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Sindh Fuels 32% Rise in Pakistan Cotton Arrivals - Profit by Pakistan Today

Arrivals at ginning factories reach 0.785 million bales nationwide as Sindh output jumps 66.82%, while Punjab dips 1.1% amid wet weather

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Early cotton arrivals indicates growth over LY

 

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Pakistan refinery upliftment rises 47.7% YoY in July 2026 - Profit by Pakistan Today

Attock Refinery Limited leads the sector with a 171% surge in sales as industry utilisation climbs to 56.3%

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Refinery upliftment rises on local demand

 

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The economy Pakistan forgot to measure

If unpaid market and domestic work are considered together, nearly 78pc of women are engaged in productive activity.

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Pakistan’s economic discussion centres around what is measured. However, one of the nation’s most significant productive sectors remains mostly unnoticed, not due to a lack of importance, but rather because it is unpaid.

Every morning, well before the offices open and the markets buzz with activity, countless individuals in Pakistan are already engaged in their work. Some dairy animals are milked before dawn. Some individuals contribute to the operation of family farms, shops, workshops, and small businesses without earning a wage.

Simultaneously, countless individuals engage in meal preparation, home cleaning, childcare, elder care, water collection, animal husbandry, and a myriad of other responsibilities that ensure the smooth operation of households. Before the official start of the formal economy, a significant amount of productive work has already taken place. However, a significant portion of this effort is not reflected in Pakistan’s economic data

 

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Pakistan sugar mills seek approval to export 585,000 tonnes - Profit by Pakistan Today

PSMA says the country holds 3.4 million tonnes of sugar stocks as of July 15, with 1.158 million tonnes expected to remain surplus by the start of the new crushing season on November 15

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Potential to export 0.6m tons of refined sugar

 

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Pakistan cement dispatches rise 6.02% to 4.476m tons - Profit by Pakistan Today

Local sales climb 17.28% to 3.771 million tonnes while exports fall 29.95% to 705,341 tonnes in July

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Cement demand rises

 

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OGDCL Partners With Pinstech For Lithium Extraction After Sindh Discovery

The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) signed an agreement with the Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (Pinstech) to

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Lithium extraction moves forward

 

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Exports rise 9.5pc in July

Trade gap widens to $3.95bn; officials say budget measures may have a greater impact on exports in the months ahead.

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Exports rise but trade gap widens

 

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Transporters call wheel-jam from tomorrow | The Express Tribune

Gujjar further alleged that officials from RTA Secretariat Highway Patrol Police routinely harassed transporters

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Transporters going on strike

 

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Mineral wealth

Any future agreements involving critical minerals must be subjected to rigorous legal, financial and technical scrutiny.

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Minerals wealth.
GROWING American interest in Pakistan’s critical minerals is no longer speculative. According to US diplomats, American companies are actively examining several mineral projects here as part of Washington’s push to diversify mineral supply chains away from China.

That interest has already produced a $500m agreement between the two countries and approval of $1.3bn in US financing for Reko Diq.

 

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Petroleum products: Govt to restore Rs80/litre PL

ISLAMABAD: The government is set to gradually restore the petroleum levy (PL) on petrol and diesel to the budgeted...

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100% petroleum levy to be implemented

 

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Petroleum products: Govt to restore Rs80/litre PL

ISLAMABAD: The government is set to gradually restore the petroleum levy (PL) on petrol and diesel to the budgeted...

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100% petroleum levy to be implemented

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Pakistan petroleum dependence. 1 in 5 Rs comes as taxes

 

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Sindh Fuels 32% Rise in Pakistan Cotton Arrivals - Profit by Pakistan Today

Arrivals at ginning factories reach 0.785 million bales nationwide as Sindh output jumps 66.82%, while Punjab dips 1.1% amid wet weather

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Early cotton arrivals indicates growth over LY

Policy drift leaves Pakistan's cotton sector searching for revival

Pakistan Central Cotton Committee facing host of challenges including acute shortage of staff

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Cotton in crisis

 

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Serious health risks

 

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In a fiscal conundrum

The economy has reached a stage where structural reforms can no longer be postponed.

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Pakistan’s fiscal position in FY26 presents a paradox: apparent stability that masks deep-seated fragility. While the overall fiscal deficit narrowed to 1.6 per cent of GDP during the first 11 months (July-May) — with the July-April period falling to 1.1pc — this achievement rests on fragile foundations.

Total public debt stood at a staggering Rs83.29 trillion ($298.5 billion) by the end of March 2026, while interest payments consumed Rs6.16tr in just 11 months. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects a fiscal deficit of 3.2pc for FY27. With the Federal Board of Revenue missing its IMF tax target by Rs975bn and debt servicing crowding out development spending, the country walks a fiscal tightrope — stabilisation today, sustainability tomorrow remains an open question.

 

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Rs115bn WB-funded rehabilitation project restructured quietly

Over 134,000 flood-hit families in Balochistan being affected amid investigations of record tampering, duplicate claims.

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Discrimination against Balochistan continues.
ISLAMABAD: Amid a blame game and fiduciary concerns, the government has quietly restructured the Rs115 billion World Bank-funded post-flood rehabilitation project, depriving more than 134,000 verified flood-affected families in Balochistan of the resilient homes they were promised.

 

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Rs115bn WB-funded rehabilitation project restructured quietly

Over 134,000 flood-hit families in Balochistan being affected amid investigations of record tampering, duplicate claims.

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Discrimination against Balochistan continues.
ISLAMABAD: Amid a blame game and fiduciary concerns, the government has quietly restructured the Rs115 billion World Bank-funded post-flood rehabilitation project, depriving more than 134,000 verified flood-affected families in Balochistan of the resilient homes they were promised.

World Bank unhappy over fund diversion from Balochistan

Cautions exclusion could deepen poverty, disaster risks, social tensions.

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Era of electric motorcycles 🏍 has arrived in Pakistan and beyond.

People are racing out to buy them worldwide as gasoline prices stay high. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” said one executive in Lahore.