Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats: UBG against making fuel, gas and electricity available free of charge KARACHI: United Business Group (UBG) has said that the business community demands that, in order to meet the IMF... Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am
Opinion Re-election considerations have clear precedence over… It is true that a picture is always worth a thousand words. What is also true is that sometime multiple ideas, ... Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am
Markets Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am
Business & Finance Mian Zahid hopes parties will consider caretaker PM issue amicably KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 03 Aug, 2023 05:54am
Editorials Fuel price hike EDITORIAL: Prices of petrol and high speed diesel (HSD) were raised by 19.95 and 19.90 rupees per litre,... Updated 03 Aug, 2023 06:27am
Markets Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 02 Aug, 2023 07:31am
Opinion FY24 to FY28: IMF’s forex cash flow projections This article is in continuation of the writer’s earlier article on the same subject carried by this newspaper on... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Business & Finance Country’s resources: PM for ‘surgical operation’ to generate wealth ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said there is a need for a serious surgical operation to generate... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Print Minister tries to justify hike ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Tuesday, said the government had... Updated 02 Aug, 2023 08:49am
Business & Finance Govt hikes petrol and HSD prices, albeit ‘reluctantly’ ISLAMABAD: The coalition government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has allowed a significant raise of ... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
BR Research MPC surprise SBP has kept the interest rates unchanged at 22 percent. That was a surprise for a few, as the general expectations... Published 01 Aug, 2023 08:29am
Pakistan Minister for exploiting own resources to get rid of IMF FAISALABAD: Pakistan must exploit its own natural resources to get rid of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Opinion Reducing rising electricity tariff? — III In the previous space, we focused on immediate financial restructuring solutions for enabling reduction in... Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:43am
Opinion IMF’s SBF The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Editorials Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose EDITORIAL: In an overarching drive to launch development projects before the term of the government expires, a drive... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Print Settlement of dues of IPPs/GPPs: FD seeks expenditure details of Rs601bn extended to PD ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has sought expenditure details of Rs 601 billion extended to the Power Division to... Updated 01 Aug, 2023 09:13am
World IMF says monitoring Niger developments, has not yet made RSF loan payment WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Monday said it is continuing to closely monitor political ... Published 31 Jul, 2023 11:18pm
Opinion Power sector remains Pakistan’s Achilles heel The power sector continues to be a major source of concern with circular debt a high of 2.6 trillion rupees at... Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am
Opinion Restoring investor confidence key challenge Taming the inflation monster is turning out to be a challenge at a time when many analysts were expecting the... Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am
Markets July: PSX sees $14.9m net buying KARACHI: The foreign portfolio investors are back as after many years, Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has seen net... Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am
Perspectives Agrivoltaics: looking to solve Pakistan’s food and energy conundrum at the same time In what could only be called the climax moment of a movie that was dragging on, Pakistani authorities managed to... Published 29 Jul, 2023 04:01pm
Opinion Hunger in Pakistan Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at... Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am
World IMF to disburse $7.5bn to Argentina amid ‘challenging’ backdrop WASHINGTON: Argentina is set to receive a much-needed disbursement of funds from the IMF, the lender said Friday,... Published 28 Jul, 2023 08:09pm
Opinion How to widen tax net? Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Ishaq Dar has been repeatedly announcing that the government has... Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am
Opinion ‘Heat economic policy’ It is, indeed, important that Pakistan should continue to deal with its macroeconomic and growth challenges of the... Published 28 Jul, 2023 03:03am
Opinion An indictment of our politicians India’s foreign exchange reserves had risen for a third straight week to total $609.02 billion as of July 14, the... Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am
Opinion Exports collapsing under power sector burden The fundamental premise upon which the foundations of modern-day economics stand is that resources are finite and... Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am
Markets Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special... Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am
Editorials The ‘begging bowl’ challenge EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged to break the “begging bowl” by curtailing government expenses... Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am
Print Policy continuation, forex financing a must for growth ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has stated that prudent and effective economic decisions, political and economic... Updated 27 Jul, 2023 09:10am