Monitoring Report

Economy

ECAP backed the embargo enforced by the Dubai government and said it shouldn’t be reversed

Economy

A president of a private bank in Karachi believes if Pakistan got placed on the grey-list it would make it very difficult for the country to borrow on international markets

Economy

A Bloomberg report said KSE-100 index had been amongst the best-performing stocks in the Asia emerging market (EM) stock index but pre-election uncertainties could jeopardize the rally

Headlines

WB officials say busy schedule of their president is causing problems in setting-up a suitable time for the meeting

Economy

Circular debt in power sector has crossed the Rs1 trillion mark

Economy

Rooh Afza constitutes 95 percent of Hamdard's exports overseas and according to Euromonitor stats from 2017 has a 60 percent share of concentrated beverage market domestically

Economy

The government's recently introduced measures for the real-estate sector could see properties getting registered at their true market value, but challenges remain

Economy

Commercial banks have expressed worries managing transactions of individuals availing tax amnesty scheme could cause it legal problems

Headlines

A drought-like situation has arisen in the districts of south-east of Sindh after the Irrigation Department decreased water flows to 3,000 cusecs from 12,000 in the Nara Canal head

Economy

The delays in notifying anti-money laundering powers could jeopardize Pakistan's efforts to elude inclusion from the FATF greylist