The recent positivity in stock markets came after the government announced the second supplementary budget withdrawing critical taxes on capital…
Year: 2019
Pakistan ranks 164th in the world in terms of its investment in education and health care as the measurement of…
In the latest Monetary Policy announcement, contrary to the market expectations, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced hike in…
Fund raising for Diamer-Bhasha Dam is fine but instead of waiting — at least for a decade, for its commissioning…
Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking at the launching ceremony of the ‘Pakistan Banao Certificate’ talked about the poor state…
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) should take the initiative of setting up a branch of Pakistan Stock…
Human capital development inevitable for manpower export and remittances With the contribution of human capital in total wealth growing globally,…
Pakistan is yet to make significant attainments in the human development index (HDI), which focuses on measurable dimensions of human…
Interview with Syed Farhan Karim — Vice President, Capital Market Arif Habib Limited [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Syed Farhan…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
Debt Capital Markets In Pakistan S.No Type of Security No. of Issues Amount(Rs billion) i. Listed TFC 1 7.00 ii.…
The Ministry of Finance Government of Pakistan mentioned in a statement that in past few years government has recorded significant…
The economists have recorded that Pakistan has entered a new era of equity trading; however, performance of Pakistan’s capital market…
Saudi Arabia’s 30 biggest stocks to gain global exposure Saudi Arabia’s aim to boost foreign investment in the $496 billion…
Market Review The outgoing week continued the upbeat momentum where benchmark index closed at 41,113pts, exhibiting an increase of 2.1%WoW.…
Encouraging investment scenario brings index gain 2.1% wow Summary The consistently improving investment climate in the country through foreign exchange…
Economic reform package, budget progress push market’s rally Investors asked to take longer investment horizon and build positions on dip…
Published in Gulf News, on Jan 31st, 2019, The streaming giant was condemned for using footage of a 2013 rail…
Ben Affleck as Batman. Photo: Warner Bros Published in Geo, on Jan 31st, 2019, Ben Affleck is handing over his…
Published in Ary, on Jan 30th, 2019, ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday announced that Pakistan would participate in…
India’s first national film museum is spread across a stylish 19th-century bungalow in south Mumbai. Photo: AFP Published in…
UAE fans throw bottles and flip-flops during the AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against Qatar in Abu Dhabi. Photo courtesy…
Otto (left) made 36 league appearances for Celta Vigo last season Published in BBC, on Jan 31st, 2019, By Simon Stone…
Published in Samaa, on Jan 29th, 2019, Naomi Osaka, winner of the Australian Open, has jumped to the top of women’s…
Published in Gulf News, on Jan 30th, 2019, Second edition of Nation Cup for Young riders once again proves a…
Published in Samaa, on Jan 29th, 2019, Novak Djokovic strengthened his grip at the top of the men’s ATP tennis…
ICC considers Sri Lanka the world´s most corrupt cricketing nation Published in Geo, on Jan 29th, 2019, COLOMBO: The International…
Published in BBC, on Jan 31st, 2019, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says “extra time” may be needed to finalise legislation…
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses as he announces a deal to end the partial government shutdown as while speaking in…
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah…
Filipina domestic workers carry shopping bags as they walk out of a mall in Riyadh, in this file image dated…
Saudi Arabia’s anti-graft sweep was led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Published in Arabian Business, on Jan 31st, 2019,…
Al-Bashir waves to his supporters during a rally in Khartoum on January 9 [File: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters] Published in…
Free zones lift UAE non-oil trade by 2.5% to dh1.2 trillion The UAE’s non-oil foreign trade grew 2.5 percent to…
Air India remains a knotty problem What started as a massive exercise to privatize the loss-making state-run carrier Air India,…
Inflation hits highest in 4 and 1/2 years The inflation reading spiked 7.2percent in January, hitting the highest level in…
Asia resumes Iran oil imports at lowered rates Asian imports of Iranian crude oil have just started to return but…
PAKISTAN NEWS: New Guidelines for Registration of Imported Mobile Phones: The federal government has approved the extension in the launch…
World oil prices rise about 3pc Oil prices rose about 3 percent on Friday on upbeat US jobs data and…
The Infant New Venture Business are not paid to reform customers. Above all, the people who are running a new…
Economic situation has improved by policies of PTI govt: Mian Zahid President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All…
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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