Pakistan at risk of becoming a ‘zombie’ state due to political, economic chaos
Writing for Dawn, author Sakib Sherani explains that the term "zombie" banks is used to describe barely surviving banks and firms that...
US companies hoarding workers even as economy cools
When storms hammered California's farms last winter, Kevin Kelly knew his small factory outside San Francisco would soon see demand wilt for...
Efforts needed to restore confidence, encourage legal remittance channels
Writing for Dawn, author Nasir Jamal explains that the potential for remittances sent by overseas Pakistani workers and the diaspora to increase...
Sugarcane pricing unsettling farming community
ISLAMABAD:Â The Senate Standing Committee on Food Security and Research has been told that the full price of sugarcane is not being paid...
Global rating downgrades deter foreign Investors from investing in Pakistani market
Writing for Express Tribune, author Faraz Ahmed explains that Pakistan's stock market has been facing a range of challenges for several years,...
Higher food prices contribute to weekly inflation of 29%
ISLAMABAD: According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the inflation measured by the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) increased by 0.33 percent...
Ahead of budget, is the FPCCI off tangent?
On 25th May 2021, four of the country’s leading newspapers carried an appeal to the Honorable Prime Minister. Unlike the annual pre-budget...
21.74pc growth of food group exports in eight months
ISLAMABAD: Food group exports from the country during the first eight months of the current financial year grew by 21.74 per cent as...
Fixed exchange rates risky for Pakistan’s plummeting foreign reserves, says Moody’s
Moody's maintained that higher interest to revenue in the baseline compared with floating exchange rates thrive under exchange rate shocks. Thus, deterioration in debt affordability could lower investors’ willingness to invest while making it harder for Pakistan to access foreign funding.
The Finance Minister who cried Wolf
It is becoming harder and harder to believe Mr Dar’s claims given his history of being wrong.Â
Audit team unlikely to submit report on tobacco MNCs before PAC on 23 May
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) is not likely to conclude the special audit of international tobacco companies operating in the...
Market Daily: KSE-100 flat WoW amid profit-taking
During the week, foreigners remained net sellers to the tune of $14.6 million as against net selling of $0.4 million seen during the same period last week.
Bitcoin drops to new two-month low as world markets sell off
Top cryptocurrency bitcoin hit a fresh two-month low on Friday, breaking out of its recent tight range as a wave of risk...
Facing continued losses, provincialisation of DISCOs issue to go to caretaker cabinet
The companies have suffered Aggregate Technical & Commercial Losses of more than Rs292bnÂ
National search for remedies intensifies amidst worsening crisis
Writing for Dawn, author Jawaid Bokhari discusses the current economic and political situation in Pakistan, highlighting the divergent views about the country's...