India’s finance ministry wants lower energy prices for green steel incentives NEW DELHI: India’s finance ministry wants green hydrogen prices to soften before deciding on financial support for... Published 05 Jun, 2025 06:08am
Budget 2025-26 IMF lowers GDP growth forecast to 2.6% for Pakistan Says core inflation elevated at around 9% Updated 19 May, 2025 03:31pm
Print Finance Division outlook: YoY LSM slump shows underlying weaknesses ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has warned that the year on year (YoY) decline in Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)... Updated 26 Mar, 2025 02:24pm
BR Research Inflation plummets, but pain persists Inflation continues its downward trajectory, with the headline number dropping to a nine-year low of 1.5 percent in... Published 05 Mar, 2025 07:22am
Print Govt’s economic team blamed for hike in inflation ISLAMABAD: The government’s economic management team has taken a curious stand on the very damaging issue of... Updated 03 Mar, 2025 09:17am
Print Positive GDP growth rate unlikely? Dr Hafeez Pasha says this is due to negative growth in the large-scale manufacturing industries and a decline in major agriculture crops Updated 23 Dec, 2024 10:51am
Editorials Blaming IMF for inflation! EDITORIAL: In response to a query from a member of the Treasury benches, Tahira Aurangzeb, the Ministry of Finance... Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:27am
Opinion Towards ‘Take and Pay’ contract settlement Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP (Independent... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:58am
Pakistan High energy prices hitting the poor hardest: World Bank ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revealed that high energy prices in Pakistan disproportionately impact the poor, as... Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am
Perspectives CTBCM’s impact: a promise of affordable and reliable electricity? The potential transition of Pakistan’s power sector to a competitive wholesale electricity market under the... Published 04 Oct, 2024 09:30pm
Opinion Country’s energy woes Energy sector issues risk further deepening Pakistan’s socio-economic divides as recent years have witnessed an... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:02am
Opinion Utter madness Pakistan’s economic management, particularly its treatment of export-oriented industries, is nothing short of... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am
Print Policy rate cut yet again as inflation cools KARACHI: As per expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:21am
Opinion Tax burdens and fiscal discipline After an inflation-ridden Fiscal Year 2023-24 (“FY24”), wherein the average inflation for the FY24 was 23.4%,... Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:06am
Markets No intention to tax imported solar panels, says Leghari Federal Minister for Power Sardar Owais Ahmed Khan Leghari said the incumbent government has no intention to impose... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 10:26pm
Business & Finance FPCCI wants cut in electricity tariffs KARACHI: Vice President and Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry... Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am
Markets Pakistan Oilfields announces significant hydrocarbon find in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL), an oil and gas exploration company, announced further testing results from the... Updated 19 Aug, 2024 04:35pm
Business & Finance Investment in Pakistan: Govt urged to collaborate with FPCCI LAHORE: S M Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG) and former Punjab Minister, has made a... Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am
Business & Finance ‘Current power price harmful for production, business, exports’ KARACHI: The Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan... Published 14 Aug, 2024 06:40am
BR Research Circling the drain Inflation was fairly tamed, a second policy rate cut well in play, and after a particularly gruelling exercise of... Published 30 Jul, 2024 06:46am
BR Research Pakistan’s textile in a brave new world Exchange rate, energy prices, or pricing in the global market – something will have to give, and fast. Despite fears... Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:23am
Markets Up to 200 units of consumption: PM Shehbaz announces Rs50bn power subsidy for 25mn households Says time has come for 'elite to make sacrifices' Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:32pm
Markets E&Ps look to invest $5bn in Pakistan’s energy sector: govt statement Delegation meets PM Shehbaz Sharif who forms committee headed by deputy premier Ishaq Dar Updated 06 Jul, 2024 07:53pm
BR Research WPI bottomed out – what is next? The single-digit Wholesale Price Index (WPI) expectedly lasted only a month, as June 2024 saw the WPI at 10.6... Published 04 Jul, 2024 08:36am
Business & Finance KATI president highlights ‘lack’ of facilities, incentives for industrial sector in budget KARACHI: The President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Johar Qandhari, has voiced strong... Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am
Business & Finance PTC for cut in energy cost, interest rates ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Textile Council (PTC), representing nation’s leading textile and apparel exporters, has... Published 09 Jun, 2024 03:10am
Opinion Time to act: 9 cents/kWh The country faces daunting economic challenges. A shrinking industrial base, a bulging workforce with no jobs to... Updated 15 May, 2024 06:28am
Opinion Inflation expectations: normalcy in sight? The recent data points and trends suggest that inflation is likely to come down at a faster pace than expected. This... Updated 06 May, 2024 07:04am
BR Research Inflation: is the worst over? The headline is that the headline inflation is finally below 20 percent. It stood at 17.3 percent for April 24 – the... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:55am
Opinion Rising energy prices: adverse impact on masses In Pakistan, 64 percent of total energy demand is met by fossil fuels, while hydropower’s and renewables’ share... Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am