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NCCIA fake call centre busted during major cybercrime raid in Lahore involving online investment fraud suspects

NCCIA Busts Fake Call Centre in Lahore Over Online Investment Fraud

Focus Pakistan2026-05-14

LAHORE: The NCCIA fake call centre crackdown intensified in Lahore after the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency arrested seven suspects allegedly involved in online investment and financial fraud schemes targeting citizens through WhatsApp calls, social media platforms and fake trading applications. Muhammad Ali Waseem, NCCIA Punjab Director, confirmed this raid on Tuesday and said that ... Read more

Karachi milk price hike fears grow as dairy farmers warn of a severe fresh milk crisis across the city

Karachi Faces Milk Crisis as Farmers Demand Massive Rs100 Price Hike

Focus Pakistan2026-05-14

Karachi milk price hike fears are intensifying after dairy farmers warned they may halt milk production. KARACHI: The people of Karachi might experience a severe scarcity of fresh milk soon. The Dairy and Cattle Farmers Association has made a stern statement regarding this matter recently. Production will be suspended unless the government increases the prices ... Read more

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Water Corporation Police in Karachi Face Corruption Allegations Over Bribe Demands

Focus Pakistan2026-05-14

KARACHI: Allegations of corruption in the water sector hit the very core of the enforcement machinery put into place by Karachi to curb any criminal acts related to water when it was revealed that the police station set up for just such purposes was itself embroiled in an act of misconduct. Whereas the station used ... Read more

Karachi Circular Railway project receives $1 billion ADB funding support for revival in Karachi

Karachi Circular Railway Gets Massive $1 Billion Lifeline as ADB Steps In

Focus Pakistan2026-05-13

KARACHI: The Asian Development Bank has offered $1 billion to revive the Karachi Circular Railway, giving the decade-old project its most credible financing lifeline yet after repeated failures under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor left it going nowhere. An ADB senior delegation met Sindh Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah and announced that the bank would finance ... Read more

solar panel customs value increases solar panel customs value by 20 to 30 percent through valuation ruling 2077 of 2026 affecting all imported solar panels from all origins

Govt Raises Solar Panel Customs Value by Up to 30%

Focus Pakistan2026-05-13

ISLAMABAD: Customs valuation of solar panels imported from any source by the Directorate General of Customs Valuation in Karachi has been increased by 20 percent to 30 percent, which is a major change and will immediately affect the landed cost of solar panels in Pakistan. This will further lead to an increase in prices, making ... Read more

Pakistan receives IMF funds $1.3 billion State Bank foreign exchange reserves EFF RSF third review May 2026

Pakistan Receives $1.3 Billion From International Monetary Fund

Focus Pakistan2026-05-13

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan confirms the receipt of $1.3 billion IMF loan during this week, which is highly significant as it comes during a period when the country is facing growing external threats from international fluctuations in crude oil prices and the region’s politics. The State Bank made a public announcement regarding the ... Read more

Pakistan GDP growth FY26 SBP Half Year Report 3.75 4.75 percent Middle East war inflation remittances current account 2026

SBP Projects Pakistan Economy to Grow Up to 4.75% in FY26 Despite War Risks

Focus Pakistan2026-05-13

KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan, published its Half Yearly Report on FY26 on Tuesday, projecting GDP growth in Pakistan during FY26 at the lower end of the range projected by the bank previously between 3.75 percent to 4.75 percent. This is a cautiously optimistic outlook being accompanied by some of the ... Read more

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Jamaat-e-Islami Announces Massive Islamabad Protest Against Inflation

Focus Pakistan2026-05-12

ISLAMABAD: The ameer-e-Jamaat-e-Islami, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, revealed plans of holding a mass protest of the JI on inflation in Islamabad on May 15, thus warning the Pakistani government that their people’s frustration with rising prices, petrol, and electricity bills cannot be ignored anymore. Speaking during a press conference in Islamabad, Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman ... Read more

electricity bills tax Pakistan Rs700 billion power distribution companies LESCO MEPCO FESCO consumer burden FY25

Govt Extracted Rs.700 Billion Through Power Bills in One Year

Focus Pakistan2026-05-12

ISLAMABAD: Every individual paying an electricity bill during fiscal year 2024-25 was actually a hidden agent of the government for tax collection. Electricity bills tax in Pakistan 2025 shows that electricity companies throughout the nation surreptitiously collected more than Rs700 billion through the electricity bills of its citizens – and the amount shows just how ... Read more

Pakistan electricity prices reduction plan announced by Awais Leghari during major power sector reforms in Pakistan

Govt Promises “Ultra Cheap” Electricity — Pakistanis May Soon Store Power in Batteries

Focus Pakistan2026-05-11

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari on Monday assured the government will reduce power costs so that common people can charge their batteries during the day from the excess produced and use the energy at night, an approach which reflects a major change in Pakistan’s power policy. While addressing a power conference at a ... Read more