ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's inflation skyrocketed to its highest level in 50 years as people of crisis hit country are struggling to get basic commodities. Data shared by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics revealed that inflation in the country increased to half a century’s highest level as the ...

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Finance react over media reports of rise in unemployment rate. The Ministry of Finance has rejected claims about a rise in unemployment rate that experts say can be as high as eight per cent this year due to the prevailing economic conditions, reported link *The News* on ...

ISLAMABAD - Country’s trade deficit witnessed significant reduction in first five months (July-November) of current financial year and fell by 33.04% as compared to the corresponding period of last year. During the period under review country’s exports registered about 4.97% growth, where as ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan earned $120.070 million by providing different travel services in various countries during the first quarter of the current financial year 2019-20. This shows growth of 19.99 percent as compared to $100.070 million same services were provided during the corresponding period ...

ISLAMABAD - Yet another good news for Pakistan on the exports front. The exports of the textiles, manufactured leather goods and cutlery register increase in FY 2019 - 20. The exports of manufactured leather goods from Pakistan grew by 10.41% during the first quarter of the current financial year ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf government achieves big success at the economic front in first quarter of FY 2019-20. The country's merchandise trade deficit plunged by 34.85 percent during the first three months of the current fiscal year (2019-20) as compared to the deficit of the same ...

President Arif Alvi has said the development of electronic data collection system by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics will augur well towards enhancing the credibility of Price Statistics and reducing the time tag.   The President said this at a presentation given by Pakistan Bureau of ...

President Arif Alvi has said the development of electronic data collection system by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics will augur well towards enhancing the credibility of Price Statistics and reducing the time tag. The President said this at a presentation given by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) ...

ISLAMABAD: Inflation in the month of June 2019 was recorded at 8.89 percent, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), reflecting an increase of 0.36 percent as opposed to May. The PBS noted that inflation rate for the fiscal year 2018-19 was registered at 7.34 ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s trade deficit has contracted by almost two percent during first four months of current fiscal year. The country’s trade deficit was recorded at 11.8 dollars billion during July-October period of the ongoing financial year as against 12 billion dollars of corresponding ...