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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has endorsed a Rs3 billion risk pool intended to widen export-credit insurance for Pakistani small and medium-sized businesses.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged early groundbreaking of the ML-1 railway upgrade during talks with ADB Vice President Yingming Yang.

Pakistan's trade deficit has widened sharply at the start of the new fiscal year, climbing 18 percent to $7.1 billion in just the first two months, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on

Venezuela has signed energy agreements with Chevron and Eni as Caracas seeks new investment, higher oil output and power-sector recovery.

China's Arctic shipping route is turning the Northern Sea Route into a more visible part of Eurasian trade and strategic planning.

US-Canada tariff talks have broken down, with disputes over steel, aluminium, cars and Canadian cultural protections exposing pressure inside Trump's trade team.

Pakistan and Uzbekistan have renewed their push to expand trade, investment and business links under a wider economic cooperation roadmap.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are expanding talks on agriculture, irrigation, food security, investment and trade following a high-level Saudi visit to Islamabad.

Pakistan reduced petrol by Rs0.50 to Rs342.60 per litre and high-speed diesel by Rs0.19 to Rs371.61 under its daily pricing system for August 28.

A Saudi business delegation has held talks with Pakistan's SIFC on investment opportunities spanning energy, transport, industry and communications.

Every Friday the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics publishes a number, and every Friday it is reported as though it were inflation. It is not. It is the Sensitive Price Indicator, and it measures something narrower and more

Pakistan quotes two prices for the same dollar, and the distance between them has done more damage to the country’s external position over the past four years than almost any other single number.

On 26 August 2026, petrol in Pakistan costs Rs343.10 a litre and high-speed diesel Rs371.80. Those rates come from a Petroleum Division notification, and they are valid until 27 August — one day.

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is becoming an economic warning for Pakistan as fuel imports, LNG supplies, freight costs and inflation risks converge.

Oil prices rose on Friday after US President Donald Trump warned that countries trading with Iran could face additional economic sanctions, adding a fresh layer of uncertainty to already tense global energy markets

Airbus has softened a plan that would have limited remote work to one day a week after employee resistance and industrial action across parts of Europe.

China has criticized new US drone tariffs as discriminatory, warning that the measures could disrupt technology supply chains and deepen trade tensions before expected Xi-Trump talks.

A bigger Treasury buyback program pulled long-term yields off multi-decade highs, lifting stocks, gold, oil and bitcoin in a single trading session.