Miscellaneous Poverty of what? Truth is told that a large number of socio-economic policies that benefit the rich are made by the rich in the name of t Published 04 May, 2017 05:13am
Miscellaneous Mutual funds performance review: April 2017 The month of April was a story of two halves for the stock market. The first half was full of jitters, low volume an Published 04 May, 2017 05:11am
Miscellaneous CPEC drives PSDP spending Hounded left and right, the premier has been in a campaign mode for much of the fiscal thus far. And the numbers reflect Published 04 May, 2017 05:04am
Miscellaneous Basmati exports up with Iran Falling rice exports continue to further widen the current account deficit; for the nine months ended of the ongoing Published 04 May, 2017 05:02am
Miscellaneous Trade: Lose-lose scenario A lot is going well for the economy right now, but as this column has said earlier—and at expense of being repetitive—th Published 03 May, 2017 04:39am
Miscellaneous Inflation gathers momentum The inflation dragon has started showing teeth, as it exhibited highest monthly jump since April 2016. Apparently, April Published 03 May, 2017 04:34am
Miscellaneous Restricting foreign tourists Are all foreign tourists spies in disguise? Last week, the federal government reportedly asked the Gilgit-Baltistan Published 02 May, 2017 04:36am
Miscellaneous ‘Anti-targeting’ At a conference organized by Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) last week, Geof Woods, professor emeritus at Unive Published 02 May, 2017 04:31am
Miscellaneous Rethinking renewable resistance There is a major shift in paradigm taking place in the global energy landscape with renewables gaining popularity. T Updated 28 Apr, 2017 11:13am
Miscellaneous Empowering the poor In Islamabad yesterday, the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) wrapped up its two-day moot on research and learnin Updated 27 Apr, 2017 06:59am
Miscellaneous Reluctant savers Standard Chartered conducted a saving pattern survey of emerging affluent consumers in eight markets of Asia and Africa Published 26 Apr, 2017 06:02am
Miscellaneous 9MFY17: a mixed bag for PSEL Pakistan’s leading hotelier looks set to close another fiscal on a profitable note. Pakistan Services Limited (PSX: PS Published 26 Apr, 2017 05:59am
Miscellaneous Climate Change Act: Cautious optimism Climate change is no longer a myth but a gradually sinking reality with increasingly clear indications of its arrival. F Published 25 Apr, 2017 06:27am
Miscellaneous USAID & USDA: promoting horticulture Earlier this month, BR Research attended the graduation ceremony of the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) six-year p Published 24 Apr, 2017 06:56am
Miscellaneous Political stability on the line once again The Panama judgement has created a storm of fiery statements from opposing corners of the political spectrum. Beneath th Updated 24 Apr, 2017 12:27pm
Miscellaneous Fixing Pakistan’s democracy Overshadowed by the hype of Panama Leaks judgment due today is a rather disturbing development that happened earlier thi Updated 20 Apr, 2017 09:08am
Miscellaneous Packages Limited’s slower quarter CY16 was a pleasant year for PKGP’s as its earnings were up by 70 percent, year-on-year. The company showed a decent i Updated 20 Apr, 2017 06:23am
Miscellaneous Unilever Foods’ strong 1Q The FMCG multinational, Unilever Pakistan Foods Limited (PSX: UPFL) has reported outstanding first-quarter results for 2 Published 20 Apr, 2017 05:55am
Miscellaneous Attock and Fauji: Contrasting growth This was going to be a difficult fiscal year for Fauji Cement (PSX: FCCL) long before the fiscal year even kicked off. I Published 18 Apr, 2017 03:50am
Miscellaneous KP Industrial Zones: Galloping ahead If one thing has become clear enough, it is that the success of the CPEC ultimately hinges upon Pakistan’s ability to Published 17 Apr, 2017 04:27am
Miscellaneous EFOODS feeling the competition Engro Foods Limited (PSX: EFOODS) announced its 1QCY17 financial performance yesterday, and it hardly had any surpri Published 14 Apr, 2017 05:47am
Miscellaneous Back to rising oil imports! Earlier this week, the column talked about the petroleum sales (primarily furnace oil, diesel and petrol). A good ch Published 13 Apr, 2017 03:55am
Miscellaneous Pakistan’s tourism competitiveness It is becoming clear that Pakistan’s tourism industry, though surging on account of local tourism in recent years, Updated 13 Apr, 2017 04:42am
Miscellaneous EMs back in favour After the surprising outcome of the US last year, global markets started adjusting according to the rhetoric coming out Published 12 Apr, 2017 04:50am
Miscellaneous Amnesty: will it be fourth time lucky? Amnesty scheme is a fad nowadays. Tax and other amnesty schemes had been in offing for decades across the globe but with Updated 12 Apr, 2017 05:58am
Miscellaneous Pakistan needs a humanities revolution In Pakistan a new economic discourse seems to be emerging, though it is too early to say whether these voices will s Updated 12 Apr, 2017 06:22am
Miscellaneous Limited Liability Partnership: Finally here Traditionally, there have been three widely used corporate structures for incorporating a company in Pakistan which incl Published 11 Apr, 2017 04:14am
Miscellaneous Cement: Tethered to local demand Last month this column predicted that cement exports were soon entering a danger zone. It seems we have reached that sta Updated 11 Apr, 2017 06:21am
Miscellaneous Pak Elektron off to a flying start Pak Elektron (PSX: PAEL), one of the biggest manufacturer of white goods and power products in Pakistan, announced i Published 11 Apr, 2017 04:10am
Miscellaneous Cement: anybody's game In a latest announcement, Bestway Cement (PSX: BWCL) has pulled out of buying the Dewan (PSX: DCL) cement's Hattar plant Updated 24 Jul, 2017 10:47am