Aamir Shafaat Khan is a Karachi-based reporter for Dawn with over 25 years of experience. He covers trade and industry, with a particular focus on market surveys, food inflation, commodity prices, the automobile sector and broader industrial issues.
Urges the PM to exclude the automotive sector from the proposed tariff reductions under the NTP and introduce a stable, long-term automotive policy framework.
Published05 Aug, 202607:43am
With wheat and flour prices already at elevated levels, the decision to import one million tonnes is unlikely to provide significant relief.
Updated02 Aug, 202607:41am
Overseas Investors Chambers of Commerce and Industry supports status quo; Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry calls the decision contractionary.
Updated28 Jul, 202608:09am
Expresses concern over reports that the govt is reviewing a proposal to import wheat through the Trading Corporation of Pakistan.
Updated25 Jul, 202607:21am
Maritime affairs minister claims country's exports of fish reach a record $568m in FY26, while the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows the exports stand at $482m.
Published17 Jul, 202607:01am
Retail price of flour No 2.5 set at Rs125 per kg, fine flour to sell for Rs135 per kg; officials impose Rs1.2m fine on retailers for charging more than govt-notified rate.
Updated11 Jul, 202608:59am
Despite Rs90 drop in diesel and 37pc fall in LPG, tomatoes hit Rs400, flour Rs147 per kg, cooking oil gets costlier while pulses stay unchanged.
Published08 Jul, 202607:08am
Millers raise rates by up to Rs38 per kg since March; consumers pay far above official prices as crackdown fails to curb surge.
Updated30 Jun, 202607:26am
