Investment

Two data points landed within days of each other and quietly changed the calculation for anyone sitting on cash and eyeing a plot in Rawalpindi. First, headline CPI is set…

If you own a 5-marla plot in Rawalpindi, the question in late 2026 is not whether property is a good asset — it is which form of the asset works…

Pakistan's property market runs on a quiet engine: the money overseas Pakistanis send home. So two developments in mid-2026 deserve every Rawalpindi investor's attention. First, monthly remittances slipped from $4.25…

The macro picture just shifted in the investor's favour For three years, the biggest enemy of every Pakistani saver was not the property market — it was their own bank…

A live twin-cities price signal you should not ignore In early August 2026, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) held a three-day open auction of commercial plots at the Jinnah Convention…

A Tale of Two Valuation Tables Sharing One Boundary Islamabad and Rawalpindi are functionally one metropolis split by an administrative line, but their tax "cost bases" have just diverged sharply.…

Property investors in Rawalpindi tracked the 2026 budget for one number: the seller's advance tax under Section 236C. Early proposals floated slashing the filer rate to a single, low 1.5%…

Pakistan opened its FY27 (which runs July 2026–June 2027) with a bang: overseas workers sent home $3.63 billion in July 2026, up 13% from $3.21 billion a year earlier and…

For millions of overseas Pakistanis earning in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf, 2026 opens a genuine fork in the road. On 22 January 2026, Saudi Arabia's landmark law allowing…