This year, Pakistan is celebrating 141st birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah from 20th December to 31st December as…
Year: 2017
On 28th November, 2017, the mayor London, Sadiq Khan, unveiled a bronze statue of Quaid-e-Azam in the British Museum. The…
In the wake of widening external deficits, dwindling reserves and uncompetitive exports in the back drop of political uncertainty, the…
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A quick review of the regulatory developments during 2017 suggests that these played a key role in shaping the performance…
Cement industry of Pakistan is experiencing consistent growth since 2011. This growth is attributed mainly to increase in national consumption,…
Review of banking industry In order to propel economic growth, the State Bank of Pakistan has recently identified three priority…
Historically Pakistan has remained a net importer of crude oil and petroleum products. The rising trend in international oil prices…
The present government is talking much for the energy crisis. Their statements look more like political slogans and nothing are…
As the year 2017 comes to an end, Pakistan remains inflicted with dire prospects. Political instability, unemployment, economic degradation, terrorism,…
Although the banks have made less profit than last year even then they are healthier in all respects. The balance…
Balochistan is a strategically located province. The ongoing mega development projects like Gwadar deep-sea port would make the province a…
Though the growth remained slow in the global production of meats, according to a UN report, the poultry sector outstripped…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that Pakistan should concentrate on two mainstay of economy namely tightening of fiscal…
With both its merits and demerits, media is a double edged sword. It has become an industry of entertainment, information,…
Touching the borders of Asia and Europe, Turkey is a splendid country full of God’s blessings that include it’s amazing…
Pakistan’s trade deficit widened in just four months due to increasing imports of the country putting further pressure on the…
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PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday 17-Nov Friday 24-Nov Friday 1-Dec Friday 8-Dec Friday 15-Dec Friday 22-Dec DOLLAR…
INTEREST RATES IN PAKISTAN (%) Month SBP Reverse Repo Rate SBP Repo Rate SBP Policy (Target) Rate 11-Feb-13 9.50 7.00…
Pakistan’s leather industry, including leather products, is the second largest export earning sector after textile. Presently, this sector is sharing…
During Q3CY17, Banking sector’s performance, both on QoQ and YoY basis, has remained quite satisfactory in Pakistan. Presently the State…
US stocks down as trump inks tax cut into law Wall Street stocks dipped Friday as President Donald Trump signed…
PSX springs back as KSE-100 index breaks past 39,000 barrier Summary During the week the PSX market gained 824.99 points…
Bulls rally broadly on steel and cement shares; timely election bill and world bank loan key of support The benchmark…
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Direct taxpayer base growth slows in Modi government’s first 2 years NEW DELHI: Tax concessions and moderate increments have slowed…
Pakistan’s power generation up 2.3pc, but reliance on furnace oil decreases Power generation through furnace oil and hydel reduced 51%…
Shipping confidence at highest level for three-and-a-half years Shipping confidence held steady at its highest rating in the past three-and-a-half…
PAKISTAN Telenor celebrates startup failures and mistakes with velocity duckstories: Telenor Velocity introduces an exciting concept to the startup culture…
World oil prices dip on soaring us production Oil prices dipped on Thursday as soaring US output, fast approaching 10…
Organize Dissent The effective decision-maker organizes dissent. Decisions of the kind the executive has to make are not made well…
UBL inaugurates Pakistan’s first-ever Digital Lab UBL inaugurated Pakistan’s first-ever Digital Lab at a ceremony held in Karachi recently. The…
Kibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
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