Pakistan and U.S. Seal Major $500M Strategic Minerals Deal
Pakistan has signed $500 million worth of investment agreements with two US-based companies to develop critical minerals and expand logistics infrastructure. The...
CDC Welcomes JS Global Capital to RAAST Aggregator
The Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC) has added JS Global Capital Ltd. to its RAAST Aggregator platform, enabling investors to make secure, real-time...
Bank of Khyber, Mastercard Launch New Debit Card Portfolio
The Bank of Khyber (BoK) has launched its all-new Mastercard Debit Card portfolio, offering Classic, Gold, and Platinum tiers designed to enhance accessibility,...
Senate IT Panel Flags Telecom Sector Woes
In a heated session of the Senate Standing Committee on IT & Telecom, chaired by Senator Palwasha Khan, lawmakers expressed deep frustration over several unresolved...
Arif Habib Ltd Joins CDC’s Raast Aggregator
The Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC) has expanded its Raast Aggregator Platform by onboarding Arif Habib Limited, enabling seamless and instantaneous...
The Politics of Privatization: Who Really Benefits from Pakistan’s Asset Transfers?
Introduction: Privatization Beyond Economics Privatization has been presented for decades in Pakistan as the only road to efficiency, fiscal prudence, and modernity....
Islamabad Airport Operations Transferred to UAE
Pakistan’s Cabinet has approved a significant decision to hand over the operations of Islamabad International Airport to the government of the United Arab Emirates...
Carbon Credit Markets and Pakistan’s Green Future
Introduction: Turning Emissions into Assets As global climate change escalates, the struggle is no longer just to reduce emissions but to sell reductions on international...
APSEA Seals US$500 Million Soybean Deal to Boost Agro-Industry
The All-Pakistan Solvent Extractors Association (APSEA), in a major boost to Pakistan’s agro-industry, has signed a historic US$500 million soybean import contract...
Haball Secures In-Principle PSO/PSP Approval to Revolutionize B2B Payments
Fintech innovator Haball has achieved a major regulatory milestone by securing in-principal approval (IPA) from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for a Payment System...
Shaping Tomorrow: The Growth of AI Startups in Pakistan
Introduction: AI as a Central Tenet of Modern Growth Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increasingly emerged as a fulcrum of global economic transformation. From transforming...
CDC & PICG Launch “Shareholder Agahi” Portal to Empower Investors
The Central Depository Company (CDC), in collaboration with the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG), has launched “Shareholder Agahi”, a digital...
Zong & ZTE Enhance Pakistan’s Network
Zong CMPak Ltd, Pakistan’s leading data provider, has joined forces with ZTE Corporation to commercially launch the world’s first 8T8R Ultra-Broadband Radio...
The Digital Silk Road: CPEC And Pakistan’s Tech Future
From Highways to High-Speed Networks When most people envision the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), they imagine highways, power plants, and seaports....
FBR to Hire 102 Experts for Industry-Wide Audits
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced plans to recruit 102 sector specialists and audit experts to carry out comprehensive field audits across 42 key...
Barrick Seeks $3.5 Billion Global Financing for Reko Diq
Barrick Mining Corporation is seeking up to $3.5 billion in financing from U.S. and global lenders to advance the Reko Diq copper-gold mining project in Baluchistan....
Garaj is Now a Powered+ Tier Partner with Cloudflare
Garaj Official, Pakistan’s leading cloud services platform, has become a Powered+ Tier Partner of global internet security behemoth Cloudflare, a historic...
Tech Feudalism in Pakistan: Lords of the Digital Age
In the medieval age, feudalism was a socio-economic system under which a small number of influential lords owned large areas, and peasants worked on...
Solar, Sensors, and Sukuks: The Future of Climate Tech in Pakistan
Climate Change has positioned itself as the pivotal challenge of the 21st century. Pakistan finds itself in a unique position where it faces the brunt of...
Kuickpay Teams Up with Visa to Digitize B2B Payments and Empower SMEs
Kuickpay announced a strategic collaboration with Visa to launch a new Business Payment Service Provider (BPSP) platform aimed at revolutionizing B2B payments and...
GuoDong Group Eyes Investment in Pakistan’s Smart Tech Sectors
GuoDong Group, in a major strategic move that signals a strengthening of Sino-Pak ties in the realms of economic cooperation, a major Chinese industrial conglomerate...
UBL Deepens Strategic Partnership with Teradata to Boost AI & Analytics
In line with Pakistan’s evolving digital needs, United Bank Limited (UBL) has announced a significant expansion of its strategic partnership with Teradata. The...
Pakistan Rolls Out Digital Licensing System for Healthcare Sector
Pakistan’s Ministry of Health, under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has introduced a new digital system for medical licensing designed to simplify procedures, minimize delays,...
InfraZamin, Sunridge & BankIslami Debut Agri Sukuk
Pakistan has officially broken new ground with the launch of its maiden PKR 2 billion Shariah-compliant Agri-Infrastructure Sukuk, formally unveiled at a ceremonial...
Engro Fertilizer Joins $1 Billion Dollar Club On PSX
Engro Fertilizers (EFERT), a key player in Pakistan’s agriculture-sector, has met a significant fiscal benchmark by officially crossing the $1 billion market capitalization...
Pakistan-China Launch Joint Lithium Battery Research Centre
The University of Sargodha (UoS), Pakistan, and the Zaozhuang School of Technology (ZST) have formalized and entered into a strategic partnership by signing a Memorandum...
ADB Recommends Pakistan to Reform Digital Infrastructure Tax
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has urged Pakistan to rationalize its digital- infrastructure tax framework to stimulate growth in its digital economy. In its report,...