May 7

Pakistan’s imports hit record high at $65.47 bn in 10 months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s imports reached to record high at $65.49 billion during first 10 months (July – April) 2021/2022, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The import bill increased by 46.41 per cent to $65.47 billion during first 10 months of the current fiscal year as compared with $44.73 billion in the […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan’s inflation sharply up by 13.4% in April 2022

May 1

Finance, Top stories

Pakistan’s inflation sharply up by 13.4% in April 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s headline inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased sharply by 13.4 per cent in April 2022, according to details released on Sunday. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said that CPI inflation General, increased by 13.4 per cent on year-on-year basis in April 2022 as compared to an increase of 12.7 per cent […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan’s March trade deficit widens by only 5.5%

Apr 4

Finance, Top stories

Pakistan’s March trade deficit widens by only 5.5%

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit in the month of March 2022 increased by only 5.5 per cent due to higher growth of exports during the month. According to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday, the exports recorded a growth of 16 per cent to $2.74 billion in March 2022 as compared with […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan’s headline inflation increases by 12.7% in March

Apr 1

Finance, Top stories

Pakistan’s headline inflation increases by 12.7% in March

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s headline inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 12.7 per cent in March 2022 on year on year (YoY) basis as compared with an increase of 12.2 per cent in the previous month and 9.1 per cent in March 2021. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 0.8 per cent in March […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens to $32 billion in 8MFY22

Mar 2

Finance

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens to $32 billion in 8MFY22

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has widened to around $32 billion in first eight months (July – February) 2021/2022 8MFY22, according to official data released on Wednesday. The trade deficit widened by 82.26 per cent during the period under review as compared with the deficit of $17.53 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal […]

by Anjum Shah

Food inflation rural increases by 14.6% in February 2022

Mar 1

Finance, National, Top stories

Food inflation rural increases by 14.6% in February 2022

ISLAMABAD: Food inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) has increased by 14.6 per cent in February 2022 for people living in rural areas as compared with 11.8 per cent in the previous months, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the food inflation increased by 14.3 per cent […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan’s sensitive price inflation jumps up 18%

Feb 18

Finance, Top stories

Pakistan’s sensitive price inflation jumps up 18%

ISLAMABAD: The inflation based on Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) jumped up by 18 per cent by week ended February 17, 2022 as compared with the same week a year ago. According to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday, the year on year trend depicts an increase of 18.09 per cent, in […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan spends Rs217 billion to import mobile phones

Feb 18

IT & Telecom, Top stories

Pakistan spends Rs217 billion to import mobile phones

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has spent Rs217 billion to import mobile phones during first seven months (July – December) 2021/2022, according to data release by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The import of mobile phones grew by 17.25 per cent when compared with Rs185 billion in the first seven months of the fiscal year 2020/2021. READ MORE: […]

by Anjum Shah

Textile exports surge to record high $11 billion in 7MFY22

Feb 17

Trade & Industry

Textile exports surge to record high $11 billion in 7MFY22

KARACHI: The exports of textile products have witnessed sharp increase of 25 per cent to $11 billion during first seven months (July – January) 2021/2022 7MFY22, according to data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released on Wednesday. The exports of textile products were $8.76 billion in the same months of the last fiscal […]

by Anjum Shah

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens by 92% in seven months

Feb 2

Finance, Top stories

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens by 92% in seven months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has widened by 92 per cent during first seven months (July – January) of fiscal year 2021/2022, official statistics revealed on Wednesday. The trade deficit ballooned to $28.8 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with $15 billion in the corresponding months of the last […]

by Anjum Shah