exports stagnant. Design: Ibrahim Yahya LAHORE: For years, Pakistan relied on traditional levers such as currency devaluation and energy subsidies to boost exports. However, despite multiple rounds of rupee devaluation, the country’s export earnings have remained largely stagnant. According to an empirical analysis by the Lahore School of Economics (LSE), it is not price adjustments, but innovation, diversification and access to high-income markets that really drive export growth. The comprehensive study, covering product-level data from 2003 to 2024, found that Pakistan’s exports, both in US dollar terms and as a share of GDP, have remained mostly stable over three decades.

February 15, 2025

News Desk

Featured Pakistan

Hospitals at risk as critical medical equipment remained late in ports

Shipping containers are stacked on a ship in a port in Karachi on April 6 2023. – AFP ISLAMABAD: A significant lack of critical medical devices resign from the health care sector across the country, as customs authorities stop missions after the registration exemption, the news said. Basic supplies, including diagnostic kits, surgical tools, implants and surveillance equipment, are latent to airports and ports, exacerbating an already precarious condition for healthcare providers. Importers and medical professionals warn that hospitals feel the stem, with critical equipment unavailable for emergency procedures. Customs officials arrived at the Pakistani Drug Regulatory Authority (DRAP) for

December 13, 2023

News Desk

Business

The policy rate remained unchanged

KARACHI: In line with market expectations, the central bank on Tuesday left its key interest rate unchanged at a record high 22% ahead of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) board meeting to approve the next loan tranche of $700 million in January. 2024. It was the fourth consecutive monetary policy in the past six months when the bank made no change to the policy rate, keeping policy tight in part because of high inflation. The central bank pointed out that the recent increase in natural gas prices was higher than its expectation, pushing inflation to a peak of 29.2% in

Exports remained stagnant despite the fall in the rupee

Hospitals at risk as critical medical equipment remained late in ports

The policy rate remained unchanged

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