Complexities of SOE reforms EDITORIAL: Poorly performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), wracked with chronic inefficiencies and ringing up... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:42am
Print Reform package prioritises fiscal sustainability: IMF Says projections are showing that Pakistan's economy will grow at 2.4 percent this year Updated 26 Oct, 2024 09:33am
Business & Finance Diversifying portfolio in Pakistan: Minister vows support to ITFC ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb assured his government’s full... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:28am
Business & Finance Economic indicators highlighted WASHINGTON DC: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb attended a roundtable with institutional investors... Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am
Print Between FY16 and FY23: fiscal support to SOEs escalates to Rs5.7trn, says SBP KARACHI: State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Pakistan are posing a significant challenge to the economy, having... Updated 22 Oct, 2024 04:41pm
Print Macroeconomy: Structural challenges persist: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that a host of structural impediments continue to pose challenges... Updated 18 Oct, 2024 09:24am
Print Islamabad striving for 13.5pc tax-to-GDP ratio, US told ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, Thursday, while reiterating the... Updated 18 Oct, 2024 09:24am
Pakistan SBP predicts 2.5-3.5% growth for FY25, warns of structural challenges Inefficiencies in energy sector resulted in accumulation of circular debt, says central bank in annual report Updated 17 Oct, 2024 10:51pm
Opinion Electricity market stuck in limbo Pakistan’s electricity sector reform has been a topic of discussion for over three decades, with the ambition to... Published 17 Oct, 2024 06:34am
Print To be shared with IMF: MoF asks ministries to submit 17 SOEs’ makeover plans ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has sought restructuring/business plans of 17 State Owned Entities (SOEs) from... Updated 15 Oct, 2024 02:50pm
Editorials Alternate dispute resolution committees EDITORIAL: The Sindh High Court’s (SHC’s) directive to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw all... Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am
Print IMF told: Two Discos’ sell-off to wrap up by Jan-end ISLAMABAD: The federal government has shared with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that transactions of two... Updated 12 Oct, 2024 09:47pm
Perspectives Moving away from stabilisation to industrial sector growth: there is some time Complete independence cannot be achieved without economic stability. These words have never sounded truer. A few... Published 11 Oct, 2024 01:12am
Markets Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to sign Barrick deal in few weeks, says Al Faleh Eager to start number of mining initiatives but hope to close Reko Diq project with Pakistan's SOEs and Barrick Gold in the coming weeks, says Saudi Arabia Minister for Investment Updated 10 Oct, 2024 11:59pm
Print Aurangzeb tells foreign investors: ‘Govt focused on ensuring structural reforms’ ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the government is focused on... Updated 09 Oct, 2024 08:50am
Print SHC asks FBR to withdraw recovery notices issued to SOEs ISLAMABAD: Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw all recovery notices... Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:10am
Print CCP grants approval: PSPC acquires 100pc equity stakes in NSPC ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has approved the acquisition of 100 percent equity shares of... Updated 08 Oct, 2024 09:27am
Opinion Will Pakistan ever break free from the IMF cycle? “You can’t solve a problem with the same mindset that created it.” This quotation, attributed to Albert... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:34am
Opinion IMF programme: a mixed bag of economic consequences In the statement released by International Monetary Fund (IMF) on September 27, it indicated that it had approved a... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:29am
Opinion IMF programme & reform priorities The long-awaited US$ 7 billion 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF), finally approved by the Executive Board of the... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:28am
Opinion The investment slump The year, 2023-24, has witnessed the lowest ever level of fixed investment in Pakistan. It is estimated at 11.4% of... Updated 01 Oct, 2024 07:21am
Print ADB fields mission to pace up projects, reforms ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has fielded a Mission to Islamabad from September 30 to October 18, 2024... Updated 01 Oct, 2024 08:56am
Print PM invites American banks to invest in Pakistan NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited American banks to invest in Pakistan in key sectors of... Updated 28 Sep, 2024 08:43am
Business & Finance Insurance sector: CCP concerned at preferential treatment to SOEs ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has expressed concern over the preferential treatment given... Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am
Opinion ‘Two secrets to China’s rise’ This is apropos two back-to-back letters to the Editor by this writer carried by the newspaper on Friday and... Published 22 Sep, 2024 02:47am
Print ADB asked to further engage private sector in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb hosted a dinner in honour of... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 03:12pm
Print SOEs cost kitty Rs5.598trn over 10 years, NA told ISLAMABAD: Federal Minster for Energy (Petroleum Division) said that the government has faced losses of Rs5.598... Updated 15 Sep, 2024 09:44am
Business & Finance Explaining alternative dispute resolution (ADR) General, 1. Dispute resolution is a preferred vehicle to settle cases where questions of facts or a composite... Published 13 Sep, 2024 07:08am
Pakistan NHA, Wapda termed essential SOEs, DP Establishments 'strategic' one ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) categorised National Highways Authority (NHA)... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am
Print Talks with IMF going well, PM tells Cabinet ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured his Cabinet colleagues that recent negotiations with the... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:26am
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