Rebuild country’s confidence, revive economy The political scene seems to have become quite interesting despite global rating agency Moody’s grim forecast ... Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am
Business & Finance PTEA identifies key factors hindering country’s progress FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) urged immediate structural policy initiatives to ... Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am
Opinion ‘Latest IMF projections’ This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Latest IMF projections” carried by the newspaper on Tuesday. The... Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am
Opinion Future tech: promise against poverty Do you anticipate the technological landscape changing significantly, in ways that are currently unpredictable, by... Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am
Editorials State of the economy EDITORIAL: The January Outlook and Update uploaded on the Finance Division website claims that “the first half of... Published 06 Feb, 2024 05:00am
Business & Finance Business leader says elections will help improve economy KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, All... Published 30 Jan, 2024 04:52am
Opinion Post-general election economic outlook Elections will hopefully be held in the next two weeks. They are taking place at a time when the economy continues ... Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am
Opinion FBR needs to look beyond the salaried class to grow tax collection Budgets seem to be all about providing largesse to the poor and incentives to the industry while reiterating the... Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am
Opinion India, Pakistan: 2024 is year of elections The general elections in Pakistan in February 2024 would soon be followed by the general election in India. Both ... Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am
Opinion An anatomy of economic clichés/mantras of 2023—I Last three months of 2023 have witnessed an avalanche of economic annual meetings, conferences, economic fest and... Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am
Business & Finance EU can help Pakistan improve economy: FPCCI KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has stressed that the 27-country economic alliance of European Union –... Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am
Business & Finance Policymakers urged to help revive economy KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am
Editorials Domestic borrowing EDITORIAL: Domestic borrowing rose to 40.955 trillion rupees by end November 2023 as per data uploaded by the State... Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am
Opinion Need for ethical business conduct Recently, the Pakistan’s economic environment has been tainted by the shadows of unethical practices, raising... Published 07 Jan, 2024 02:43am
Editorials Broadening tax net: will FBR win big? EDITORIAL: For years, FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has tried and failed to expand the tax base, leading to an... Updated 05 Jan, 2024 12:02pm
Print PM brings role of SIFC under the Gulf focus Pakistan desires to expand bilateral cooperation across all spheres, particularly trade and investment, says Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Updated 05 Jan, 2024 02:12pm
Opinion Problematic statistics The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Opinion Economy: rent-seeking through revolving doors In Pakistan, the risk reward mechanism on investment is lopsided, and that is one of the reasons for the low... Updated 03 Jan, 2024 02:58pm
Editorials ‘Progress moderately satisfactory’ EDITORIAL: The World Bank has evaluated the ‘Pakistan Raises Revenue project’ as moderately satisfactory. Three... Published 27 Dec, 2023 05:15am
Opinion Mixed economic trends The first five months of 2023-24 have witnessed upturns and downturns both globally and within Pakistan. There was... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Editorials Modest upturn in the economy EDITORIAL: The stock market benchmark, yet again, crossed another psychological barrier, this time of 66,000 points,... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Editorials The bigger picture of weaknesses in economy EDITORIAL: The World Bank’s regional vice president for South Asia, Martin Raiser, while addressing an event... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
Editorials ECP’s ‘major decision’ EDITORIAL: ECP (Election Commission of Pakistan) has done the right thing by seeking details of defaulters of... Published 03 Dec, 2023 02:59am
Editorials Business Confidence Index EDITORIAL: Strangely, while the OICCI’s (Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s) latest BCI... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
Pakistan Punjab launches FCPS programme in five more districts LAHORE: Announcing the launch of FCPS training program in five districts, i.e., Attock, Mianwali, Jhang, Mandi... Published 26 Nov, 2023 03:31am
Opinion Vital role of investments in power sector When discussing investments for economic progress, some major industry players often receive well-deserved... Updated 25 Nov, 2023 05:43am
Opinion Economy not out of the woods yet It is heartening to note that some of the recent developments are indeed reassuring as they make us less worried... Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am
Pakistan ‘Economy main target of our enemies’ KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum Mian... Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:02am
Opinion IMF review & state of economy I expect an agreement on the review to come within this week, so, any day now. I can say that Pakistani authorities,... Updated 17 Nov, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance Shamshad says country has potential to become major economic player KARACHI: Pakistan has the potential to become a major economic player, but major economic reforms and a... Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am