Newspaper - Business & Finance - April 30, 2026

RDA 2.0 — beyond dollar inflows

Expanding the scope of Roshan Digital Accounts could channel remittances into productive investments rather than consumption.

Published 27 Apr, 2026 08:55am

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Unlocking the crypto ecosystem

Trade execution remains inside the supervised intermediary; fiat entry and exit become visible at the banking layer, allowing for a better audit trail.

Updated 27 Apr, 2026 09:53am

An alternative to charging stations

Battery swapping as a service could make electric vehicles more viable in Pakistan

Published 27 Apr, 2026 08:52am

Challenges for the next budget

Any attempt to introduce new taxes or reduce subsidies will face stiff opposition, yet failure to do so risks losing IMF support.

Published 27 Apr, 2026 08:49am

Importance of opting for insurance

Building a solid financial buffer is essential, particularly when local and global economies experience considerable volatility from time to time.

Updated 27 Apr, 2026 09:56am

Wheat harvesting — changing dynamics and fallout

The rapid shift towards capital-intensive harvesting is transferring income from small farmers and labourers to machinery service providers, further widening the rich-poor gap.

Published 27 Apr, 2026 08:42am

COMPANY NEWS

MCB PAT of Rs12.8bn

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

CORPORATE WINDOW: Industry prepares budget wishlist

Several leading national business forums have submitted detailed recommendations to the government and remain actively engaged with the official economic team.

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

Focusing on the manufacturing sector

The government is taking various measures to boost production in various sectors, though bottlenecks remain.

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

Data points

More than 12m people work in the US restaurant and bar industry. Dishwashers occupy one of the humblest rungs, but they are among

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

Global LNG crisis

Every month the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, the world misses out on 7m tonnes of liquefied natural gas, as per The Economist

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

Changing spending habits

A nationwide survey of 1,000 people found nearly 80pc have changed their spending habits in response to pain at the...

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

China’s strong exports

Despite Trump’s tariffs, China racked up a record $1.2tr trade surplus and its exports rose to $3.8tr in 2025, ...

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

Pacifying critics

After a suicide following conversations with Gemini, Google said its engineers will continue to train Gemini to...

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

Shares of Anthropic

Desperate buyers are in a race to secure a dwindling supply of secondary shares in Anthropic, driving the AI...

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

The wrong fix for Pakistan’s payments

Restricting international schemes would only shrink access, depriving consumers of tools that connect them to global commerce

Updated 28 Apr, 2026 03:31pm

Oil’s demand destruction

After a slump over the last couple of years, the current crisis has given a fillip to the rush to electric transport

Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am

The bike that could save billions

With battery swap stations, every electric bike charged converts an idle capacity payment from a fiscal liability into productive revenue.

Updated 20 Apr, 2026 09:58am

Addressing markup consumer prices

Bringing more products under the Third Schedule could strengthen consumer protection by ensuring greater transparency on the shelf.

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Excitement around Karachi Port

"To fully leverage Pakistan’s coastline, we need deeper drafts, expanded berthing and storage capacity, and sustainable use of marine resources," says PQA chairman.

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Focus on outflows and inflows

Remittances, for now, are holding the line, enabling reserves to be managed, obligations to be met, and confidence to be maintained.

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

The economy amid the US-Iran war

Geopolitical uncertainty has hastened foreign capital outflows, and portfolio investor risk appetite has fallen across all emerging markets, including Pakistan.

Updated 20 Apr, 2026 10:23am

Time for private sector leadership

By acting as value chain integrators, private enterprises can enhance coordination, improve efficiency, and facilitate...

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Why SMEs struggle to access capital

At the heart of the challenge lies a banking framework historically anchored in collateral-based lending.

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Citizens’ assemblies gain traction

The breadth of the NCMC’s mandate suggests it could evolve into a superstructure for policymaking.

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

COMPANY NEWS

Mobilink Bank has signed a partnership with HBL Zarai Services Limited to advance agricultural financing for underserved...

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Data points

Tech companies have directly come into the crosshairs as the Iran war has spiralled into a regional conflict. Apps and digital...

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

A steady erasure of dollar dependence

The conflict may mark a gradual erosion of the petrodollar and the rise of a petroyuan.

Published 13 Apr, 2026 09:13am

When more megawatts make things worse

It is crucial to not merely reduce megawatts, but convert stranded capacity into usable flexibility

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Selling adult content

OnlyFans is in advanced talks to sell a minority stake in a deal that would value the company, best known for adult...

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Asia’s wealthiest

The 20 wealthiest clans in Asia are now worth a collective $647bn, partly because of the AI boom, reports Bloomberg

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Record revenue

JPMorgan Chase’s traders posted their highest-ever quarterly revenue in the first three months of the year, with...

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Amazon’s satellite investments

Amazon is making a massive $11.5bn bet on satellites to take on Elon Musk’s Starlink, to gain on satellite...

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

Online education market

An estimate from Grand View Research puts the global digital education market at $134bn in revenue by 2030, as per Business

Published 20 Apr, 2026 06:31am

An end on horizon?

If the world heads towards a political solution, crude oil prices will go down, but not to the levels they were at the onset of the war.

Published 13 Apr, 2026 09:11am