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title: "Government amends policy to align SOEs' financial reporting with global standards"
description: "Most outlets led with the government’s amendment to the State-Owned Enterprises policy to bring their financial reporting in line with international standards. Business Recorder emphasized the policy change and its alignment with IFRS, while Profit added that the amendment specifies IFRS through SECP-notified standards and notes the SBP’s continued oversight for regulated entities."
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# Government amends policy to align SOEs' financial reporting with global standards

business · updated 3 Oct 2026, 3:14 PM PKT · 3 Oct 2026 · 4 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the government’s amendment to the State-Owned Enterprises policy to bring their financial reporting in line with international standards. Business Recorder emphasized the policy change and its alignment with IFRS, while Profit added that the amendment specifies IFRS through SECP-notified standards and notes the SBP’s continued oversight for regulated entities.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **24 News HD** — [Pakistan amends State-Owned Enterprises Policy on IMF directive](https://www.24newshd.tv/03-Oct-2026/pakistan-amends-state-owned-enterprises-policy-imf-directive) · 3 Oct 2026, 3:14 PM PKT
  > The federal government has amended the State-Owned Enterprises (Ownership and Management) Policy, 2023 to bring financial reporting of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in line with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and fulfil another condition of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
- **Profit** — [Govt amends SOEs policy to align financial reporting with global standards](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/10/03/govt-amends-soes-policy-to-align-financial-reporting-with-global-standards) · 3 Oct 2026, 7:39 AM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Amendment defines IFRS for SOEs through SECP-notified standards while preserving SBP’s overriding reporting requirements for entities under its regulation
- **Business Recorder** — [FD notifies policy amendment: SOEs’ reporting brought in line with IFRS](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442437/fd-notifies-policy-amendment-soes-reporting-brought-in-line-with-ifrs) · 3 Oct 2026, 5:26 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD: The government has amended the State-Owned Enterprises (Ownership and Management) Policy, 2023 to bring financial reporting of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in line with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), while retaining the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) statutory reporting framework for entities under its regulation. The Finance Division, through a notification is...

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