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
Editorials A bleak investment outlook EDITORIAL: In a much-needed fillip for Pakistan’s floundering investment landscape, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s... Published 29 May, 2024 06:05am
Opinion Budget 2024-25: expectations A budget is not merely a document of aggregated information on revenues, capital, and external receipts and on the... Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am
Opinion 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... Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am
Editorials Phenomenal rise in domestic borrowing EDITORIAL: The government borrowed up to 77 percent domestically to finance its fiscal deficit in the first six... Updated 28 May, 2024 05:52am
Opinion Budget projections for FY25 There is overwhelming evidence that approval of the budget for next fiscal year, reportedly to be presented to... Updated 27 May, 2024 06:33am
Opinion The long and winding road to revitalising investment Pakistan’s investment-to-GDP ratio is at its lowest in fifty years, despite promises of tens of billions in ... Updated 27 May, 2024 06:54am
Editorials IMF programme: there is need for design audit EDITORIAL: Multilaterals, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have developed independent audit... Updated 27 May, 2024 06:29am
Business & Finance IMF’s EFF: Notable progress made towards reaching SLA ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani authorities made significant progress towards... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
Print Share under NFC Award: Govt may explore option of sharing debt servicing, power circular debt with provinces Government left with only 42.5 percent from divisible pool with interest payments and circular energy debt no longer sustainable Updated 25 May, 2024 08:29pm
Business & Finance Cost of CPEC’s ML1 project cut to $6.8bn ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal said on Friday that... Published 25 May, 2024 05:32am
