Economy JB Connects > Economy Economists Find Little Relief in BudgetThe $61 billion budget before the National Assembly in Islamabad reveals a gaping $34.76 billion trade deficit,…… Read More Iran Transit Road Bypasses AfghanistanPakistan’s ongoing tension with Afghanistan has led it to devise new trade routes …….. Read More Nearly 2 million Afghans Returned to AfghanistanPakistan has repatriated 1.9 million Afghans to their homeland, following the exit of the US in 2021……. Read More Iran’s Leverage Via Strait Diverts ShipsPakistan’s ports have attracted ships from across the world during the last five weeks of war….. Read More Fuel Carriers Risked Lives to Feed FamiliesBalochistan’s unemployment, already the highest in the nation, has been further hit by the Iran war…… Read More Breakdown in Af-Pak Trade Hurts Both SidesSome 3,000 traders from the Chaman border have been stranded in Afghanistan despite holding valid passports and NIC cards…. Read More Mushroom Labs Boost Agriculture in KashmirA Turkish company has set up a mushroom lab in Pakistan administered Kashmir that teaches locals how to draw culture ……. Read More Systemic Failures Emerge in Gul Plaza TragedyHundreds of families have been devastated by the Gul Plaza fire which gutted 1,200 shops and claimed over 100 lives…… Read More Double Deckers Reappear after 65 YearsDouble-decker buses have begun plying in Karachi, in an attempt to combat traffic congestion. …… Read More Free WiFi Service on the CardsPakistan has launched its first cashless market in Islamabad’s Sunday market, almost entirely ending the use of cash for buying and selling…… Read More Undersea Cable to Join Singapore from KarachiThe 21,700 km internet cable being laid down under the sea at Hawkesbay, Karachi, will link Pakistan……. Read More Olive Orchards Move Province to Top Producer ListThe successful cultivation of olive trees in Balochistan’s agricultural wastelands is promising to generate revenue for the province……. Read More 90,000 E-challans Issued in NovemberKarachi’s growing traffic chaos now has a ticketing system that is being enforced by high resolution cameras…… Read More Sugar Cane Turned to JaggerySugar cane growers have become increasingly frustrated with the failure of sugar mills to open their services….. Read More Loan Return Boosts Women’s BusinessesIn rural Sindh, the Poverty Reduction Program (PPRP) launched by the Sindh Rural Support Organization has enabled women to drive social change…. Read More Silk Worms Uplift Kashmir’s FarmersSilk worms hold huge promise in empowering Kashmiri farmers, with only three packets of seeds enabling a farmer to derive a maund of silk…… Read More Organic Food Bazaar Promotes CommunityEvery Sunday a refreshing and heartwarming scene unfolds at the Karachi Farmers Market.inside Karachi’s hectic urban life,….. Read More Homes & Memories Swept AwayPunjab has suffered from its worst flooding since 1988. Torrential rains in Aug. 2025, …… Read More Sustainable Farming Requires PlanningLand holdings in Sindh are much bigger than in the Punjab, as a result of which farming has not been practiced….. Read More 85,000 Illegal Buildings Erected in Karachi LatelyThe collapse of a five storey building in Lyari, which claimed 27 lives, has exposed the absence of regulatory checks and balances … Read More The Gold Diggers of GilgitThe Indus River is not only the lifeline of those who live around it, but it also spills gold from the earth of the river bed … Read More Smoking Kills More in BalochistanWhile smoking has declined across the world, in Pakistan it has seen an uptick in the quantity and varieties …. Read More Labor Weaned on HandoutsIn present day Pakistan, where the rich grow richer and the poor starve, the concept of charity has taken hold………. Read More Hordes Gather at Ramadan CharitiesPakistan’s Ramadan days of 2025 hold up a mirror to the fact that while inflation has fallen to a record low……. Read More Begging & Theft Go TogetherIn a nation where 22 million children are out of school, a proliferating mafia is using them to beg on the streets…… Read More N.Y. Court Fails to Revive TransmissionsThe abrupt closure of Voice of America in Washington DC, which employed hundreds of reporters, producers, editors……. Read More A Plan to Combat HungerPakistan Launches Digital Agricultural Census to Ensure Food SecurityThe Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has launched the 7th Agricultural Census…… Read More Brothers Amass Toy CarsTwo brothers have kept up their love for toy cars, collecting all the available die-cast models in adulthood. Asif, an