Business

The global pursuit of nuclear fusion has transitioned from a theoretical scientific endeavor to a well-capitalized industrial race, with startups having raised a collective $7.1 billion in private investment. This…

KARACHI — Seeking immediate federal and provincial intervention to maintain export momentum, top business leaders from the Karachi SITE Association and Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) have officially urged the government to implement regional utility competitiveness measures. During a high-profile session, SITE President Abdul Rehman Fudda and KATI Patron-in-Chief Zubair Motiwala briefed Sindh

BEIJING / ISLAMABAD — Strategic economic cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing has crossed a major milestone as over $20 billion worth of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) successfully transition into active commercial contracts. Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi, briefed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on the development, highlighting massive private sector engagement. The transition includes nine

ISLAMABAD — To rapidly scale up Pakistan’s agricultural export footprint, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formally launched the Pakistan Animal Identification and Traceability System (PAITS) during a national seminar in Islamabad. Addressing industry leaders, the Premier guaranteed that the federal government will provide 100% funding for the local development of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD — Bolstering the state’s multi-modal logistics layout, Railways Minister Muhammad Hanif Abbasi confirmed that Pakistan Railways revenue has achieved a phenomenal 20% year-on-year surge, banking Rs115 billion for the fiscal cycle. Defying major regional disruptions, freight commercial operations aggressively generated Rs41 billion — marking a solid 14% growth — while standard passenger

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD — Signifying robust retail investor trust in tech-driven equities, the Select Technologies IPO has closed with a massive 1.73x oversubscription rate. According to formal regulatory data submitted to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) by book-runner Arif Habib Limited, the public subscription window pulled in 12,186 individual applications worth a staggering Rs1.31 billion.

LAHORE / ISLAMABAD — Bolstering the state’s multi-modal logistics layout, Railways Minister Muhammad Hanif Abbasi confirmed that Pakistan Railways revenue has achieved a phenomenal 20% year-on-year surge, banking Rs115 billion for the fiscal cycle. Defying major regional disruptions, freight commercial operations aggressively generated Rs41 billion — marking a solid 14% growth — while standard passenger

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD — Signifying robust retail investor trust in tech-driven equities, the Select Technologies IPO has closed with a massive 1.73x oversubscription rate. According to formal regulatory data submitted to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) by book-runner Arif Habib Limited, the public subscription window pulled in 12,186 individual applications worth a staggering Rs1.31 billion.

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