Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the... Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am
Print PBS statement full of mistakes: economist ISLAMABAD: Realistic projections for the current year indicate that GDP growth will be negative 4 percent against... Updated 29 May, 2023 08:55am
Editorials Economy shrinks EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s optimistic evaluation of the state of the economy with a visiting... Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am
Business & Finance SPI inflation down 0.42pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 25, 2023, decreased by 0.42... Published 27 May, 2023 06:09am
Opinion Slump in industrial production There is no end to the bad news on the on-going performance of the economy of Pakistan. Now we have been informed by... Updated 23 May, 2023 06:36am
Print Pakistan’s population attains new mark amid economic slump Reaches 249,566,743 (249.566 million), as per the initial results of the seventh national and first digital census 2023 Updated 23 May, 2023 11:31am
Business & Finance A negative growth of 73.84pc YoY: Jul-Apr mobile phone imports stand at $473.287m ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $473.287 million during the first 10 months (July-April) of the... Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am
Print Jul-Apr: petroleum group imports show 17.96pc negative growth ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 17.96 percent during the first 10 months... Updated 21 May, 2023 03:26pm
Print July-April: Textile group exports dip 14pc to $13.7bn YoY Textile group exports witnessed a decline of 29.11 percent in April 2023 on a year-on-year basis Updated 21 May, 2023 03:24pm
Pakistan PBS extends census deadline again ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has once again extended the deadline for the ongoing 7th... Updated 20 May, 2023 08:55am
Business & Finance SPI inflation falls 0.16pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 18, 2023, decreased by 0.16... Updated 20 May, 2023 06:39am
Business & Finance Decline in exports to hurt economic growth: TMA KARACHI: Syed Usman Ali, Senior Vice-Chairman of the Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan has expressed deep... Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am
Editorials Economy between the devil and the deep blue sea EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) calculated a Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending 11 May... Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am
Print Jul-Mar LSMI output declines 8.11pc YoY ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industry (LSMI) output has declined by 8.11 percent during July-March... Updated 16 May, 2023 09:25am
Pakistan Economic distress: Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing down 25% YoY in March Main contributors towards overall decline are food, tobacco, textile, petroleum products, cement, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles Updated 15 May, 2023 05:38pm
Print ECC struggles to lower prices of essentials Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) suggests measures required to be taken to lower inflation in the country Updated 15 May, 2023 09:05am
Print No extension of census operation deadline: govt ISLAMABAD: The government has announced that the ongoing process of conducting the 7th population and housing census... Updated 15 May, 2023 08:57am
Pakistan Karachi population soars to over 18.61m: PBS ISLAMABAD: The total population in Karachi has reached over 18.61 million with two days left for completion of 7th... Published 14 May, 2023 03:24am
Pakistan Census process: JI concerned at slow momentum KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi chapter on Friday showed its concerns over what is called a slowdown of ... Published 13 May, 2023 05:59am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.27pc WoW ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 11, 2023, increased by 0.27... Published 13 May, 2023 05:59am
Pakistan 7th Digital Population & Housing census -2023: Minister directs provinces to complete operation till 15th ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday directed... Published 11 May, 2023 05:54am
Opinion Causes of the rising inflation The rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), has been persistently rising since September... Published 09 May, 2023 05:37am
Business & Finance Jan-Mar: 2.81m mobile phones manufactured locally Official data suggests that local manufacturing plants have manufactured/ assembled 0.46 million mobile handsets during March 2023 compared to 0.08 million imported commercially. Updated 07 May, 2023 10:02am
Business & Finance SPI-based weekly inflation records 48.35pc increase YoY ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended May 4, 2023, recorded an increase... Published 06 May, 2023 06:42am
Editorials Trade deficit down, inflation up EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) noted a narrowing of the trade deficit to 23.71 billion dollars... Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am
Print July-April FY23: Trade deficit declines 39.62pc to $23.71bn YoY Country’s exports during July-April (2022-23) were recorded at $ 23.174 billion against the exports of $ 26.247 billion in July-April of 2021-22 Updated 03 May, 2023 12:01pm
Business & Finance Food pushes inflation to record 36.4pc in April ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 36.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis in ... Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am
Markets Pakistan’s headline inflation in April at record high, hits a distressing 36.4% CPI inflation in rural areas increases to 40.7% on year-on-year basis in April 2023 Average inflation during 10MFY23 stands at 28.2% compared to 11% in 10MFY22 Updated 02 May, 2023 07:48pm
Opinion An upcoming catastrophe The recommendations we are going to discuss here may create unrealistic expectations from the authorities as we are... Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am
Business & Finance SPI inflation up 0.15pc WoW ISLAMABAD: Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) inflation witnessed an increase of 0.15 percent in the week that ended on... Published 29 Apr, 2023 06:04am