engineer…… Read More Bahawalpur’s Gold OrnamentsBahawalpur’s gold industry dates back to the Mughal era, when royalty used `kundan’ – an intricate combination of pure gold……. Read More Dadu’s UGAM HalwaThe Kirthar forest range in Chhini, Dadu is replete with Ghizlai trees that offer the sap ingredients to make halwa…. Read More Dates Showcased in KarachiPakistan held its first International Date Palm Festival at the Karachi Expo Center, with the cooperation of the United Arab Emirates…. Read More Differently Abled Enable CafeKhudee Café, established in Karachi’s Defence area is the first cafe of its kind, run by differently abled persons. The Kara … Read More Khojak Railway TunnelThe Khojak Railway Tunnel, constructed by the British from Qila Abdullah to Chaman in the late 19th century was … Read More Gems Await Refinement in LoralaiPrecious fluorite minerals are being extracted from Loralai, Balochistan through back breaking labor. Known as gems … Read More Gwadar Demonstrators Negotiate with GovernmentBaloch groups, banded under the Baloch Yekjehti Council, took their grievances directly to the deep seaport of … Read More Polluting Ships Axed at GadaniShip owners are nowadays attempting to escape the carbon tax imposed on pollution causing vessels … Read More Child Labor Stunts LearningIn Pakistan, child labor feeds a vicious cycle of poverty, because families desperately need income. Subsequently … Read More A Crisis of MismanagementPunjab’s farmers are refusing to release wheat stocks piled up in their homes, while people can ill afford to buy bread. The… Read More Afghan Sit-in Closes BorderThousands of Afghans have been sitting at the Chaman border with Afghanistan since October 2023, to protest … Read More Sell Scrap, Educate KidsIn Hyderabad Sindh, Agha Shakeel, a graduate student from Quaid-e-Azam University takes out a Chinki rickshaw every … Read More Welcome to Internet FraudInternet users have lost hundreds of thousands after clicking on online apps that set them a task … Read More Human Smuggling Now Via IranPakistan is currently a source, transmit point and destination for human smugglers. The focus has shifted to … Read More Making Textiles from Banana TreesBanana trees that have so far been cut, have had their stems thrown away as rubbish. But in Badin district, a local … Read More Not Just Kite FlyingA part of Lahore’s culture, Basant – the spring festival of kite flying – has been celebrated for decades, specifically … Read More May Day RalliesSpirited May Day rallies were held throughout Pakistan on Wednesday, which urged that minimum wages … Read More Mayday Call by Railway’s CooliesAlmost 170 years after the British established the first railway networks in the territories that would become Pakistan,… Read More Hungry Muslims Await IftarThis Iftar has exposed the level of food insecurity in Pakistan, as hundreds of poor, lower-middle and even… Read More Exporters on FootpathEven before Pakistan was created, generations of poor laborers have been working on the footpath of Meeran … Read More Mines Become Death TrapsForty-eight-year-old Zardalu from district Harani, Balochistan is still stricken with grief with the death of his young son who… Read More Pak-IMF Relation SolidifiesPakistan reached a staff level deal with the IMF to receive $1.1 billion loan in April 2024. This concludes the agreement reached with Read More No Price ReliefThe month of Ramadan was hugely challenging in 2024, when despite the newly elected government’s claims Read More Profiteering & HoardingPeople interviewed in the wake of 2024 elections were of the opinion that a change in government… Read More Tap Phone to Travel And Save Big BucksIn a rapidly evolving media landscape, the transformation from traditional print newspapers… Read More Hunger Vanishes on ClicksPakistan has joined the comity of nations where digital technology not only satisfies the… Read More PAK-IMF AgreementPakistan inked a $3 billion loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hours… Read More When Dollars Cross BordersPakistan’s recent crackdown against dollar smuggling has helped to raise the value of the rupee… Read More Footsteps Vanish in Brick & Mortar BanksPakistan’s banking industry has been riding the digital wave and is currently ranked among its… Read More From Print to DigitalIn a rapidly evolving media landscape, the transformation from traditional print newspapers to the… Read More Stunning Views Whet AppetiteGwadar cafe, locally known by its region of Padizar beach, has gained traction after converting a used boat on the shores of… Read More
