Industry
Manufacturing, energy, logistics and the physical economy.
Suzuki has launched the Pakistan-built Alto and Every in Brunei — the first time it has exported kei-specification mini vehicles from an overseas production base.
31 Aug
Pakistan's Power Division found coal plants were not always buying at the best available discount. Fixing it saves Rs380 million a year — against Rs1.675 trillion of circular debt.
27 Aug
PAAPAM says 1.8 million jobs are at risk under Auto Policy 2026-31, with used-car import duties falling to zero by FY30. The numbers deserve checking, and so does the protection.
26 Aug
Pakistan spends about $4 billion a year on edible oil imports. The new National Olive Value Chain Policy targets saving $400 million, backed by Italian debt-swap funding.
25 Aug
The ECC has approved an international tender to export 108,000 tonnes of sugar — part of 300,000 tonnes the government imported last year. Nobody has published what either leg cost.
20 Aug
Pakistan's cotton arrivals reached 1.11 million bales by mid-August, up 25%, with Sindh at 734,000 bales against Punjab's 379,000. The 2023 comparison is nearly double.
19 Aug
Five Pakistani refineries are committing $4.5-5 billion to upgrade projects under a 45-day deadline to sign implementation agreements, aiming to end furnace oil output and reach Euro V/VI standards.
18 Aug
Pakistan's pharma exports hit a 20-year high of $457 million and the new roadmap targets $10 billion in eight years — a 22-fold increase requiring 47% compound annual growth.
17 Aug
Civil work on the $2.5bn ML-1 Karachi-Rohri railway section is set to begin in January 2027, financed by the ADB with AIIB, World Bank and IsDB co-financing rather than CPEC lending.
16 Aug
Pakistan is setting up a Construction Industry Development Board and extending the defect liability period on public projects from one year to three, with five the eventual target.
15 Aug
Port Qasim Authority has approved AIRE Park, a 150-acre auto import-refurbishment-export zone with 264 planned units, targeting $500 million in annual exports and a $200 million foreign exchange surplus.
14 Aug
Hyundai Nishat has raised hybrid ex-factory prices by 15.2% after the Budget 2026-27 sales tax hike to 25%. Full price tables for Elantra, Tucson and Santa Fe, plus the Azadi offer.
13 Aug