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Web Desk
Mar 27, 2025

Fee limit for private medical colleges fixed at Rs1.8m per year

The fee cap is meant to curb arbitrary increases as some private medical colleges were reportedly charging up to Rs3.5 million annually.

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Web Desk Karachi
Mar 13, 2025

Government secures Rs16 billion in PIB auction, falls short of Rs350 billion target

The yields on five-year PIBs saw a slight decrease of one basis point to 12.3745 percent, while the yields on 10-year bonds remained unchanged at 12.79 percent.

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Web Desk Karachi
Dec 17, 2024

Positive economic indicators signal stabilisation ahead, says SBP Governor

His comments followed the central bank’s decision to lower the key policy rate by 200 basis points to 13%, representing its fifth consecutive reduction as inflation continues to decline.

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Web Desk
Sep 21, 2024

CPI inflation may drop to lowest level since January 2021

Pakistan’s inflation rate is expected to drop to 7.5 per cent year-on-year in September, marking a decrease from August’s 9.6 per cent.

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Web Desk
Sep 02, 2024

Pakistan’s CPI inflation rate falls below 10 per cent in August

In a positive development, Pakistan’s inflation rate fell below 10 per cent in August, in line with the government’s expectations that the rate would continue to decrease.

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Web Desk
Mar 05, 2024

KIBOR witnesses notable drop amidst lower inflation

The Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (KIBOR) experienced a significant drop in response to the recently unveiled CPI-based inflation figures.

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Web Desk
Jan 24, 2024

1.5% increase expected in Pakistan’s inflation

A prominent brokerage house has predicted that consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation in Pakistan is poised to persist.

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Web Desk
Jan 21, 2024

IMF urges Pakistan to implement gas tariff hike

IMF projected that the gas tariff raise on November 1, 2023, will contribute to headline inflation in the coming months.

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Web Desk
Jan 02, 2024

Inflation in Pakistan surges to 29.7% YoY in December 2023

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that the country’s headline inflation reached 29.7 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December.

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Web Desk
Dec 28, 2023

Pakistan’s CPI inflation expected to ease in early 2024

In its monthly economic report released on Wednesday, the Finance Ministry disclosed that consumer price index (CPI) inflation in Pakistan is projected to hover between 27.5-28.5 per cent in December 2023.