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Pakistan and IMF Reach Staff-Level Agreement on Potential $1.2 Billion Tranche

Pakistan and the IMF have reached a staff-level understanding covering programme reviews, but disbursement still requires approvals.

Pakistan Approves Rs1.11 per Unit Fuel Adjustment on October Electricity Bills

NEPRA has notified an additional fuel cost adjustment for October 2026 bills, with exemptions for certain customer categories.

OpenAI annualized revenue run rate nears $70 billion

Anthropic IPO prospectus highlights $518bn future cloud and infrastructure commitments

Nvidia adds $150bn to share-buyback plan as AI-chip competition intensifies

Afghanistan and Uzbekistan agree to deepen cooperation on standards and certification to ease trade

Ariana Afghan Airlines ranks among leading Central Asian carriers

Afghanistan and Iran stress expansion of trade, transit and investment

Herat opens $1.5 million cold-storage facility with 3,000-ton capacity

More than 20,000 visit Paktia domestic-products exhibition

Afghan ministry says foreign investment topped $1 billion in five years

China's yuan reaches fresh multi-year high as PBOC eases resistance to gains

Oil edges higher after five-session slide as markets watch possible US-Iran talks

AMD tops $1 trillion market value for first time as AI-chip rally lifts shares

Venezuela signs oil and gas cooperation memorandum with TotalEnergies

Pakistan finance minister warns strikes and road closures could cost Rs120bn a day

Pakistan competition authority imposes Rs60m penalty on edible-oil tanker owners

Pakistan power consumers face proposed Rs1.73 per unit fuel-cost adjustment

SECP says it cleared 573 adjudication cases and imposed Rs4.7bn in penalties

Pakistan and Rwanda seek wider trade ties across pharma, agriculture and IT

Pakistan profit and dividend outflows fall 13.4% to $557.6m in two months