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Insurer to power cover across JazzCash and FikrFree as JazzWorld targets Pakistanis without insurance

Overseas borrowers have raised 115.5 billion yuan this year as low Chinese interest rates and easier cross-border rules expand yuan financing

PIB yields near 12.5% offer a wide nominal premium over Gulf benchmark rates, though currency and repatriation risks remain key constraints

Regulator finds no substantial competition concerns after reviewing the fertilizer companies’ urea overlap; Fatima had already divested its entire Agritech stake

Higher prices and lower finance costs lifted listed pharmaceutical companies’ earnings, while sector sales increased 10% to PKR 377.9 billion

SECMC’s Phase III expansion could lower LEPCL’s generation cost, boost plant utilization and raise returns for investors in the power plant and coal mine

Companies with June 30 year-end must complete Annual Return and UBO filings within 120 days of fiscal close

Nine-month urea offtakes rise 4% while DAP sales fall 3%, with Engro and Fauji Fertilizer expected to report higher third-quarter earnings

Cotton Ginners Forum warns of higher prices and imports as arrivals growth collapses from 27% a month earlier

Principal receivables stand at PKR 528.5 billion, while late-payment surcharges account for another PKR 379.3 billion

Industry volumes rise 6% in the first quarter of FY2027, while PSO sales climb 12% in September and 18% during the quarter

Fashion retailer combines pre-IPO placement with upcoming public offering as it funds Experience Store expansion and targets higher profits

Adding 30,000 range-extended electric vehicles annually over five years could displace 1.2 billion litres of petrol

SECP chairman says REITs can widen access to real estate investment as 13 public offerings raise PKR26 billion and investor base reaches 630,000

Government exceeds PKR700 billion target as three-, six- and 12-month cutoff yields rise by 49–75 basis points

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and SBP Governor Jameel Ahmad are also expected at Thursday’s event in Karachi

Government will cut net T-bill issuance, raise Sukuk and fixed-rate PIBs, and seek more than USD 2 billion from international bond markets in FY27

Board says it is resolving registration issues and coordinating with trade bodies to ensure smooth implementation

Myyna reads Urdu voice notes and payment screenshots, answers questions from a business's own accounting systems, without leaving the chat

ARL's FY26 utilization rose to 71% as it advanced a USD 600 million Euro-V upgrade and tied further expansion to northern crude supplies