Buying back bonds: An innovative solution for Pakistan’s financial woes
Writing for The Express Tribune, author AAH Soomro suggests that efficient management of companies and countries requires constant effort to maximize profits...
Country’s direct investment dips by 2.8pc to $1.382bn in July-Dec 2017
KARACHI: The country’s Direct Investment (DI) has dipped again by 2.8 per cent to $ 1.382 billion during the first half of...
From fast food to autos, India’s digitally connected users lure investors
Mumbai resident Shivam Vahia cannot remember the last time he left home to shop. He spends about 30,000 rupees ($364) a month...
Explainer: How could a US debt ceiling default hit regular Americans?
What could happen on Main Street if Washington's political showdown over the debt ceiling stopped the government from cutting checks that fund...
Restrictions on free flow of capital in Pakistan lead to creation of grey market
Writing for Business Recorder, economist Ali Khizar suggested that Pakistan should remove restrictions on dollar outflows in order to attract long-term foreign...
BRR Guardian Limited announces merger with BRR Guardian Modaraba
Formed in 1983, B.R.R. Investments (Private) Limited (BRRI) aimed to promote leasing investments in Pakistan
SBP likely to yield to IMF demands, raising interest rates again
KARACHI: According to analysts, the central bank of Pakistan is likely to raise its key interest rate again in response to persistently...
The Rise of GT Road Megalopolis: Unchecked Urban Development in Punjab
The heat is punishing in the Punjab. As the heatwave takes over Pakistan’s Grand Trunk districts, it is worth reflecting on how...
Local production of Fertilizer crucial for PM’s vision of ‘Making Pakistan the Food Basket for the World’
The year 2019 ended on a high note with the Government celebrating a saving of approximately $250 million in foreign exchange that...
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.
Staff level agreement with IMF still awaited
IMF looks forward to obtain necessary financing assurances to pave way for completion of 9th EFF review
PTI highly likely to form federal govt, says Topline Securities
Pakistan KSE-100 index to go as high as 48,000 in case of PTI led government. While the index may go up to 50,000 if PML-N leads.
The SC ordered the Sindh govt to compensate affectees of anti-encroachment drives. They ignored the orders. What happens now?
The landmark June 2021 Supreme Court verdict not only ordered settlements to be demolished through the anti-encroachment drive, but also that the affectees be rehabilitated substantially.
Rising costs pushes Amazon, other retailers to revisit ‘free’ shipping
LOS ANGELES: There is no such thing as free shipping.
Even so, Amazon and other online retailers who use so-called free delivery to cultivate customer...
AI experts disown Musk-backed campaign citing their research
Four artificial intelligence experts have expressed concern after their work was cited in an open letter – co-signed by Elon Musk –...