Markets Wheat: reduce the procurement Last week the sub-committee on wheat of Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Cabinet recommended an increase in... Published 25 Oct, 2020 02:25am
Markets Cotton: crop of yesterday? The declining trend of cotton production in Pakistan continues. Early estimates suggest that cotton production would... Published 18 Oct, 2020 02:49am
Markets Wanted: fiscal incentives for digitization The world is moving towards a cashless economy whereas cash-based transactions are rampant in Pakistan. Ratio of... Updated 12 Oct, 2020 03:02am
Opinion Dealing with KE K-Electric has lately been in the news, but not for all the good reasons. Load-shedding this summer and power outage... Published 04 Oct, 2020 02:47am
Markets Diplomacy: economy first Last week, the PM decided to constitute an 'Economic Outreach Apex Committee' headed by Dr Moeed Yousaf. This could... Updated 27 Sep, 2020 02:56am
Markets Goodbye to easing Policy rate remains unchanged. Between the lines, SBP has communicated that the easing cycle is over. Earlier, signs... Updated 22 Sep, 2020 03:12am
Opinion Car disruption in second gear Pakistani car industry is going through a disruptive phase. The Automotive Development Policy (ADP) 2016-21 is... Published 20 Sep, 2020 02:45am
Opinion GDP rebasing: fix PBS first ARTICLE: Key macroeconomic ratios - debt, fiscal and current account are measured in terms of nominal GDP and feed... Updated 13 Sep, 2020 02:57am
Markets Two Years of PTI-Led Government: Feelgood factor ARTICLE: PTI government's first year was all about bringing the struggling economy out of the woods. The initial... Published 08 Sep, 2020 03:07am
Markets Free the energy market ARTICLE: Development of a competitive energy market is imperative to solve the circular debt puzzle and to bring ... Published 06 Sep, 2020 02:18am
Opinion For the love of Karachi ARTICLE: Karachi is prestigiously part of the world top 10-12 cities club, in terms of population. In terms of... Updated 30 Aug, 2020 05:21pm
Opinion Defusing the pension bomb ARTICLE: Tick tock tick. That is the sound that the consolidated budget position of any growing expenditure element... Updated 23 Aug, 2020 10:11am
Opinion Energy tariffs: increase the denominator ARTICLE: Last week, an MoU was signed between the government and 2002 policy IPPs to reduce the latter's guaranteed... Published 16 Aug, 2020 02:18am
Markets Foreign policy and economic imperatives ARTICLE: Last week, there was uproar in the market on foreign exchange flowing in and out from friendly countries.... Published 09 Aug, 2020 03:00am
Opinion Tapping the digital banking potential ARTICLE: Based on extrapolation from a 2005 SMEDA survey, and using commercial and industrial electricity ... Published 26 Jul, 2020 02:47am
Markets Early signs of recovery ARTICLE: Many economists and analysts have claimed gloom and doom in the aftermath of Covid-19 and exchange rate... Published 19 Jul, 2020 02:41am
Opinion Housing thrust - the long mile Construction of 100,000 five marla (125 sq. yard) houses in one year can create 200,000 direct jobs for masons, carpenters, and plumbers, etc. Updated 12 Jul, 2020 12:08pm
Opinion CAA: stay home, stay safe? PIA's journey from 'great people to fly with' to 'sadly no one wishes to fly with', is a five-decade story.... Updated 05 Jul, 2020 05:19pm
Markets A week of ill-timed decisions ARTICLE: Last week was eventful. On Wednesday, long-term bond (PIBs) yields went up in regular auction. The very ... Published 28 Jun, 2020 02:59am
Markets SBP must take a pause State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is now becoming predicable in its surprises. Right after the announcement of IMF ... Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am
