SECP approves vital regulations for capital market, corporate governance 

ISLAMABAD:  The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) in its Commission meeting has passed regulations concerning capital market, insurance and corporate governance. In...

Imran vows drastic measures to overcome economic challenges

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday vowed to take drastic measures, including curtailing expenditure on the VVIP culture, to overcome...

Pakistan to decide whether to seek IMF bailout ‘by September’

Pakistan is teetering on the verge of a new balance-of-payments crisis which could threaten its currency and its ability to repay debts or pay for imports (Shoulder)

Summit–Sindh Bank merger takes another turn, share swap ratio revised again

Ahsan Raza Durrani appointed as acting president and chief executive officer/executive director as Sindh Bank-Summit Bank merger has come under scrutiny due to alleged financial irregularities.

Pakistani companies get equal share in CPEC: report

ISLAMABAD: Since the beginning of the massive China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, there has been occasional criticism, including some complaints that projects under...

Experts confident in state of economy, markets despite jittery history

PSX’s post-election rally hit a brick wall just when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poured cold water on the IMF plan.

Possible IMF bailout to increase cost of doing business, deny PTI’s economic agenda

According to economists, the next program of the IMF, if secured by Pakistan, will accompany stringent terms and conditions which could be included the increase the price of electricity, gas and other utility services

Naya minister, meet purani ministry

The minister is already inheriting the purani ministry and if he fails to come up with a strategy for raising revenue, he will be the same as the purana minister himself

Is Open Skies really causing trouble for Pakistani airlines?

Domestic aviation industry experts insist that liberal aviation policies are hurting their competitiveness, but the truth is much more complicated

Can drip irrigation eradicate Pakistan’s water crisis and food insecurity?

To save water, the country needs to replace its age-old method of irrigating crops with improved yield and quality being tangible benefits

Rupee stronger against the dollar

Market Analyst Hammad Malik told Profit, “I think Rs125 is a fair price against the greenback and it will likely revolve around it.”

China sanctions $2b loan for Pakistan to stem decline in forex reserves

The sources shared $1 billion had already been received in the SBP’s accounts and would be shown in the reserves data to be released next Thursday (August 2nd)

Pakistan’s Imran Khan faces tough test in looming economic crisis

Pakistan’s central bank has devalued the currency four times since December, weakening the rupee by more than 20 percent, amid efforts to avert a balance of payments crisis in the $305 billion (£232.5 billion) economy

Rupee consolidates gains against dollar, sheds 21 paisa in inter-bank market

Rupee had gained Rs1.10 per dollar on Thursday in the kerb market

Economists, business community welcome Imran Khan’s pledges for economy, good governance

ISLAMABAD: While the incoming government of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is going to immediately face a dire economic situation, economists have welcomed the...