Pakistan’s Unemployment Rate Hits 7.1% as Average Wages Surge

By Muhammad Haaris ⏐ 1 week ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released its latest Labor Force Survey yesterday, revealing a challenging shift in the country’s job market. Pakistan’s unemployment rate…

Pakistan’s Textile Exports Fall for 3rd Straight Month in FY26

By Muhammad Haaris ⏐ 2 weeks ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports continued to struggle in October 2025. The sector posted a 0.67% decline, marking the third straight month of negative growth.…

PBS Reports 1.29% Inflation in Weekly Prices

By Salman Akhtar ⏐ 3 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), which tracks weekly inflation, rose by 1.29 percent for the combined consumption group during the week ending September 2. According…

Car imports in Pakistan drop 40% in june ahead of expected policy shift

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has seen a major dip in car imports, dropping 40% in June 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to data…

Pakistan Inflation Rate Drops Sharply in FY2025

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 5 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan inflation rate for FY2025 dropped significantly to 4.49%, compared to a staggering 23.21% in fiscal year 2023-24, according to fresh data released…

Pakistan Trade Deficit Widens to $24 Billion

By Manik Aftab ⏐ 6 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan’s trade performance for the first eleven months of fiscal year 2024–25 shows a mixed trend, as exports grew moderately while the Pakistan trade deficit…

Textile Exports Surge 9.67% to Hit $9.08 Billion in H1 FY25

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 11 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data shows that exports of textile goods from Pakistan climbed by 9.67% in the first half of fiscal year 2024-25,…

Rs158 Billion Spent on Importing Mobile Phones to Pakistan in the Last Five Months

By Huma Ishfaq ⏐ 12 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $570.167 million during the first half of the current fiscal…

Pakistan earned over $120m from export of travel services in four months

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan earned a total of $121.980 million as a result of providing various travel-related services in different countries during the first four months of the…

Mobile phones imports in Pakistan rise by 14% in FY 2017-18

By Basit Anwar ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Since the launch of 3G/4G services in Pakistan, the number of mobile phone manufacturers is rising, hence the mobile imports of these companies are also…

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