Pakistan Needs $331 Billion! Meezan Bank Hits 1 Trillion! Taxes Increase Again | Shafy's Weekly

This is a new series in which we will be covering the important and interesting news of the last week related to the stock market and economy of Pakistan. In this video, we have discussed the historic milestone that Meezan Bank has touched, the new taxes that the Punjab Government has imposed, Pakistan Stock Market's massive results of the last three years. Moreover, we also went through the number of new investors who have opened their accounts in the Pakistan Stock Market, and the dollarized-return of PSX in the last 36 years. We covered remittances, inflation, trade deficit, and other interesting metrics related to the economy of Pakistan. We also discussed the recent developments by the State Bank of Pakistan, such as the discontinuation of the Sohni Dharti Remittance Program and the end of the TTCIS scheme for banks. We also covered the news of the Minimum Deposit Rate, or MDR, and the top banks that could benefit from it. InvestPak is also a new initiative launched by the State Bank of Pakistan. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) has declared force majeure — a legal term that absolves contractual liability; Pakistan and the United States start negotiations on tariffs; the government moves towards oil price deregulation; and the expansion of the Apna Ghar Program. State Bank of Pakistan says Pakistan could need $331 billion by 2030, the Ufone-Telenor merger, which could trigger layoffs, and the recent performance of the KSE-100 Index are also covered in this weekly roundup 00:00 Intro 01:04 Meezan Bank Hits 1 Trillion Mark 02:25 Sales Tax Increased in Punjab 03:59 PSX Records in 2026 07:18 Remittance Records in 2026 07:39 Trade Deficit of Pakistan 08:40 Foreign Reserves of Pakistan 09:47 State Bank of Pakistan Ends Reimbursement Scheme TTCIS 10:48 Sohni Dharti Remittance Programs Discontinues 11:47 Minimum Deposit Rate (MDR) Changes 13:32 Launch of InvestPak 14:13 Inflation in Pakistan 15:29 Loadshedding, High Electricity Bills 16:30 US-Pakistan Talk on Tarrifs 18:18 Government to Deregulate Oil Prices 19:39 PM Apna Ghar Scheme Includes Microfinance Banks 20:41 Pakistan May Need $331 Billion for Climate Change 22:40 Ufone-Telenor Merger 23:27 KSE-100 Index Update 24:37 Conclusion