General Economic Updates
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Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves rise to $19.8bn
BR Web DeskPakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $19.8 billion as of September 26, 2025.
According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), reserves held by the central bank rose by $21 million during the week, reaching $14.4 billion.
Net foreign reserves held by commercial banks were recorded at $5.4 billion, taking the country’s total liquid reserves to $19.8 billion.
Watandar
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The yield on the 10Yr Pakistan govt bond has come down to 12% today from 17% in Sept 2023. The yields on the 1Yr and 5Yr seem to be hovering around 12% as well. This suggests an improvement in the debt profile for Pakistan, though its debt is still the most expensive in Asia.
Pakistan 10-Year Government Bond Yield - Quote - Chart - Historical Data - News
The yield on Pakistan 10Y Bond Yield rose to 12.43% on April 24, 2026, marking a 0.01 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has remained flat, and it is 0.01 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this...
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Some more research on the site shows the 10Yr was at 9% in Oct 2015, before the launch of Project Imran. Another joke on the country by the Kakul jesters.
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The Sundance Kid
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Honestly, even if its bad economics - P&G can **** right off.
Wherever these multinational consumer companies show up in the global south, they are directly responsible for a DISPROPORTIONATE amount of the plastic and waste pollution challenges. CSR and EPR means jack shit to them when operating in the global south.
Their only goal is profit repatriation, monopolizing market segments while making bottom of the ladder cheap tatti with zero economic complexity.
Wherever these multinational consumer companies show up in the global south, they are directly responsible for a DISPROPORTIONATE amount of the plastic and waste pollution challenges. CSR and EPR means jack shit to them when operating in the global south.
Their only goal is profit repatriation, monopolizing market segments while making bottom of the ladder cheap tatti with zero economic complexity.
PakFactor
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Philip Morris Pakistan to be delisted from Oct 6
Philip Morris Investments B.V., the majority shareholder of Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited (PMPK), announced on...
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Fatman17
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Philip Morris Pakistan to be delisted from Oct 6
Philip Morris Investments B.V., the majority shareholder of Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited (PMPK), announced on...www.brecorder.com
@Fatman17 @Forsvaret
Companies closed or sold major shares and moved out from Pakistan.
Yamaha. Mid 2026
Telenor. Dec 2023
Shell. Mid 2023
Careem. April 2024
BASF. Dec 2025
Microsoft . July 2025
Total Energies. Aug 2024
Pfizer pharma May 2024
Sanofi pharmaApril 2023
Bayer. June 2023
Eli Lilly pharma. Dec 2022
Viatris pharma. April 2023
Lotte chemical. May 2023
P&G. May 2026
Airlift. 2022
Reasons...
High operating cost, energy, taxes, interest rates
Currency instability
Regulatory burdens, delays in approvals
Shrinking margins, high duties on import of raw materials.
ACE OF HEARTS
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It is a good thing that local competition from local companies is forcing the international companies to change their strategies.
But the all together departure / exit of international companies also decreases the local competition such that the local competitors no longer feel the need to maintain international standards.
Lessons should be drawn from other markets to gauge what the impact of foreign companies have on the local market. For example, Tesla in China.
Tesla's presence in China has generally been good for the local market, increasing overall EV demand and benefiting some local producers, while forcing others to innovate and lower prices.
Benefits for the Local Market, if an international company enters a particular country:
1. Increases Demand
2. Forced Innovation
3. Price Reductions
4. Market Restructuring
Excessive taxation and bureaucratic hurdles need to be addressed and removed all together.
Shortfall for taxation should be addressed by broadening the tax base and removing tax exemptions from all government run entities specially those running in the name of the martyrs.
But the all together departure / exit of international companies also decreases the local competition such that the local competitors no longer feel the need to maintain international standards.
Lessons should be drawn from other markets to gauge what the impact of foreign companies have on the local market. For example, Tesla in China.
Tesla's presence in China has generally been good for the local market, increasing overall EV demand and benefiting some local producers, while forcing others to innovate and lower prices.
Benefits for the Local Market, if an international company enters a particular country:
1. Increases Demand
2. Forced Innovation
3. Price Reductions
4. Market Restructuring
Excessive taxation and bureaucratic hurdles need to be addressed and removed all together.
Shortfall for taxation should be addressed by broadening the tax base and removing tax exemptions from all government run entities specially those running in the name of the martyrs.
Mighty_Dragon_Strike
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The yield on the 10Yr Pakistan govt bond has come down to 12% today from 17% in Sept 2023. The yields on the 1Yr and 5Yr seem to be hovering around 12% as well. This suggests an improvement in the debt profile for Pakistan, though its debt is still the most expensive in Asia.
Pakistan 10-Year Government Bond Yield - Quote - Chart - Historical Data - News
The yield on Pakistan 10Y Bond Yield rose to 12.43% on April 24, 2026, marking a 0.01 percentage points increase from the previous session. Over the past month, the yield has remained flat, and it is 0.01 points lower than a year ago, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this...
Some more research on the site shows the 10Yr was at 9% in Oct 2015, before the launch of Project Imran. Another joke on the country by the Kakul jesters.
fall in yield does not always mean change in debt profile, at all!
and there is no such a thing, 'debt profile'
Merton never mentioned 'debt profile'
Fatman17
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The World Bank on Tuesday cut its growth forecast for Pakistan by half a per cent to 2.6 per cent for the current fiscal year due to the recent floods, which are also expected to push up inflation to 7.2 per cent.
“For FY 2025/26, real GDP growth is projected to remain around 2.6pc, as ongoing catastrophic floods have damped the forecast,” the Washington-based lending agency said in its regional economic outlook for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) region.
The bank had earlier projected a 3.1pc growth rate for the country in its previous biannual outlook in April 2025. Pakistan had set 4.2pc growth target and has since been looking at 3.5pc as part of its IMF engagements.
Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1947359
“For FY 2025/26, real GDP growth is projected to remain around 2.6pc, as ongoing catastrophic floods have damped the forecast,” the Washington-based lending agency said in its regional economic outlook for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP) region.
The bank had earlier projected a 3.1pc growth rate for the country in its previous biannual outlook in April 2025. Pakistan had set 4.2pc growth target and has since been looking at 3.5pc as part of its IMF engagements.
Read more: https://www.dawn.com/news/1947359
Pakistanithinktank
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Establishment has all the power but they don’t care about the economy and suffering of Awam.
Fatman17
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EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s goods trade deficit has widened to USD 9.4 billion during the Q1 of current fiscal year, expanding at the same pace last seen in FY22, when the last growth cycle was just gathering momentum. This time there is no growth cycle, no investment wave, and no story to defend the gap. Yet, the deficit was on the rise, without the inflows that should finance it.
RescueRanger
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Mighty_Dragon_Strike
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no government employee will be terminated, no CA body will take responsibility, no judicial punishment will be awarded!
most importantly, no one will come forward will take resp. (so much for religious AH!)
all is well, sir!
more buttering and flattery will fix any problem
Mighty_Dragon_Strike
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Yeah, so these are our society’s so-called “top-class” minds and according to them, they have the right to call themselves that because they have been feudal lords for centuries.
So my question to them is this: this “economic analysis” of Pakistan they present, there isn’t a single point in it that even an A-levels student or a good university graduate could not explain.
When their basic awareness is below average, can these people ever really do anything right?
This question matters because — if writing clearly or understanding written ideas is not a natural act for someone, then what kind of thinking can they possibly have?
And more importantly — is any kind of good thinking, the kind that leads to progress, even possible for them?
or they are just living stones, meant to think regressively!
utterly shameful mental state of societal leaders!
disgusting!
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