July 1, 2026

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD — Driven by aggressive capital market structural simplifications, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has successfully broken the country’s long-standing, singular dependency on commercial banking credit for corporate expansion. Official data finalized for the first half of 2026 reveals that nine major corporate entities successfully raised over Rs20 billion ($71 […]

ISLAMABAD — The federal government has officially issued the official gazette notification activating the Finance Act 2026-27, bringing sweeping customs duty and regulatory rollbacks into immediate effect today. In line with the National Tariff Policy 2025-30, the FBR has issued SRO 1064(I)2026, aggressively capping the maximum regulatory duty (RD) rate—which previously stood at 50%—down to