Investment

The State Bank of Pakistan's Monetary Policy Committee meets on Monday, 27 July 2026, and the market has effectively already voted. In the pre-MPC poll circulating among brokerages, 97% of…

On 18 July 2026 the federal government did two things at once. It raised high-speed diesel by roughly Rs31 per litre to Rs354.80, and it scrapped the fortnightly pricing cycle…

Every serious investor in Rawalpindi is asking the same question this month. The State Bank held the policy rate at 11.5% on 15 June 2026, after the surprise 100 basis…

For years, overseas Pakistanis faced a frustrating trap: they earn abroad, owe no Pakistani income tax, and have no reason to file a return here — yet at the sub-registrar's…

Timing is the quiet variable that separates a good property decision from an average one. For most of 2024 and 2025, Pakistani investors faced a punishing combination: elevated borrowing costs,…

Every WhatsApp broadcast in Rawalpindi's property market has been recycling the same headline: "First-time buyers pay ZERO advance tax on plots up to 1 kanal!" It sounds like a game-changer…