The State Bank of Pakistan’s Half Year Report shows stronger growth, lower inflation, rising reserves and a rare fiscal surplus, but warns that weak exports, low investment, climate shocks and Middle East instability could still test the recovery.
Pakistan has retained a B- rating from Fitch, with the agency citing reform momentum, improving macroeconomic stability and stronger foreign exchange buffers as reasons for the affirmation, while warning that the economy remains vulnerable to oil shocks.
پاکستان گزشتہ دو سالوں میں ایک معاشی معجزہ کر چکا ہے، ملکی معیشت کو اب کوئی خطرہ لاحق نہیں، افراطِ زر 40 فیصد سے صفر پر آ چکی ہے، بھارت کے ساتھ حالیہ مسلح کشیدگی بھی پاکستان کو معاشی طور پر پٹری سے نہیں اتار سکی۔
Pakistan's inflation rate fell to 4.1% in December 2024, the lowest since April 2018, due to improved food supplies and stabilising energy costs. This decline may prompt the State Bank of Pakistan to further reduce interest rates to stimulate economic growth.
Bangladesh has confirmed a draft agreement to buy Chinese J-10CE jets, becoming only the second country after Pakistan to move toward operating the aircraft, and citing Pakistan's combat performance against India as the direct basis for the decision.
Kuwait just signed its second defence agreement with Pakistan in two months, part of a Gulf and Middle Eastern network that now spans four countries in under two years: Saudi Arabia, Libya, Türkiye, and now Kuwait twice over. Syria could make it five.
What does it take to go from an unanswered White House phone call to a UN Security Council seat in two years? Ask Pakistan. The Makkah Defence Pact. US-Iran mediation. An invite from Damascus. India lost Washington's favor in the same stretch.
بنگلہ دیش جدید چینی لڑاکا طیارے ”جے 10 سی ای“ خرہدنے کے منصوبہ پر عمل پیرا ہے، اُس نے پاک بھارت جنگ 2025 میں کارکردگی کو اہم وجہ قرار دیا ہے۔ بنگلہ دیش کے مطابق یہ طیارے یورپی متبادل طیاروں سے کم قیمت مگر فیسں ٹو فیس فضائی جنگ میں اُن سے بہتر ہیں۔
Fourteen newborns were killed and one rescued in a fire at the PIMS nursery in Islamabad. PM Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry due to report within 24 hours.