Gold Falls Near Rs. 4.3 Lac in Pakistan After Third Consecutive Decline — What’s Driving It
Three days in a row. Gold has now fallen on each of the last three sessions in Pakistan, and Tuesday’s drop brought the price of a single tola closer to the Rs. 430,000 mark than it’s been in recent weeks. Tuesday’s Market Snapshot (July 7, 2026) Asset Class (Pakistan Market) Closing Rate Net Change 24K […]
Pakistan Weather Report — June 27 to June 30, 2026: Extreme Heat Grips the Country as Monsoon Remains on the Horizon
Pakistan is baking. From the plains of Punjab to the streets of Karachi, the country is in the grip of a pre-monsoon heat spell that is pushing temperatures well above seasonal averages across almost every major city. The only exception is Quetta — sitting at altitude in Balochistan — where conditions remain comparatively mild. Everywhere […]
No Change at the Pump This Week — Pakistan Closes the Fiscal Year With Petrol at Rs. 299.50
The speculation was wrong. The proposed cuts did not come. Pakistan’s federal government has officially decided to keep petroleum product prices unchanged for the final week of the 2025-26 fiscal year. Petrol remains at Rs. 299.50 per litre. High-speed diesel stays at Rs. 311.47 per litre. The Petroleum Division issued the official notification on June […]
Petrol May Fall to Rs. 241 and Diesel to Rs. 266 — Pakistan’s Biggest Back-to-Back Fuel Relief in Years
Last week, Pakistan cut petrol prices by Rs. 74 per litre — one of the largest single reductions in the country’s history. Now, before consumers have even had a week to adjust, another major cut is on the table. Sources say a reduction of up to Rs. 58 per litre in petrol and Rs. 45 […]
Pakistan’s Rs205 Billion Motorway Is Finally Moving — And the Decision to Skip Open Bidding Is the Story Within the Story
The Kharian-Rawalpindi Motorway has been discussed, delayed, and deferred for years. On June 25, 2026, it moved from proposal to decision — and the method chosen to get it there is generating as much attention as the project itself. The government has decided in principle to award the Rs205 billion M-13 motorway to the Frontier […]
One Million Pakistanis Expected in Iran. Here Is Everything You Need to Know About the Free Visa.
The funeral that was postponed for months — delayed by a war, a border closure, and the sheer logistical weight of burying a head of state in the middle of an active conflict — now has a date. And Iran wants Pakistan to show up. Iran has introduced a free 10-day visa for Pakistani nationals […]
Pakistan’s Most Ambitious Trade Reform in Decades Is Here — But the Rs143 Billion Question Remains Unanswered
Pakistan has spent decades hiding behind some of the highest import tariff walls in Asia. That wall is now being dismantled — officially, systematically, and on a five-year timetable. The federal government has unveiled the National Tariff Policy 2025–30, a phased plan to cut customs duties, regulatory duties, and additional customs duties across the board. […]
One Pricing Decision. One Day. A Year’s Worth of Profits Gone — Pakistan’s Oil Sector Is Sounding the Alarm
Pakistan’s consumers celebrated when fuel prices dropped. The oil industry did not. Behind the relief at the pump lies a crisis quietly building inside the country’s downstream energy sector — one that industry executives are now warning could trigger bankruptcies, foreign investor exits, and eventual fuel shortages if the government does not act. The numbers […]
PTA taxes Removed By Govt on Mid-Range Mobile Phones — But Read the Fine Print Before You Celebrate
Pakistan’s smartphone buyers have been waiting years for this. The government has finally moved to reduce PTA registration taxes on imported mobile phones — specifically targeting the mid-range bracket that the vast majority of Pakistani consumers actually buy. But here is the thing nobody is telling you clearly: this is not the sweeping relief that […]
Pezeshkian Lands in Islamabad, and the Gas Pipeline Question Resurfaces Alongside a Fresh US-Iran Dispute
Billboards went up along Islamabad’s roads before the plane even landed. By the time Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian touched down at Nur Khan Airbase on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, the welcome had already made clear this wasn’t a routine diplomatic stop. It was Pezeshkian’s first foreign trip since Israel and the United States launched their […]