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15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

RDA Recovers Rs. 424 Million Worth of Encroached Land

The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has retrieved land valued at Rs. 424.47 million from encroachers and announce...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

New PECA Amendment Puts Internet Providers Directly in the Firing Line

The government has proposed significant changes to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016, aimed at tighten...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Iran and Pakistan Agree to Finalize FTA and Activate Border Markets

Iran and Pakistan have agreed to finalize a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and activate border markets to boost bilateral tr...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

PTA Opens Door for Starlink: New Satellite Internet License Unveiled

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has released a draft license framework for Fixed Satellite Services (FSS)...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan Floods Trigger Dollar Shortage, Raising Pressure on Rupee

Pakistan’s worst floods in decades have deepened a shortage of dollars in the market, heightening risks for the rupee’s...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan Seeks Over $2 Billion Chinese Funding for Major Road and Railway Projects

Pakistan has prepared the agenda for the upcoming Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting, seeking more than $2 billi...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Govt Likely to Increase Petrol and Diesel Prices This Week

Petroleum prices in Pakistan are set to rise from September 16, 2025, for the next two weeks, following gains in global...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Engro Fertilizers to Shut Base Plant for Maintenance

Engro Fertilizers Limited announced on Monday that it has commenced scheduled maintenance at its Base Plant, which will...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Govt Approves Commercial Import of Five-Year-Old Used Cars With Extra Duty

The Tariff Policy Board, led by Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan, has approved the commercial import of five-year-old us...

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News Update

15

Sep 2025

Sep 15, 2025 • 5 min read

Fill with performance, Fill with Mobil™, Strategic Pact Targets Mining Excellence

Mine Lubes & Chemicals (MLC), a subsidiary of MAL Pakistan Ltd and Alliance Engineering Chaghai (Pvt) Ltd, a sister conc...

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News Update

14

Sep 2025

Sep 14, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan Invites Global Crypto Exchanges to Apply for Licensing

Pakistan Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (PVARA) said it has invited global exchanges and Virtual Asset Service Provi...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistani Rupee Posts 26th Straight Gain Against US Dollar

The Pakistani rupee extended its positive run against the US dollar on Friday, appreciating slightly in the interbank ma...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Islamabad’s Big Marts to Become Cashless Soon

Islamabad Food Authority (IFA) has decided to promote a cashless system in major marts of the federal capital, making it...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

CCP Clears Acquisition of Route2Health Shareholding by AZT Foundation

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has approved the acquisition of a certain shareholding in Route2Health (Pri...

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12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Pakistan Starts National Digital Currency Trial

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) confirmed that its central bank digital currency (CBDC) project has entered the trial p...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

SECP Notifies Draft Actuarial Valuation Rules, 2025, for Public Consultation

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has issued the draft Actuarial Valuation Rules, 2025, for publ...

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12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Saudi Arabia Unveils Gulf’s First Multi-Storey Factory

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) has announced the launch of its groundbreaking “M...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Islamabad is Getting a New Convention, Exhibition and Expo Centre

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to establish the New Islamabad Convention, Exhibition & Expo Centre...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Diamond Industries Plans to Resume Operations After 2023 Shutdown

Diamond Industries Limited said Friday it intends to restart commercial operations with financial and operational suppor...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Renowned Islamabad Bookstore De-Sealed Following FBR Action

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reopened Saeed Book Bank, one of the capital’s most prominent bookstores, located...

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News Update

12

Sep 2025

Sep 12, 2025 • 5 min read

Govt to Seek IMF Approval for Electricity Bill Exemption in Flood-Hit Areas

The government has moved to provide a one-month exemption on electricity bills for citizens affected by recent floods. P...

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