PM Shehbaz says departments causing financial losses to be shut down Premier says the environment should be made conducive for domestic investment before any foreign investment Updated 15 Jun, 2024 10:51pm
Print Moody’s points out weak debt affordability ISLAMABAD: The government spends more than half of its revenue on interest payments, indicating very weak debt... Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am
Markets Budget termed overall positive for market KARACHI: Contrary to expectations of change in treatment of income from capital gain and dividends to normal tax,... Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:22am
Opinion Neither up-to-date nor unbiased The Economic Survey’s relevance, limited to data analysis, is neither up to date (limited to July-March or for ... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance World Bank projects 2.3pc GDP growth rate ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth rate at 2.3 percent for the fiscal year 2024-25... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:47am
Print Tax exemptions, zero-rating cost kitty over Rs3.87trn ISLAMABAD: Total tax exemptions, concessions, zero-rating and special tax treatments to various businesses,... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:59am
Print Inflation target of 21pc will be missed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will miss the inflation target of 21 percent set for the current fiscal year and will remain in... Updated 12 Jun, 2024 08:57am
Business & Finance Economic Survey: Red Sea disruptions continue to affect supply chain ISLAMABAD: The Government said on Tuesday that prolonged disruptions in Red Sea will continue to disrupt supply... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance UBG leaders disappointed over 1.5pc reduction in policy rate KARACHI: Leaders of the United Business Group (UBG), including SM Tanveer, Zubair Tufail, Khalid Tawab, Hanif Gohar,... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Business & Finance Economic prosperity: ICMA for supply-side policy steps KARACHI: The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA) has emphasised the importance of... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Opinion Budget: inflation must be top priority Inflation is pushing an ever increasing number below the poverty line (currently estimated at 40 percent comparable... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:13am
Opinion The plight of exporters Most textile and apparel exporters operate on razor-thin margins, where pricing differentials are in US cents and... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 07:58am
Opinion Policy rate decision ahead of budget presentation State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be making its monetary policy public today. As May inflation has already dropped... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:06am
Opinion Equitable taxation: a precondition for meaningful economic reform Negotiations with the IMF on the next programme are ongoing, with budget formation being an integral part of the... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:18am
Editorials Export growth EDITORIAL: The unstated economic policy is to keep the current account deficit close to zero. For that, the trade... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:00am
Editorials Improving business confidence EDITORIAL: It’s welcome news, of course, that the 25th wave of the Business Confidence Index (BCI) conducted by ... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:02am
Print Jul-Apr govt debt stock up 8.6pc to Rs66.08trn YoY KARACHI: The central government’s total domestic and external debt stock rose by 8.6 percent during the first 10... Updated 08 Jun, 2024 09:23am
Opinion Need for revisit of deeply-rooted neoliberal economic policy mindset In his visit to China, with PM and some other cabinet members, the finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, while... Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am
Editorials Policy rate manoeuvrability EDITORIAL: Domestic pressure is clearly mounting on the Monetary Policy Committee scheduled to meet on June 10 to... Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:55am
Business & Finance Upcoming budget: SIFC should advocate 26pc rise in tobacco taxes: SPARC ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has requested the Special Investment... Updated 05 Jun, 2024 07:13am
Print Contractual obligations, rollovers, loans: PM’s China visit aims at getting a breathing space Sources say PM hopes to secure Chinese cooperation in agriculture, information technology, energy, and alternative energy under CPEC Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:41am
Print Inflation slows to 11.8pc in May, lowest in 30 months ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 11.8 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 09:33am
Editorials The PM’s visit to China EDITORIAL: The Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Jiang Zeidong, recently stated that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s... Updated 04 Jun, 2024 06:50am
Print Export-oriented sectors: MoC advocates concessional power tariff Says key industrial export sectors of Pakistan struggling to recover and gain lost share in global markets Updated 03 Jun, 2024 09:35am
Business & Finance FD setting dollar value at Rs295: Traders likely to experience additional currency depreciation: PBF LAHORE: The Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) has warned that the business community is likely to experience additional... Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am
Print APCC approves Rs1221bn federal PSDP ISLAMABAD: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) has approved Rs1,221 billion federal PSDP for the next... Updated 01 Jun, 2024 02:03pm
Business & Finance Lucky TG to buyback shares amid ‘uncertain economic conditions’ Citing economic conditions, Lucky Core Industries Limited’s (LCI) subsidiary Lucky TG (Private) Limited (LTG) will... Updated 30 May, 2024 10:22pm
Business & Finance Govt determined to promote investment: governor LAHORE: Governor Punjab Sardar Saleem Haider Khan has said that the government was determined to promote investment... Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am
Opinion Auto industry Pakistan’s automobile industry is stunted and dysfunctional. Customers must “book” a vehicle and wait upwards of... 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