[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a recent report published by PWC on the auto sector, three key areas were listed that auto executives would…
Year: 2017
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s automotive industry is the one of the fastest growing industries of the country while accounting for 4 percent of…
European, Chinese and Korean models likely to roll out [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he auto sector in Pakistan, so far dominated by Japanese assembly…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s two-wheeler manufacturers are producing best quality products within the competitive prices. In the last one decade, Pakistani consumers in…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]arjacking incidents remained evidence in the country, particularly in the major cities, since many years. Karachi, the country’s commercial capital…
RENAULT TO PRODUCE CARS [dropcap]R[/dropcap]enault, a French car manufacturing company, is expected to start assembling cars in Pakistan by 2018.…
Extraordinary growth during 2015-16 broke all previous records [dropcap]A[/dropcap]uto assemblers see the new fiscal year as encouraging owing to improved…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]sian Development Bank (ADB) provided a $200 million loan to strengthen Pakistan’s disaster risk management including support to the National…
[dropcap]US[/dropcap] chipmaker Intel is taking a big bet on driverless cars with a $15.3 billion (£12.5 billion) takeover of specialist…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan motorcycle industry is flourishing. It has met 95 percent localization through state-of-the-art technology implementation along with billions of rupee…
More services like Uber and Careem in the pipeline [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he success story of Uber and Careem to follow more digital…
OVERVIEW [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ormerly known as Atlas Autos founded with the incorporation of an investment company called Shirazi investments back in 1962…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he transport situation, especially in metropolitan cities always a grave issue. Buses are in deplorable conditions and have closed operation…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]rewry Maritime Research, a shipping consultancy of international acclaim, in its Annual Review 2016 of Global Container Terminal Operators has…
Dire need to generate extensive jobs for young workers, technicians, engineers and management professionals [dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistanis spent around Rs75 billion on…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ut neonics are said to be partly to blame for the rise in bee mortality rates in several countries, worsening…
To curb smuggling of parts need to set out action plan Interview with Engineer M. A. Jabbar — Chief Executive,…
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arket indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
PRODUCTION OF AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN (No of units produced) Category Installed Capacity 2014-15 (July-Mar) 2015-16 (July-Mar) % Change Cars…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n Pakistan, the overall automobile industry remained buoyant during first three quarters of the FY2016-17 after adjusting for some 5,000…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndus Motor Company Limited (IMC) was organized in 1989 as a consequence of a joint venture agreement among some companies…
GBP/USD WEEKLY OVERVIEW Despite British Prime Minister Theresa May formal request to quit European Union, this week pound gained up…
WALL STREET QUARTER ENDS WITH A LOSS Wall Street fell on Friday, pulled down by Exxon and JPMorgan Chase as…
MARKET REVIEW Bears continued to dominate the index during the week as the index shed 1.7%WoW to close in at…
STOCKS MAINTAINS GLOOMY OUTLOOK AHEAD OF PANAMA CASE VERDICT SUMMARY It seems that delay in announcing the decision of Panamagate…
KSE-100 INDEX RECOVERS BUT BEARS DOMINATE; POLITICAL NOISE CAUSES OUTFLOW OF FIPI KSE-100 Index after passing through depressed trading sessions…
PAKISTAN FIA ARRESTS THREE IN SOCIAL MEDIA BLASPHEMY CASE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested three individuals in…
39,000 TOYOTA CARS IN UAE MAY HAVE AIRBAG TROUBLE Al Futtaim Motors, the exclusive distributor of Toyota in the UAE…
OIL FALLS AFTER THREE-DAY RALLY Oil prices fell on Friday after a three-day rally ran out of steam due to…
BALTIC INDEX TOUCHES OVER 2-YEAR HIGH The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for dry-bulk carriers, hit…
WEEK-ON-WEEK: SPI FALL 0.19PC The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended March 30, 2017 registered a decrease of…
REVENUE FALLS DUE TO TARIFF WAR AMONG TELECOM OPERATORS NEW DELHI: The government has taken cognisance of the fall in…
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]NOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY THE NEW TECHNOLOGY EMBRACES AND FEEDS OFF THE ENTIRE ARRAY OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE’S. The search for knowledge,…
SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE DIVIDEND OF RS 7.50 PER SHARE 18% GROWTH OBSERVED IN PROFIT The 68th Annual General Meeting of National…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is one of the best known lagging indicators. The consumer price index expresses the current prices of a basket…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he balance of trade compares the value of a country’s exports of goods and services against its imports. When exports…
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]emographic is the study of a population based on factors such as age, race and sex, among others. Governments, corporations…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nflation is a sustained increase in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy. When the…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n interest rate is the cost of borrowing money, or conversely, the income earned from lending money. Interest rates are…
Special incentives for import of new plant and machinery and technology up-gradation will be provided [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he mid-term Strategic Trade Policy…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Indus Waters Treaty, by dividing the rivers and excluding Afghanistan and China, remains a sub-optimal treaty and needs to…
The nation of over 200 million is the real driving force of the country [dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s GDP growth rate expected to…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s sugar industry is the second largest agro-based industry in the country after textiles. At present it is diversifying into…
