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Bangkok skyline and the Chao Phraya River lit up at night, viewed from the State Tower in 2008.

International — Region / Business & Finance

Pakistan takes over as G-24 chair in Bangkok, vows Asian bond push and 30% EV target

Aurangzeb accepted the G-24 chair on 14 October in Bangkok, pledged repeated Panda and samurai bond issuance and a 30% EV share by 2030.

A Pakistan State Oil petrol and CNG filling station with a broad white canopy, fuel pumps and a small shop beside a road in Hyderabad, Sindh.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan cuts petrol by Rs2.93 and raises diesel by 61 paisas for October 13

Pakistan cut petrol by Rs2.93 to Rs395.37 a litre and raised high-speed diesel by 61 paisas to Rs396.85 from 13 October under its daily pricing mechanism.

A Libyan oil facility seen from the air, with a cluster of tanks and pipelines against a desert landscape.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan opens Libya crude channel and lines up TPAO Indus Basin survey

Pakistani Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik told his Libyan counterpart on 12 October at the IEF in Riyadh that refineries should consider Libyan crude.

The Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok, the venue hosting the 2026 IMF and World Bank annual meetings between 12 and 18 October 2026.

International — Region / Business & Finance

Pakistan takes chair of Borrowers' Platform council at IMF/World Bank Bangkok meetings

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb accepted the chairmanship of the Borrowers' Platform Governing Council in Bangkok, framing debt as a development tool.

A busy open-air vegetable market in Peshawar, with vendors seated behind wide baskets of produce and shoppers moving between the stalls.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

IMF raises Pakistan's FY27 inflation outlook to 9.9% and holds growth at 3.5%

The IMF's October 2026 World Economic Outlook raised Pakistan's inflation forecast to 9.9% for FY27 and kept growth at 3.5%, both at odds with the government's targets.

ISE Towers, the Islamabad Stock Exchange building in Islamabad, Pakistan, a tall office block that housed one of Pakistan's predecessor exchanges before their integration into the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

PSX KSE-100 ends 1,964 points lower as political clamour drags trading

Pakistan's KSE-100 benchmark closed at 165,124.41 on 12 October 2026, down 1,964.86 points or 1.18 percent, as selling spread across banks, oil and gas and cement.

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, wearing glasses, a dark suit and a light-blue tie, with the Pakistani flag visible behind his left shoulder.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan targets above-4% growth and over $1bn from privatisation, Aurangzeb says

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told Reuters that Pakistan expects above-4% growth this fiscal year and aims to sell five to six state entities for over $1bn.

A wide view of a ripening wheat field in Punjab, with golden wheat heads filling the frame against a pale sky.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Punjab approves Rs10bn flour subsidy as wheat and flour prices climb

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz approved a Rs10 billion subsidy and raised the subsidised wheat quota as wheat and flour prices climbed across Pakistan.

Wide-angle view of the international arrivals hall at Islamabad International Airport, showing the entrance signage and the check-in area with travellers and seating.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

PM Shehbaz orders smart scanners at all international airports, bans manual baggage searches

PM Shehbaz ordered smart scanners at every Pakistani international airport and banned manual baggage searches, citing passenger dignity.

The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund at 700 19th Street NW in Washington, D.C., a large stone office building with a tall colonnade, photographed on 31 March 2026 under clear sky.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan finance minister says he was unaware of IMF call to phase out fuel subsidy

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said at the Poultry Expo in Lahore on 11 October 2026 he was unaware of the IMF call to phase out Pakistan's fuel subsidy.

A Norse Atlantic Airways Boeing 787-9 in white and blue livery parked at an airport gate with a jet bridge attached, support vehicles on the apron, blue sky and scattered clouds in the background.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

PIA to lease two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners from Norse Atlantic for UK routes from November

PIA signed an ACMI wet-lease on 9 October 2026 with Norse Atlantic Airways for two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners — its first 787 widebodies — to operate Pakistan-UK services.

The State Bank of Pakistan building on Mall Road in Lahore, a colonnaded heritage facade behind a low boundary wall, photographed in daylight.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's September remittances cool to $3.59bn, putting FY27 on track for about $43.5bn

State Bank of Pakistan data show workers' remittances fell 1.9 per cent month-on-month to $3.59 billion in September 2026, lifting the Jul-Sep total to $10.88 billion.