Financial sector remains resilient despite tightening of macro-financial conditions: report
State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) annual publication Financial Stability Review (FSR) suggests that the level of overall risks to financial stability, as measured by Financial Vulnerability Index, has bottomed out in the calendar year 2017.
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 compared to...
Pakistan’s Economic Woes
by Abbas Murtaza Maken and Syed Shujaat Ahmed
The dearth of economic accountability and transparency in Pakistan means that the size of the parallel economy...
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 to $50...
PSX witnesses bearish trends as IMF talks remain inconclusive
The KSE-100 index closed on Friday at 40,869 points, a decrease of 1.9% since the previous week. Market capitalisation decreased from $61.46 billion to...
Miftah claims IMF “not interested” in providing Pakistan bailout
Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has claimed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is "not interested" in providing Pakistan with a bailout package.
Despite Sri...
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.
APTMA sends budget proposals to finance minister
KARACHI: In its budget proposals, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said that the availability of electricity at regionally competitive prices is of the utmost...
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 for the...
Gwadar and Chabahar different since inception: Manish Tewari
WASHINGTON: Former Union Minister of State in India, Manish Tewari has made comparisons between Gwadar port in Pakistan and Chabahar port in Iran, stating...
Confused sentiments at PSX as index drops 1.4pc in week
The benchmark KSE-100 index closed on the last trading day of the week at 41,388.88 points, with an increase of +21.5 (+0.05 per cent)...
The IMF has nothing to do with delayed polls. But are we surprised at the trust deficit with the fund?Â
The govt has severely jeopardized its credibility with the IMF and continued with business as usual
Lucky Cement pays out dividend after hiatus of three yearsÂ
At Rs 18 per share, it is the highest payout since 2018Â
Revisions in aid to Pakistan unlikely to shake its finances: Moody’s
LAHORE: International rating agency Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has maintained that Trump administration’s revision of US military aid is highly unlikely to have material...
Malaysia to secure $51bn approved investments this year
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expected to secure about 200 billion ringgit approx. $51.21 billion approved investments this year, said the Malaysian Investment Development Authority...