Significant investments in education and health still lacking [dropcap]B[/dropcap]alochistan will take years to come at par with developed regions of…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]extile industry is the backbone of the economy and generates the highest export earnings. It has failed to meet the…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he timely of completion of $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and mainly development of Gwadar Port under these…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he remittance market for sending foreign exchange into Pakistan using remittance transfers both by overseas workers and the rest of…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan has a rich and vast natural resource base, covering various ecological and climatic zones; hence the country has great…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he State Bank of Pakistan in view of the low inflation rate which is expected to remain well anchored going forward…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan is blessed with rich fishery potential with a coastline of about 1,120 km. Fish is an important component of…
Interview with Dr Khusro Iqbal – Expert in Human Resources [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=”300″]Profile During his professional and personal…
Interview with Mr Abdul Rahim Janoo — Chief Patron, Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile CHIEF…
[dropcap]Dr.[/dropcap] Mahbubul Haq was Pakistan’s 13th finance minister from the period of April 1985 till January 1988. He was a…
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]arket indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
LITERACY RATE (10 YEARS AND ABOVE)-PAKISTAN AND PROVINCES (PERCENT) Province/Area 2013-14 2014-15 Male Female Total Male Female Total Pakistan 70…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s economy continued to sustain its growth momentum in the FY2015-16. The gradual building up of the growth momentum suggests…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]enazir Income Support Program (BISP) is Pakistan’s largest social safety net that offers quarterly stipends to over 5.4 million of…
GBP/USD WEEKLY OVERVIEW The dollar dipped for the fourth day running against the basket of currencies used to measure its…
KSE-100 INDEX ENDS WEEK WITH SLIGHT LOSSES The Pakistan Stock Exchange ended the week on a flattish note, with the…
MARKET REVIEW Index broke its losing streak despite political noise & low international oil price and closed the week at…
EQUITIES REMAIN JITTERY AND STRUGGLE FOR DIRECTION SUMMARY The stock traded for only four days in a week as it…
MARKET VOLUMES REMAIN DULL, FOREIGN INSTITUTIONAL PORTFOLIO INVESTORS TO MAKE IMPACT Although the KSE-100 Index opened marginally positive yet was…
PAKISTAN: GSMA CALLS ON PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TO UNLOCK ITS DIGITAL FUTURE: The GSMA today set out a number of measures…
FED RATE HIKE POSITIVE FOR GCC The impact of the Federal Reserve’s rate rise will be broadly positive for the…
US APPROVES TRANSCANADA KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE US President Donald Trump’s administration approved TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, cheering…
DRY BULK CAPESIZE RATES TO REMAIN FIRM Freight rates for large capesize dry cargo vessels on key Asian routes, which…
PUNJAB GOVT TO SLAP BAN ON IMPORT OF TYRE SCRAP Punjab Minister of Industries, Commerce and Investment Sheikh Alauddin has…
US BANS DRUG PRODUCTION SITE IN INDIA MUMBAI- U.S. health regulators have banned a drug production site in India belonging…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ACE REALITY EXPLOIT THE NEW REALITIES. Today’s new realities fit neither the assumption of the Left not those of the…
PNSC FEATURES IN GLOBAL SHIPPING Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC), is a National Flag Carrier enjoys a global presence in…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is one of the best known lagging indicators. The consumer price index expresses the current prices of a basket…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he balance of trade compares the value of a country’s exports of goods and services against its imports. When exports…
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]ibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]emographic is the study of a population based on factors such as age, race and sex, among others. Governments, corporations…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nflation is a sustained increase in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy. When the…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n interest rate is the cost of borrowing money, or conversely, the income earned from lending money. Interest rates are…
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecent ratings reports by Moody’s and Fitch Ratings on Pakistan’s banking sector and economy respectively show a stable outlook with…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ike other middle and low income developing countries, Pakistan is continuously faced with consistency of fiscal risks endangering its economic…
Team Leader-Research, Training & Development Unit, Islamic Banking Group, National Bank of Pakistan [dropcap]T[/dropcap]hough the efforts towards shariah compliance by…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile a large percentage of remittances are sent through informal channels, formalization of remittance transfers makes the process more secure…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]onsumer financing has seen a surge in the last two fiscal years primarily due to a big jump in auto…
MOBILE WALLETS [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ithin branchless banking framework, Over the Counter (OTC) Model is agent facilitated which no matter how convenient and…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]overnor State Bank of Pakistan Ashraf Mahmood Wathra in a meeting with the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Presidents of…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith Gwadar port set to fully functional soon, there are immense prospects for growth of banking industry in Balochistan. Lack…
Deposits are becoming unattractive for the customers [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he profitability of the banking industry is under substantial pressure. The last two…
Bank Alfalah Auto Loan provides flexible auto-financing options with suitable payment plan [dropcap]F[/dropcap]aysal Bank Limited was incorporated in Pakistan on…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hina and Pakistan have for a long time cooperated closely at the diplomatic levels and currently both countries are making…