Business
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Transport, communication show mixed performance
Port Qasim cargo dips, NHA projects cut as govt shifts focus to fewer, high-priority schemes
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Current account surplus termed historic achievement
High remittances, robust IT exports lead to $1.9b surplus
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Labour market faces mismatch between skills, demand
Unskilled migration dominates; progress on reforms remains slow as youth, women miss green, digital job boom
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Agriculture falters on disappointing 2.68% economic growth
Livestock, poultry prevent outright collapse, stagnation and decline in key crop output remains troubling
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Power capacity rises to 46,605MW
Electricity use drops 3.6%, raising idle capacity payments to Rs2.52.8tr which consumers are forced to pay
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Experts warn against taxing freelancers, content creators
PAFLA, P@SHA urge govt to focus on foreign exchange growth, not burden digital economy
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Tax exemption costs jump to Rs5.8tr
Represents surge of Rs2tr in first year of current govt, despite withdrawal of many tax breaks
