Pakistan & Gulf Economist

President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, Chairman of the National Business Group Pakistan, Chairman of the FPCCI Policy Advisory Board, and former Provincial IT Minister, Mian Zahid Hussain, has welcomed the State Bank of Pakistan’s launch of SMEConnect on October 29, describing the centralised digital system as...

President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, Chairman of the National Business Group Pakistan, Chairman of the FPCCI Policy Advisory Board, and former Provincial IT Minister, Mian Zahid Hussain, commenting on the State Bank of Pakistan’s monetary policy decision of October 26, has said that the 50-basis-point increa...

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) today launched its Shariah-Compliant Trading Counter after the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) approved the Shariah Trading Counter Regulations. Retail and institutional investors now have a dedicated end-to-end ecosystem for Islamic investing. The launch was marked with a Gong Ceremony. It was attended by representatives of...

Total Assets Reach PKR 7.75 Trillion The Board of Directors of National Bank of Pakistan (“NBP” or “the Bank”) met yesterday to approve the Bank’s interim condensed financial statements for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2026. Operating amid a lower interest-rate environment and following an exceptionally strong comparative 9M period, the Bank reported total [...]<...

Tetra Pak Pakistan and WWF-Pakistan today recognised Crescent Model Girls High School, Lahore, for collecting 173 kg of used beverage cartons under their joint Recycling Awareness Project. As the Central Region winner, the school received furniture made from recycled Tetra Pak cartons, showing students how used packaging can be turned into useful products. The school’s [...]<...