Miscellaneous Unlocking the farming land potential It is said that real estate development in urban areas has converted the cities into “Plot-istan”, as property has becom Published 04 Apr, 2019 06:35am
Miscellaneous Eating words, learning lessons “We will double the FBR tax from Rs4000 billion to Rs8000 billion in one year.” “Tax amnesty schemes penalise the honest Updated 04 Apr, 2019 07:38am
Miscellaneous Inflation high but don’t panic March 2019 recorded highest CPI since Dec 2013, but that does not mean that inflation will hit double digit in April. Ma Published 03 Apr, 2019 06:45am
Miscellaneous PSDP: foreign aid dries up The Rs675 billion federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) is under the weather. As per Planning Commission (P Published 03 Apr, 2019 06:36am
Miscellaneous SYS had a blockbuster year So the bourse was saving the best for last. At the tail-end of the result season for CY18, a prominent local software ho Published 02 Apr, 2019 06:53am
Miscellaneous Time to talk population In an interview published yesterday, Dr Mehtab Karim, one of Pakistan’s handful of demographers said something rather al Published 02 Apr, 2019 06:40am
Miscellaneous Demystifying GM food crop “Man fears what he does not understand”. Yeats immortal words are an apt description of commonly held attitude towards g Published 01 Apr, 2019 05:15am
Miscellaneous Make in Pakistan and job creation dilemma Domestic businesses create jobs, imports don’t. This is the go-to argument of businesses across the board (not just big Published 01 Apr, 2019 05:04am
Miscellaneous Reading PTI’s economic management When the PTI came into power last year, both the business community and the citizens at large could be categorised in tw Published 29 Mar, 2019 06:01am
Miscellaneous No free water please! Good news first. There is only one. There are serious talks going on in Punjab to bring legislation in the form of a com Updated 29 Mar, 2019 07:04am
Miscellaneous Tax filers: zero return filers driving growth It’s difficult to glean a lot of meaningful information from unsorted data dumps that the FBR does every year in the nam Published 28 Mar, 2019 06:58am
Miscellaneous What’s going on in Punjab’s fertile crescent? Shrinking area under cotton cultivation has everyone worried, except like all things Pakistani, the concern seems to be Published 28 Mar, 2019 06:33am
Miscellaneous CPEC and manpower lot has been said about CPEC’s ability in generating new employment avenues in the country. No doubt; as China Pakistan Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:32am
Miscellaneous Another term for Trump? Too much smoke, yet no fire. After nearly two years of frenzy surrounding investigations by Special Counsel Robert Muell Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:28am
Miscellaneous Mediocrity Inc. As if news on the fiscal front wasn’t dismal enough in FY19, the country is set for an all-around disappointing farming Published 27 Mar, 2019 05:21am
Miscellaneous Loan from China – welcome change Yesterday was a dull day at stock market - shares traded were at multi month low, the only good news come in after hours Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:43am
Miscellaneous Export prices take a dent Pakistan’s exports at $15 billion, growing at 1.86 percent year-on-year in 8MFY19 must be a worry. Only that the massive Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:30am
Miscellaneous Uber: all about the IPO? If Uber wed Careem, who is going to look after the dependents? Dependents, in this case, being ride users and drivers. B Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:15am
Miscellaneous Promoting regional tourism After visa-on-arrival (VOA) granted to 5 countries, the government has launched e-visa facility for 175 countries in a b Published 26 Mar, 2019 06:02am
Miscellaneous Women in the workplace: it is not CSR! Interloop Limited, the sock maker to giants like Nike, Puma and Adidas, and the latest to enter the stock market with a Published 25 Mar, 2019 06:23am
Miscellaneous A good year – but what’s next? It is often said that there are no bad ideas in brainstorming. And if the idea comes from the man-in-charge, even if lud Published 22 Mar, 2019 06:26am
Miscellaneous Human capital 2.0 Back in 2017, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook told the world why Apple makes its iPhones in China, his raved review widely negating Published 22 Mar, 2019 06:17am
Miscellaneous Is the future colonised? Now that the heading has got your attention, let’s begin by saying that this note has got nothing to do with the archety Published 21 Mar, 2019 06:32am
Miscellaneous Embracing the global value chain Two third global of trade is in engineering goods while less than ten percent in textiles. It is the other way round in Published 20 Mar, 2019 05:46am
Miscellaneous Two big think questions about productivity Interloop’s hottest IPO has become the talk of the town. Anyone who knows even a tiny bit about stocks wants to take a b Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:25am
Miscellaneous Economic direction: unclear and slow The market is not clear on the direction of the government’s economic team. It is tough to make business decisions in su Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:12am
Miscellaneous Rent seekers in farmers’ disguise As sowing period for kharif crops draw closer, lobbying for institution of support price for cotton seems to be gaining Published 19 Mar, 2019 06:02am
Miscellaneous Livestock lives matter! Dairy and packaged meat industries have been getting some attention of late. Earlier this month, Commerce Minister Razak Published 18 Mar, 2019 05:40am
Miscellaneous Nothing wrong with a new tax agency Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement to create a new tax collecting agency if need be, and the ensuing commentary ( Published 15 Mar, 2019 06:33am
Miscellaneous Sarmaye-e-Pakistan: in no hurry Sarmaya-e-Pakistan’s (SLP) first board meeting had Ehsan Malik unanimously elected as its chairman. The idea of a holdin Published 15 Mar, 2019 06:32am
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