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Auto Policy 2026-31 Sets 1pc Tax on Electric Cars — and Makes ICE Buyers Pay for Exports

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GDP Revised to 3.65pc — but Growth Collapsed to 2pc in the Final Quarter

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Punjab Approves a Rs1.995 Trillion Industrial Plan — Nearly Half of It From Private Money It Does Not Have Yet

Kaspersky identifies vulnerabilities in barcode scanners, posing potential threat for the warehouse industry

23 Oct

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Kaspersky identifies vulnerabilities in barcode scanners, posing potential threat for the warehouse industry

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Auto Policy 2026-31 Sets 1pc Tax on Electric Cars — and Makes ICE Buyers Pay for Exports

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Pakistan Must Reapply for GSP+ — and the EU-India Deal Has Already Cut What It Is Worth

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Kaspersky identifies vulnerabilities in barcode scanners, posing potential threat for the warehouse industry

23 Oct
Data card: the draft auto policy sets sales tax at 1 percent for battery electrics, 6 percent for range-extended electrics and 9 percent for plug-in hybrids, funded by an ICE levy raising Rs232 billion over five years

Auto Policy 2026-31 Sets 1pc Tax on Electric Cars — and Makes ICE Buyers Pay for Exports

The approved auto policy draft sets sales tax at 1pc for battery EVs, 6pc for REEVs and 9pc for PHEVs, funded by a levy on conventional cars.
23 Oct
Data card: 27.2 percent of Pakistan's exports go to the EU under a preference now up for renewal, including about 7 billion dollars of textiles a year, while 100 percent of Indian textile lines are now EU duty-free

Pakistan Must Reapply for GSP+ — and the EU-India Deal Has Already Cut What It Is Worth

The EU ambassador has told the Pakistan Textile Council the Commission will step up engagement on GSP+, as the EU-India FTA erodes the preference.
23 Oct
Data card: Pakistan's fourth-quarter FY26 growth was 2.00 percent against 6.07 percent a year earlier, with the first three quarters averaging 4.21 percent and industry contracting 4.70 percent in Q4

GDP Revised to 3.65pc — but Growth Collapsed to 2pc in the Final Quarter

The National Accounts Committee revised FY26 growth to 3.65pc and put the economy at $450.4bn, with fourth-quarter growth of just 2pc.
23 Oct

Tech

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Kaspersky identifies vulnerabilities in barcode scanners, posing potential threat for the warehouse industry

23 Oct
Data card: Pakistan's technology exports reached 1.25 billion dollars in the first quarter of FY27, up about 18 percent, with September at 435 million dollars against a standing record of 437 million

IT Exports Reach $435m in September — $2m Short of the Record, and the Wrong Number to Watch

23 Oct
Data card: Punjab has prohibited the use, purchase and sale of concealed recording devices, with no enabling law named, no penalty schedule published and only one of four provinces having acted

Punjab Bans Hidden-Camera Glasses, Pens and Watches — Days After the LHC Asked Why Nobody Had

20 Oct

GenZ Raises Alarm Over Environmental Impact of Digital Infrastructure: Kaspersky Research

17 Oct

Business

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Data card: 27.2 percent of Pakistan's exports go to the EU under a preference now up for renewal, including about 7 billion dollars of textiles a year, while 100 percent of Indian textile lines are now EU duty-free

Pakistan Must Reapply for GSP+ — and the EU-India Deal Has Already Cut What It Is Worth

The EU ambassador has told the Pakistan Textile Council the Commission will step up engagement on GSP+, as the EU-India FTA erodes the preference.
23 Oct
Data card: SECP has refunded subscription money to SE Fruits investors after finding material discrepancies in a prospectus that passed five review checkpoints, citing sections 134 and 136 of the Securities Act

SECP Opens SE Fruits IPO Probe and Confirms Investors Have Been Refunded

20 Oct
Data card: SE Fruits raised Rs1.2 billion from investors in September at a strike price of Rs40, the floor of its band, before withdrawing the listing application on 13 October

SE Fruits Pulls Its IPO Application — After Collecting Rs1.2bn From Investors

14 Oct
Data card: the Banking Ombudsman returned Rs1.2 billion to customers in nine months, resolving 29,001 of 33,625 complaints at an average of about Rs41,400 per resolved case

Banking Ombudsman Recovers Rs1.2bn for Customers From 33,625 Complaints

13 Oct

Economy

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Data card: Pakistan's fourth-quarter FY26 growth was 2.00 percent against 6.07 percent a year earlier, with the first three quarters averaging 4.21 percent and industry contracting 4.70 percent in Q4

GDP Revised to 3.65pc — but Growth Collapsed to 2pc in the Final Quarter

The National Accounts Committee revised FY26 growth to 3.65pc and put the economy at $450.4bn, with fourth-quarter growth of just 2pc.
23 Oct
Data card: combined power and gas circular debt reached Rs5,306 billion at 30 June 2026, with gas at Rs3,631 billion up 10.4 percent against power at Rs1,675 billion up 2.1 percent

Circular Debt Hits Rs5.3 Trillion — and Two-Thirds of It Is Gas, Not Electricity

20 Oct
Data card: Pakistan's external debt of about 100 billion dollars is to stay broadly unchanged while short maturities are refinanced long over two to three years, against an IMF inflation projection of 9.9 percent for 2027

Pakistan to Term Out Short-Dated Foreign Debt While Holding the $100bn Stock Flat

13 Oct

Industry

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Data card: the draft auto policy sets sales tax at 1 percent for battery electrics, 6 percent for range-extended electrics and 9 percent for plug-in hybrids, funded by an ICE levy raising Rs232 billion over five years

Auto Policy 2026-31 Sets 1pc Tax on Electric Cars — and Makes ICE Buyers Pay for Exports

The approved auto policy draft sets sales tax at 1pc for battery EVs, 6pc for REEVs and 9pc for PHEVs, funded by a levy on conventional cars.
23 Oct
Data card: of Punjab's Rs1.995 trillion industrial and export programme, Rs906 billion is expected from private investors and not yet committed, against a provincial share of Rs1,089 billion and a target of 162,000 jobs

Punjab Approves a Rs1.995 Trillion Industrial Plan — Nearly Half of It From Private Money It Does Not Have Yet

20 Oct
Data card: 50,480 cars, jeeps and pickups were sold in Q1 FY27, of which 41,872 were cars, up 43 percent, while jeeps and pickups fell 34 percent and two- and three-wheelers reached 553,994 units

Car Sales Up 43pc or 19pc? Both Are Right — It Depends What Counts as a Car

14 Oct
Data card: from 9 October DRAP requires a 2D barcode and serial number on all registered drugs made locally or imported, while batches manufactured before the deadline stay exempt and no penalty schedule has been published

Every Medicine Made or Imported Since 9 October Must Now Carry a 2D Barcode

13 Oct

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Kaspersky identifies vulnerabilities in barcode scanners, posing potential threat for the warehouse industry

Auto Policy 2026-31 Sets 1pc Tax on Electric Cars — and Makes ICE Buyers Pay for Exports

Pakistan Must Reapply for GSP+ — and the EU-India Deal Has Already Cut What It Is Worth

GDP Revised to 3.65pc — but Growth Collapsed to 2pc in the Final Quarter

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