Pakistan’s current stock of external loans has escalated by Rs. 3,500 billion as the Rupee (PKR) has steeply declined against the US Dollar (USD), as per official estimates. The rupee depreciated against the dollar by Rs. 35 (17 percent) in July 2022, which was the highest decrease in any month ...

Pakistan’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation in July 2022 increased to a 14-year high of 24.9 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis compared to an increase of 21.3 percent in the previous month and 8.4 percent in July 2021, says Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). As per the monthly ...

*ISLAMABAD: Inflation measured through Sensitive Price Index (SPI) posted a hefty increase of 3.68 percent for the week ended on July 28 data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Friday. * According to details, the overall inflation rate in the country has reached 37.67 ...

link link link *KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to $2.3 billion in June 2022, up by 59% as compared with the figure in May when it stood at $1.43 billion, data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) showed on Wednesday.* Cumulatively for the fiscal year ...

ISLAMABAD: The export of Pakistani textile commodities surged by 25.5 per cent during the fiscal year 2021-22 (FY22) as compared to the preceding fiscal year. These exports were recorded at $19,329.9 million in July-June (2021-22) against the exports of $15,399m July-June (2020-21), showing ...

The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has registered a growth of 11.7 percent during July-May 2021-22 as compared to the same period of 2020-21, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said. According to the Provisional Quantum Index Numbers of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries ...

link link link *The annual inflation rate, after a weekly increase of 0.01% has reached 33.12%, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data shows, ARY News reported. * According to the data shared by the PBS, the weekly inflation rate was 0.01% in the last week, taking the annual inflation ...

*ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 57.85 per cent during the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal year 2021-22, and reached $43.334 billion compared to $27.452 billion during the same period of 2020-21, revealed the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data.* The country’s exports ...

*Pakistan’s trade deficit in the 11 months of the fiscal year 2021-22 has increased up to $43.33 billion, which was $27.44 billion in the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2021 - 2022. * According to the data issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), an increase of 57.85% has been ...

*Food exports from the country witnessed an increase of 20.29 percent during the ten months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.* The exports of various food commodities were recorded at $4,471.703 ...