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The State Bank held the policy rate at 11.5 per cent on 27 July. What that does to loans, deposits and the real return on your savings.
Shahid Anwar · · 4 min read
24 karat is Rs 461,936 a tola today. Why rate sites disagree by thousands, how tola and karat convert, and how to check any rate yourself.
Fajr Riaz · · 7 min read
The new National Data Governance Policy covers government data. Your personal data still has no law, and the bill sits in Parliament.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
US EXIM is revisiting its $1.25 billion package as costs are recalculated. Who owns Reko Diq, what it holds, and when production is targeted.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
Islamabad and Tehran recommitted to a $10 billion trade goal and an FTA under negotiation. What was agreed, and the obstacle nobody named.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
The government has declared Tuesday 25 August as the holiday. The observance follows the moon sighting and can fall a day either side.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Excise plans to cancel registrations where token tax is outstanding. How to check what you owe and clear it before your papers are void.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
From 25 July, police, defence, health, teaching and construction go first, and onshore beats overseas. What it means from Pakistan.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
Assemblers have suspended hybrid deliveries until the new auto policy lands. A cut from 25 to 18 per cent is under consideration. What buyers do.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
The State Department's visa bond took effect 1 August for 50 countries. Pakistan is not one. What the program is and who it actually covers.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
Universities and offices observe Youm-e-Istehsal tomorrow. What happened on 5 August 2019, what the day means, and how it is marked.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
A viral declaration names 11 August as Balochistan's independence day. What that date actually was in 1947, who is claiming what, and why now.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
Saudi Arabia is adding about 20 riyals a day for meals to Umrah visas from Pakistan. What it covers, when it starts, and the package impact.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
The petroleum minister wants a dynamic levy that drops when oil spikes and returns when it calms. What it fixes, and what it quietly is not.
Shahid Anwar · · 4 min read
Brent crashed 11.3 per cent. Petrol came down 1.2 per cent to Rs 331.95. Most of what you pay per litre was never tracking crude at all.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
Sales tax on hybrids went from 8.5 to 25 per cent when the old policy expired. The replacement is on hold. What that means if you were buying.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
Two raids, two arrests and seized fibre equipment in Gujrat. Why unlicensed ISPs exist, and how to check whether yours is licensed.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
The steering committee approved NADRA verification for phase 2 and set a 100,000 target. The registration date is still not announced.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
OGRA raised August RLNG to $25.83 per mmBtu, a decade high. Why it happened, and how it reaches your gas and electricity bill.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
Imports from the US reached $3.265bn while exports were $6.125bn. We did the subtraction, and the surplus is the number that matters.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
Journalists generated a fictitious nuclear plant in Iran and a border scene. We looked at why satellite fakes are a different kind of problem.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
RLNG generation hit an eight year low and coal took the load. We looked at how a war rewrote the power mix without any policy decision.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
A proposed time of use rate pays Rs 18 to 22 between 5pm and 10pm. We checked what it means against the Rs 11 buyback most people now get.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
We read the reporting on the LHC ruling and checked what the law now says. Trading is not an offence, and that is not the same as protected.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
