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PM Shehbaz, ADB vice-president discuss early groundbreaking of ML-1

[ PM says administrative bottlenecks are being actively dismantled through dedicated execution task forces Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosts a breakfast in honour of Asian Development Bank Vice President Yingming Yang in Islamabad. PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday stressed the need for the early groundbreaking of the Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway project, … Read more

Consumer confidence falls by 24% to 2-year low

[ Survey shows country has entered ‘extremely pessimistic territory’ as inflation, unemployment bite Consumer Confidence Index drops 3.42% in survey’s May edition. PHOTO: EXPRESS KARACHI: Consumer confidence in Pakistan has suffered its sharpest single-cycle drop in recent years, with the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) falling 24.4% to 65.3 in the third quarter of FY26, down … Read more