Khaleeq Kiani

Articles by Khaleeq Kiani

Tariff raised by 33 paise amid rising inefficiencies

News December 10, 2025

ISLAMABAD: With a damning additional note on the cost of institutional inefficiencies, theft and mismanagement, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday approved 33 paise pe...

ECC hikes petrol, diesel margins for oil marketing companies, dealers

Business December 10, 2025

• Vehicle import rules tightened; only transfer of residence, gift schemes retained, personal baggage scheme discontinued• Chloroform imports restricted to Drap-certified companies due to health, ...

ECC hikes petrol, diesel margins for OMCs, dealers

Business December 10, 2025

• Vehicle import rules tightened; only transfer of residence, gift schemes retained, personal baggage scheme discontinued• Chloroform imports restricted to Drap-certified companies due to health, ...

Govt plans large battery storage to ‘stabilise grid’

Business December 8, 2025

• Move aims to manage renewable intermittency, reduce frequency fluctuations, minister says• Clean energy share rises to 46pc, surpassing 2025 capacity target ISLAMABAD: The government is wor­kin...

Centre’s own spending rises amid austerity, restructuring

News December 8, 2025

• Civil administration costs jump 13pc to Rs161.2bn in July-Sept• Pension bill soars 125pc over five years; subsidy payments rise six times to Rs120bn• Surge persists despite ‘aggressive right...

ADB to give $61.8m to advance 3 key projects

Business December 6, 2025

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday signed three contracts for financing totalling $61.8 million (approximately Rs17 billion) to advance three development projects to th...

Govt utters cautious optimism amid mixed economic performance

Business November 29, 2025

• Expenditures swell 11.9pc against revenue growth of 11.4pc in July-October• Public debt records first quarterly decline of Rs1.371tr in five years• Key crops cotton, rice see production fall; ...

Economic Survey 2024-25: Growth stumbles as key targets missed

Business June 10, 2025

• Major crops down 13.5pc amid water crisis, restricting agriculture and overall GDP growth • Industry, services underperform; large-scale manufacturing struggles for t...

Provinces take the lead on Rs4.2tr in uplift spending

Health June 5, 2025

• NEC approves plan with consensus as govt eyes 4.2 per cent growth in next fiscal year • Centre to finance projects worth Rs1 trillion amid 29pc PSDP cut, provincial allocations to fund the rest ...

Shadow of IMF looms over development kitty

Business June 3, 2025

• Allocations for nearly all sectors slashed, except for road-building projects and parliamentarians’ schemes; funding for food, water, energy and social sectors curtailed • Govt allocates Rs880...