Budget 2024-25: PBC for documenting economy as per Indian model ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has strongly proposed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to implement... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
Editorials Informal economy EDITORIAL: The size of Pakistan’s informal sector has been a cause for much consternation for our policymakers as... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
Editorials State of the economy EDITORIAL: The government reduced prices of petroleum and products significantly effective 16 May till the end of... Updated 20 May, 2024 06:12am
Business & Finance PTBA for digitalisation, documentation of economy KARACHI: Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has emphasised the need for the digitalisation and documentation of the... Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am
Opinion An anti-citizen policy? Governments are supposed to make people-friendly and welfare-oriented policies. Citizens should not be just tax... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Business & Finance Uzbek FM calls on Zardari ‘Need to enhance bilateral cooperation in various sectors’ ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari said that there is a need to further enhance bilateral cooperation with... Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am
Business & Finance BMP against harmful actions to national economy, people LAHORE: The private sector leadership under the banner of Pakistan Businessmen Panel has always stood firm and ... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am
Pakistan Minister stresses safety of coal miners KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Energy, Planning and Development Syed Nasir Hussain Shah while talking to various... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am
Opinion Ending hopium—lV Our unsustainable economy is challenging our survival and requires measures by Ministry of Federal Education and... Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am
BR Research Rate cut: the virtues of patience If Pakistan were a person, it would have probably been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Few trips to Gulf capitals;... Published 29 Apr, 2024 07:50am
Business & Finance Germany nudges up growth forecast, ailing economy at ‘turning point’ FRANKFURT: The German government slightly increased its 2024 growth forecast Wednesday, saying there were signs... Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:49am
Opinion It’s all about the economy Karachi, being Pakistan’s premier industrial and financial centre and home to 90 percent of the multinational... Updated 27 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Opinion SOEs: performance & accountability The World Bank’s recent report, titled ‘Pakistan Development Update, fiscal impact of Federal State-Owned... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
Opinion Persistent decline of manufacturing sector The latest monthly data for February 2024 on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently by... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
Business & Finance ME tension poses a risk to recovery of global economy: PBIF KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum ... Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am
Perspectives Global events and effects on Pakistan’s inflation When the Muslim world was celebrating Eid, global capital markets were shaken, and aftershocks expected. Although... Published 17 Apr, 2024 03:45pm
Opinion Ending hopium—I Is it time to implement manifestos, return to the drawing board under the shadow of a national government, maintain... Updated 18 Apr, 2024 09:23pm
Pakistan Minister urges private sector to explore new opportunities KARACHI: Federal Minister for Privatization, Board of Investment and Communications Abdul Aleem Khan has said that... Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am
Print Economy showing positive signs, claims govt Attaullah Tarar says govt determined to resolve problems faced by the country and concrete measures are being taken to improve the national economy. Updated 07 Apr, 2024 07:09pm
Print Economic recovery govt’s top priority: Tarar LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ataullah Tarar said on Saturday that recovery of the... Updated 31 Mar, 2024 10:51pm
Business & Finance Attacks on foreign experts termed attacks on economy KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum... Published 30 Mar, 2024 08:17am
Business & Finance Experts stress less reliance on IMF KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar here stressed the importance of Islamic financial system, IT and agriculture sectors... Published 30 Mar, 2024 08:09am
Pakistan ‘Bandits become threat to economy’ KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum... Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:38am
Editorials Bringing traders into the tax net EDITORIAL: Successive governments in Pakistan have tried and failed to bring the country’s traders and retailers... Updated 27 Mar, 2024 05:07am
Opinion Aurangzeb has his work cut out for him In understanding the nation’s economy, there’s a clear distinction between an economist serving as the finance... Published 24 Mar, 2024 03:02am
Opinion Income, not consumption, taxes: Applying a ‘national income tax’ for a welfare state ‘The fundamental injustice of consumption taxes, relative to income taxes, is that the well-off can postpone them by... Updated 22 Mar, 2024 11:00am
Business & Finance Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 2.3pc in 2023 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s economy shrank 2.3 percent in 2023, official data showed on Friday, as the island nation... Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am
World New global record for profits paid out to shareholders: study PARIS: Global dividend payments hit a record $1.66 trillion in 2023 according to a report by asset manager Janus... Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Opinion ‘Economy on a knife-edge after election’ This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Economy on a knife-edge after election” carried by the newspaper... Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:32am
Opinion ‘Challenges, challenges’ This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Challenges, challenges” carried by the newspaper yesterday. That the... Published 06 Mar, 2024 04:18am
