Miscellaneous Imports pay a surprise visit Having hit a 30-month low of $4.1 billion, imports are back with a bang. Imports for May 2019 have been recorded at a li Published 19 Jun, 2019 06:21am
Miscellaneous Beyond Econ 101 Professor Baqer delivered an Econ 101 lecture to journalists is his maiden moot where he explained the role of exchange Published 18 Jun, 2019 06:40am
Miscellaneous Punjab: Development has to wait As opposed to the spending spree of PML-N in its later years ruling Punjab, the PTI government has been holding its fire Published 18 Jun, 2019 06:31am
Miscellaneous Falling livestock GDP Last week BR Research flagged how livestock sector, which has 60 percent share in agriculture GDP has been growing at a Published 17 Jun, 2019 06:44am
Miscellaneous Corporate sector in Budget 2019-20 Budget FY20 is almost a 180-degree flip to what Budget FY19 looked like. Where FY19 Budget was marked largely by broad-b Published 14 Jun, 2019 06:30am
Miscellaneous Budget FY20: discouraging packaged meat The central theme of proposed federal budget for FY20 is documentation; and that’s not merely lip service. Actual change Published 14 Jun, 2019 06:30am
Miscellaneous The revenge of agri-free market? “Rice leads cotton in major kharif crops”, reads the headlines from 2009, when acreage under white gold trailed paddy by Published 14 Jun, 2019 06:22am
Miscellaneous GMO: separating fiction from fact “GMO is no silver bullet”, agreed representatives of CropLife Pakistan’s Seed Committee, in an interview with Business R Published 14 Jun, 2019 06:06am
Miscellaneous A much realistic budget The overall budget direction is right. There is a sense of paradigm shift with focus on enhancing direct taxation, penal Published 13 Jun, 2019 06:37am
Miscellaneous Has Islamabad really ignored health & education? ‘Federal budget ignores education and health’, wrote the Islamabad-based Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (C Published 13 Jun, 2019 06:35am
Miscellaneous Budget: paying to and for the unseen The opposition has often blamed the PTI for using the backdoor to come to power, blaming an “unseen” or “third” force. T Published 13 Jun, 2019 06:10am
Miscellaneous Does Shabbar have a magic spell? Until yesterday afternoon, magic and shamanism had no role to play in public finances. After the announcement of Pakista Updated 13 Jun, 2020 01:42pm
Miscellaneous Development: it's not enough Never mind the tall official figures as far as next development budget is concerned. After accounting for federal and pr Published 12 Jun, 2019 06:06am
Miscellaneous Explainer: salary income tax Miftah Ismail would surely have a wry smile on his face. What should actually be looked as a relief to salaried class un Published 12 Jun, 2019 05:59am
Miscellaneous Housing under duress The ambitious pet project of PM Imran Khan, Naya Pakistan Housing Program (NPHP), seems diametrically opposed to the bud Published 12 Jun, 2019 05:47am
Miscellaneous Facts, fiction & poor press engagement If the purpose of a press conference is to share relevant and material information with the press and answer their quest Published 11 Jun, 2019 05:39am
Miscellaneous The trillion rupee concessions Two mini-budgets, industrialists and corporate bigwigs running the government affairs – exemptions and concessions were Updated 11 Jun, 2019 05:47am
Miscellaneous Combating climate change If there is one sector where the current government has shown more fervour than its counterparts, it’s the focus on envi Published 11 Jun, 2019 05:18am
Miscellaneous CPI: All eyes on budget and energy pricing The CPI clocked in at 9.1 percent in May, slightly lower than market expectations. The 11 month average stood at 7.2 per Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:45am
Miscellaneous Academics are “tweeple” too! The phrase “I know that I know nothing” is attributed to Socrates, who when presented with the compliment of being the w Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:37am
Miscellaneous PSDP blues PSDP blues As expected, “development” is the major fiscal casualty in the “austerity” budget. Reportedly, the federal go Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:31am
Miscellaneous Discrepancy in regional sucrose yield & recovery A baffling level of discrepancy exists in yield and recovery levels within and between various sugarcane growing and mil Published 03 Jun, 2019 07:22am
Miscellaneous Some breathers Some pressure on the exchange rate and interest rate pricing is eased, a week before the budget. Crude oil coming down i Published 03 Jun, 2019 07:22am
Miscellaneous GMO redux After a two-month hiatus, reports on GMO seed technology have once again begun to do rounds in print media. Last week, a Published 03 Jun, 2019 07:05am
Miscellaneous Improving tourism marketing The PTI is betting big on tourism and has identified zones in each province for development of facilities and infrastruc Published 30 May, 2019 05:03am
Miscellaneous Dairy trade-offs: price vs. milk quality In a recent interview with BR Research, Sulaiman Monnoo, Senior Vice Chairman of Pakistan Dairy Association demanded tha Published 29 May, 2019 04:55am
Miscellaneous The climate-migration nexus An oft ignored side of climate change is its impact on local migration. The regular environmental degradation facilitate Published 29 May, 2019 04:44am
Miscellaneous Urban forests: changing cities Sometimes all it takes to solve complex problems is simple solutions. The same can be said of tackling the rising pollut Published 29 May, 2019 04:33am
Miscellaneous Fixing Gwadar’s governance Soon after three gunmen attacked Gwadar PC earlier this month, some sections of foreign press started raising question m Published 28 May, 2019 06:08am
Miscellaneous Uncle Biden and Pakistan Elections in India are over and Pakistanis aren’t exactly thrilled with the outcome. Onto the next election of interest. Updated 28 May, 2019 09:39am