The benchmark KSE-100 index for the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rose more than 600 points on Friday and surpassed the 46,000 level. At 3:46 p.m., the index had risen 675.30 points, or 6.07 percent, from its previous closing of 45,398.31. Director of Arif Habib Corporation Ahsan Mehanti claimed that theRead More →

According to a representative for the Karachi Port Trust, a second shipment of crude oil from Russia is expected to arrive in Pakistan tomorrow. The ship, “Clyde Noble,” will transport 55,000 metric tonnes of crude oil. On June 11, the first Russian crude oil ship arrived in Pakistan with 45,000Read More →

The staff-level agreement between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is anticipated to be signed on Tuesday. According to sources with direct knowledge of the situation, the negotiations with the international lender are now in their final phases, and all conditions are no longer in a state of deadlock.Read More →

ANKARA (AP) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected as president of Turkey last month, even though the economy is in bad shape and there is a cost-of-living problem that experts say is made worse by his unusual economic policies. The longtime leader put a well-known former banker in charge ofRead More →