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SECP approves up to Rs 3m digital financing for small businessesPublished on: September 19, 2026 2:05 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved Shaamilkar Tajir, a digital application offering Shariah-compliant financing of up to Rs3 million to eligib... Read More


SBP injects over Rs 2.64tr in the marketPublished on: September 19, 2026 2:04 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Friday, injected Rs 2,640.45 billion through Reverse Repo Purchase and Shariah Compliant Mudarabah based Open Market Operations (OMO) for mai... Read More


PSX ends week with gain of over 1,800 pointsPublished on: September 19, 2026 2:03 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- Buying momentum continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining over 1,800 points on Friday. The benchmark index opened around the 169,5... Read More


Sapphire Fibres joins race for IESCO privatisationPublished on: September 19, 2026 2:03 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- Sapphire Fibres Limited's board has approved the company's participation in the privatisation process of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO). The listed textile manufactur... Read More


Pakistan developing National Private Equity FrameworkPublished on: September 19, 2026 2:03 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- Pakistan is developing a National Private Equity Framework to mobilise institutional capital into businesses and projects as the government seeks to increase the role of private ... Read More


World Rivers Day and Indus Waters TreatyPublished on: September 19, 2026 1:55 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- A river is an inconvenient thing for nationalism. It does not stop at a checkpoint, recognise a Line of Control or alter course because two capitals have stopped speaking. Long b... Read More


Pakistan's Strategic Rebirth in WashingtonPublished on: September 19, 2026 1:55 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- For decades, international observers and cynical commentators have attempted to reduce Pakistan to a perpetual crisis state, framing Pakistan-US ties through the narrow, transact... Read More


No CushionPublished on: September 19, 2026 1:52 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- With traffic through the Strait of Hormuz still badly disrupted, Pakistan has emerged among the countries most vulnerable to interruptions in gas supplies. Qatar and the UAE prov... Read More


'Autonomy' at a PricePublished on: September 19, 2026 1:52 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- India has spent the past four years defending its purchases of Russian oil as an exercise in national interest. Cheap crude helped contain the import bill, shield consumers from ... Read More


The WASH sector in PakistanPublished on: September 19, 2026 1:50 AM

Pakistan, Sept. 19 -- When people speak about Pakistan's water crisis, the conversation almost always begins with scarcity. We point to shrinking freshwater resources, rapid urbanisation, climate chan... Read More