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Bank ATM Set on Fire After Suspected Failed Robbery Attempt
Armed men set fire to an automated teller machine (ATM) of a private bank opposite the district courts on Tuesday night, destroying the machine, which…
Govt Sets November Deadline for SME Digital Financing Portal
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered the launch of a digital portal for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by the end of November, to…
QR Payment Merchants Surge 245% in Pakistan
The number of QR-enabled merchants in Pakistan surged by 245% to 3.8 million during fiscal year 2025-26, up from 1.1 million a year earlier, as…
PSX Ends 120 Points Higher After Volatile Trading
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed slightly higher on Wednesday after a volatile trading session, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining 120.30 points, or 0.07%,…
PIA Plans to Increase Flights to Europe and UK
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is preparing to expand its flight operations to Europe and the United Kingdom as the airline looks to increase its fleet…
SBP Financial Inclusion Index Rises to 59.5 in 2025
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has released the Pakistan Financial Inclusion Index (P-FII) results for 2025, showing an improvement in financial inclusion across the…
KPRA Warns Businesses Against Fraudsters Impersonating Its Officers
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) has warned taxpayers and business owners against fraudsters who are impersonating its officers to obtain money and sensitive information.…
Pension Savers Get a Cheaper Way Into the Stock Market From January 2027
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has introduced a Passive Equity Sub-Fund under the Voluntary Pension Scheme (VPS), giving pension savers a low-cost…
Govt Sets 2026 Deadline to Make Islamabad a Cashless City
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has set a target to make Islamabad a cashless city by the end of 2026, as the government expands digital payment…
Khadijah Program Opens Pathways to Global Markets for Women
Pakistan Single Window (PSW) held a Khadijah Women Entrepreneurship Program session in Karachi to equip women entrepreneurs with the knowledge, financial linkages and institutional support…
MCB Bank Loses All Six Appeals in Rs 21.7M Sialkot Fraud Cases
MCB Bank’s own investigators found a branch manager running a “parallel bank” from his cabin at the Haji Pura branch in Sialkot. The Banking Mohtasib…
Salaried Class Pays Rs90 Billion More Tax Than Retail and Real Estate Together
Salaried individuals paid Rs144 billion in income tax in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, Rs90 billion more than the retail and real…
