Miscellaneous ‘Long live our own ruin’ One of the key goals under the Vision 2025 is to reduce corruption in the country. Yet if the just-released Global Comp Updated 28 Sep, 2017 01:27pm
Miscellaneous Al-Shaheer’s not-so meaty affairs For a company in the business of slaughtering animals and selling their meat, it’s quite ironic that its own bottom-line Updated 12 Nov, 2020 03:26pm
Miscellaneous The UFG rise Vanishing into thin air can literally be seen in the gas sector; the country has seen a steep increase in unaccounted fo Published 27 Sep, 2017 05:38am
Miscellaneous The inessential nature of GSP Plus Pakistan was jubilant when it received GSP Plus status, and it is happy now to be reassured that UK will continue extend Updated 26 Sep, 2017 06:26am
Miscellaneous Walking a tightrope Without the necktie, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistan’s new prime minister sported a rebellious look during his interactio Updated 25 Sep, 2017 06:27am
Miscellaneous Loving and living on debt Earlier in the PML-N tenure the external debt was building to enhance reserves; now it’s moving up at a faster pace but Updated 25 Sep, 2017 09:11am
Miscellaneous Palm oil import substitution A lot has been said regarding promoting exports and decreasing imports, be they imports of petroleum products or imports Updated 25 Sep, 2017 06:31am
Miscellaneous Pakistan-China FTA farce One must wonder what dictionaries policymakers are using since clearly their understanding of basic terms is so differen Updated 22 Sep, 2017 10:58am
Miscellaneous Massive misreporting Under invoicing is a major source of customs duty leakage but mis-reporting cannot be gauged only in terms of loss reven Updated 22 Sep, 2017 10:15am
Miscellaneous Gwadar utilities need a push The two most serious issues that need to be addressed before Gwadar gets off to a proper start are water and power. When Published 21 Sep, 2017 05:59am
Miscellaneous CPEC: back into spotlight Just as economic observers were beginning to wonder about the future of CPEC in the wake of growing domestic political i Updated 21 Sep, 2017 01:06pm
Miscellaneous On Miftah replacing Dar During premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s recent visit to the PMLN boss in London, perhaps the decision to replace Finance M Updated 21 Sep, 2017 12:09pm
Miscellaneous PML-N hangs on, just PML-N seems to have saved the ultimate embarrassment for some other day, having won the NA-120 by-polls, quite convincin Published 20 Sep, 2017 06:44am
Miscellaneous Optimism for sale In latest news, Tariq Bajwa, the central bank governor, has expressed optimism over major external indicators, saying th Published 19 Sep, 2017 06:20am
Miscellaneous Economy: weighing options The government finally, at least on paper, started talking on the increasing balance of payment concerns. This column ha Published 19 Sep, 2017 06:18am
Miscellaneous On putting the house in order With international powers increasingly suffering from a Pakistan-fatigue, all this local talk of publicizing the ‘narrat Published 18 Sep, 2017 07:03am
Miscellaneous Missing innovation “The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” Naseem Talib aptly said. It appears Updated 15 Sep, 2017 08:32am
Miscellaneous Pakistan’s ‘intellectual’ crisis An interesting discussion over Pakistan’s intellectual crisis has recently surfaced in local print. The protagonists in Published 15 Sep, 2017 06:05am
Miscellaneous Sugar supply glut persists The sugar industry which had been sending out SOS signals of late finally got a breakthrough recently with an inter-mini Published 14 Sep, 2017 06:26am
Miscellaneous Commodities up or down? After a long time, commodity prices are on the rise. Analysts around the globe are scrambling to upgrade their forecasts Published 14 Sep, 2017 06:24am
Miscellaneous For PML-N, winter is coming The wait isn’t over yet for the loyal brother. So close yet so far is the top job for Shahbaz Sharif. First he was publi Published 13 Sep, 2017 06:12am
Miscellaneous Growth momentum to be slowed down Economic activity moved up the trajectory in the second half of the last fiscal year – while its good news, it is bad fo Published 12 Sep, 2017 06:54am
Miscellaneous Playing the blame game “Everything the government cannot do and too many demands from the government are also unjustified”, said the Federal co Published 11 Sep, 2017 07:24am
Miscellaneous Labour export losing steam Pakistan has had a phenomenal growth in officially recorded labour exports. The ongoing decade alone has seen average an Published 11 Sep, 2017 07:21am
Miscellaneous Karachi: becoming a garbage city The sprawling city of Karachi , home to at least 14.9 million people according to the Census 2017—once used to be the c Updated 11 Sep, 2017 11:49am
Miscellaneous PSDP’s billions keep flowing No matter if Nawaz is not around. Spend it like it’s an election year. Two months into the new fiscal, the federal gover Published 08 Sep, 2017 06:24am
Miscellaneous Pariah state? Pakistan seems to be carrying no sound foreign policy and feigned policy reactions appear half hearted with lack of coor Updated 08 Sep, 2017 09:06am
Miscellaneous Inflation still in control There were three CPI groups that witnessed double digit change over last year in the August 2017 inflation numbers, Toba Published 06 Sep, 2017 05:51am
Miscellaneous Provinces driving fiscal deficit The twin deficit problem is ringing alarm bells yet again. Current account deficit soared to 4 percent of GDP while fisc Published 06 Sep, 2017 05:48am
Miscellaneous Another mistake in the making? Among the plethora of FTAs being negotiated or re-negotiated is the Pakistan Gulf Cooperation Council FTA. Comprising of Published 06 Sep, 2017 05:47am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
