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Overhead view of a crowded wholesale fruit market, with traders and buyers standing among brightly painted delivery trucks loaded with stacked crates of produce and bundles of straw.Archival photograph · 19 August 2010 · Traders and commission agents at a wholesale fruit market in Pakistan
Pakistan / Business & Finance

Punjab launches Rs2 trillion PIVOT plan with $6.8bn export target and 162,000 jobs

Punjab's chief minister launched the Rs1,995 billion PIVOT Plan 2026-29 on 30 October, pairing Rs1,089bn of public money with a Rs906bn private investment target.

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The entrance wall and gate of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines plant in Gilgit, with the company name in English and Urdu on black panels, street lights and overhead lines along an empty road, and a bare brown mountain slope rising behind.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Power Division warns of harder winter as OGRA raises RLNG price by up to 15.27%

OGRA raised October RLNG prices by up to 15.27%, and the Power Division warns that fuel price adjustments may rise two to threefold between December and February.

Silhouettes of cargo gantry cranes and a vessel at Karachi Port at sunrise, with the sun low over the water and birds in the sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan approves tax-neutral bonded oil storage for Saudi firms as Hub complex advances

Pakistan has approved a tax-neutral bonded oil storage policy for Saudi companies and a VLCC-sized petroleum complex at Hub, alongside refinery investment and winter LPG cargoes.

A white bulk liquefied petroleum gas road tanker with a long cylindrical tank marked with the Omera LPG name in English and Bengali lettering, parked on a paved forecourt beside a glass-fronted multi-storey building.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's LPG imports are paused while a new pricing formula awaits the prime minister

OGRA has prepared a revised LPG pricing formula tied to Pakistan State Oil's landed cost, and PSO, Parco and SSGC LPG have held off buying cargoes until it is approved.

Wide view of the National Assembly chamber in Islamabad, with rows of wooden desks and maroon seats arranged in a horseshoe, a gilded domed ceiling and the electronic voting board above the members' gallery.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

National Assembly approves 30-member electoral reforms committee as PPP courts opposition

Pakistan's parliament approved a 30-member committee on electoral reforms on 30 October, and the PPP is pressing opposition leaders to join it.

Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in a dark green military uniform with rank insignia and medal ribbons, photographed against a plain background.International — Region / International — Region

Iran welcome to join Makkah defence pact, Pakistan army spokesman says

Pakistan’s military spokesman said the Makkah defence pact does not bar new members and Iran would be welcome, while insisting Pakistan is not part of the Yemen conflict.

Line chart titled 'Tax revenue as a share of GDP', covering direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. Pakistan's line starts near 8 per cent in 1980, dips to roughly 7.3 per cent in the early 2000s and then climbs steeply after 2010 to just above 12 per cent by the early 2020s. Data source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025).Pakistan / Business & Finance

FBR collects Rs4.06 trillion in four months, Rs124 billion short of target

The FBR collected Rs4.06 trillion in July–October, Rs124 billion below target, with October receipts Rs158 billion short as the IMF ties the next loan tranche to tax goals.

Dusk view across Marina Bay in Singapore from the Marina Bay Sands observation deck, with the lit towers of the central business district across the water, the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum on the right and the illuminated Supertree Grove on the left.International — Region / International — Region

Singapore's foreign minister meets Dar in Islamabad as ties mark 60 years

Singapore's foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan met Deputy PM Ishaq Dar in Islamabad on 30 October, six decades after the two countries established diplomatic relations.

An aerial view of a refinery complex in Karachi, with clusters of white storage tanks, pipe runs and access roads beside a broad creek, and plumes of white steam rising from the plant.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Petroleum levy raised Rs4.4 trillion in four years, government rules out an immediate cut

The government says the petroleum levy raised Rs4.4 trillion from 2022-23 to 2025-26, is part of its IMF fiscal targets, and that any phased reduction waits for the next budget.

A crowded open-air fruit and vegetable market in Multan, with heaps of citrus and apples, hanging bunches of bananas, crates of green vegetables, vendors and shoppers, and Urdu signboards over the stalls.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's essentials are 11.32% costlier than a year ago as October inflation is projected at 9.5-10.5%

Pakistan's weekly essentials gauge stands 11.32% above a year ago, with LPG up 106.86% and wheat flour 34.87%, as October inflation is projected at 9.5-10.5%.

A roadside service station on Pakistan's M-2 motorway, with a long blue canopy over the fuel forecourt, a restaurant building carrying Urdu and English signage, a silver car parked at the pumps and green rocky hills rising behind.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Diesel passes Rs400 as Pakistan holds petrol at Rs377.91 for 30 October

High-speed diesel rises 85 paisa to Rs400.67 for 30 October while petrol is held at Rs377.91, with the Rs85 levy and every margin left unchanged.

Rows of labelled vaccine sample tubes standing in a rack on a laboratory bench, with gloved hands in blue protective clothing reaching towards the tubes and a capped metal canister beside them.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan reopens China-gifted hospital in Islamabad with free treatment for all patients

The 182-bed Pakistan-China Friendship Hospital reopens in Islamabad with the government paying for all treatment, Indus Hospital managing it and a third-party audit ordered.