AIRLINK 75.00 Increased By ▲ 1.30 (1.76%)
BOP 4.89 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.2%)
CNERGY 4.43 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.99%)
DFML 41.70 Decreased By ▼ -3.18 (-7.09%)
DGKC 83.65 Decreased By ▼ -1.85 (-2.16%)
FCCL 21.23 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-0.79%)
FFBL 32.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.31 (-0.95%)
FFL 9.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.56%)
GGL 10.10 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-1.66%)
HASCOL 6.99 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-1.96%)
HBL 114.40 Decreased By ▼ -0.30 (-0.26%)
HUBC 139.21 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (0.08%)
HUMNL 12.03 Decreased By ▼ -0.39 (-3.14%)
KEL 4.92 Decreased By ▼ -0.11 (-2.19%)
KOSM 4.37 Decreased By ▼ -0.08 (-1.8%)
MLCF 37.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.40 (-1.06%)
OGDC 133.60 Decreased By ▼ -3.20 (-2.34%)
PAEL 24.95 Decreased By ▼ -0.44 (-1.73%)
PIBTL 6.59 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-1.49%)
PPL 118.50 Decreased By ▼ -2.50 (-2.07%)
PRL 26.10 Decreased By ▼ -0.49 (-1.84%)
PTC 13.81 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-2.06%)
SEARL 57.20 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.17%)
SNGP 66.81 Decreased By ▼ -1.19 (-1.75%)
SSGC 10.27 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-1.44%)
TELE 8.28 Decreased By ▼ -0.17 (-2.01%)
TPLP 10.75 Decreased By ▼ -0.23 (-2.09%)
TRG 62.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.64 (-1.01%)
UNITY 27.11 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.22%)
WTL 1.34 Decreased By ▼ -0.04 (-2.9%)
BR100 7,889 Decreased By -51.2 (-0.65%)
BR30 25,329 Decreased By -318.4 (-1.24%)
KSE100 75,152 Decreased By -366 (-0.48%)
KSE30 24,128 Decreased By -149.5 (-0.62%)
Auto industry
Opinion

Auto industry

Pakistan’s automobile industry is stunted and dysfunctional. Customers must “book” a vehicle and wait upwards... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am
Opinion

SIFC—a better role

The SIFC was created with a mandate to facilitate much-needed investments from foreign public and private entities... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am

Big financing risks

Big financing risks
The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an...

External-internal conundrums

External-internal conundrums
Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has demanded in a press conference that the Afghan Taliban government arrest,...

Budget 2024-25: expectations

Budget 2024-25: expectations
A budget is not merely a document of aggregated information on revenues, capital, and external receipts and on the...
Safeguard industrial efficiency
2024-05-27-01-05

Safeguard industrial efficiency

The government’s recent contemplation of cutting off gas supply to industrial captive power plants (CPPs) while... Updated 27 May, 2024 07:00am
An essential facility
2024-05-25-01-16

An essential facility

A Sindh High Court (SHC) bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Mohammad Abdur Rahman has directed... Updated 25 May, 2024 07:01am
Budgets 2024: thinking afresh
2024-05-24-01-41

Budgets 2024: thinking afresh

“Simplify taxes, reduce the cost of excessive documentation, open the economy for higher growth and employment,... Updated 24 May, 2024 05:49am
Our Constitution: A sacred document
2024-05-24-01-41

Our Constitution: A sacred document

Confusion prevails over the definition of state (Riasat). Perhaps Pakistan is the only country in the world that was... Published 24 May, 2024 05:58am
Yes-man democracy
2024-05-23-01-09

Yes-man democracy

Why all the fuss about dragging Ayub Khan out of his grave just to get at Omar Ayub Khan? The man has every right to... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:49am
Privatisation of SOEs: a focus on PIA
2024-05-23-01-09

Privatisation of SOEs: a focus on PIA

Pakistan’s economy is confronting numerous challenges like fiscal deficits, low savings, limited investment, low... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:55am
Properties of Pakistanis in Dubai
2024-05-22-01-30

Properties of Pakistanis in Dubai

In 2019 when I was the Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) I asked my Director General International Taxation... Published 22 May, 2024 05:54am
From IMF to IT
2024-05-22-01-30

From IMF to IT

Digital revolution. E-commerce. On line expansion. Artificial intelligence. This is what the world has been talking... Updated 22 May, 2024 06:17am
IMF projections for FY2024-25
2024-05-21-01-06

IMF projections for FY2024-25

The IMF Staff Report on the Second and Final Review under the Stand-by Arrangement was released on the 10th of May... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
Ordinary Pakistanis are not citizens
2024-05-21-01-06

Ordinary Pakistanis are not citizens

It has been an eventful week, with more than its just share of tragedies. While the genocidal Israeli war on the... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am