The SBP raised rates in April 2026. The effect on your fixed deposit, savings account, and floating-rate loan is real — but the timing is not what most people expect.
The SBP raised its policy rate by 100 basis points in April 2026 — surprising a market that had priced a hold. The reasoning runs deeper than the headline inflation number.
The KSE-100 index recently hit an all-time high of 170,719 points. In PKR terms, the index has delivered extraordinary returns for investors who held through Pakistan’s 2023 crisis period. The question now is whether the index is still a value play — or whether the easy money has been made. Where the P/E sits The…
Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue collected Rs 11.744 trillion in FY2025 — a record figure and a 26.3% jump from the Rs 9.299 trillion collected in FY2024. The headline number looks like progress. The underlying ratio tells a harder story. Tax revenues as a share of GDP reached 10.6% in FY2025, up from roughly 8.5%…