Business Recorder

The ‘Made-in-Pakistan’ label has the potential to become a symbol of repute, but this aspiration must be...

Pakistan’s energy crisis resulting from expensive fuel sources, chronic natural gas and electricity shortages,...

The woes of Pakistan’s power sector and associated negatives such as impact on GDP, high tariffs, prolonged and...

ARTICLE: Pakistan's total public debt rose to Rs36.3 trillion, which is equivalent to 87 per cent of the GDP, by the...

ARTICLE: In addition to the health and human toll, the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to represent the largest economic...

ARTICLE: Pakistan has the world's seventh-most protected economy. The country's inward oriented trade policies have...

ARTICLE: Pakistan is amongst the nations with the lowest investment and saving rates in the world. This has...

ARTICLE: Trade and technological advancements provide the fundamental impetus for sustainable economic growth....

ARTICLE: The task of preparing a perfect budget is challenging in normal times. Today, when coronavirus is ravaging...

ARTICLE: A comprehensive document by the World Bank Group, titled Modernizing Trade in Pakistan: A Policy Roadmap,...

ARTICLE: Pakistan's interest rates have intentionally been maintained at a high level for the past months, in a...

With the imposition of 17% GST on the previously zero rated textile sector, FBR is looking at collecting Rs 600 billion from the sector and giving a refund of approximately Rs 480 billion on exports. This is only part of the story, there are many other mi

There have recently been a spate of ill-informed articles on the stagnation of textile exports, subsidies to the textiles sector, under-taxed domestic sales, rationale for removing zero rating and APTMA's lack of professionalism. It is time that the recor

The story of our why Pakistan has not been able to maintain or increase its market share in the rapidly growing textile market has been very much like the game of Ludo. Each time industry has been poised to take off we land on the proverbial snake and hav

The story of our why Pakistan has not been able to maintain or increase its market share in the rapidly growing textile market has been very much like the game of Ludo. Each time industry has been poised to take off we land on the proverbial snake and hav

In contemporary economics, it is believed that currency devaluation directly translates into enhanced exports. This is not the case as the increase in exports is always a function of the elasticity of the inputs that make up the goods exported. Pakistani