Conversation with Mr Rashid Hashmi – CEO, Muhammad Hashim Tajir Surma [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile Mr. Muhammad Rashid Hashmi,…
Year: 2017
Interview with Mr Abdul Waheed Khan — Director Administration, Quaid-e-Azam Group of Schools and Colleges [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
TOP 10 DEADLIEST DISEASES IN THE WORLD 1. Coronary Artery Disease (Ischemic Heart Disease) 6. HIV/AIDS 2. Stroke 7. Diarrheal…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Karachi, set up during 1985, is the primary teaching site of the Aga…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]orporate Social Responsibility (CSR) means a responsible business. It is also a perception of having a corporate conscience or corporate…
PAKISTANI RUPEE MOVEMENT: Pak Rupees weakened during the week in inter-bank market as it opened on Monday at Rs.104.60/80 while…
BULLISH SPELL DEEPENS AT PSX A bullish trend continued on Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and the benchmark KSE-100 gained another…
MARKET REVIEW Index started the week with the much anticipated correction but staged a recovery towards the latter half of…
BULLS BREAK LOSING STREAK TO TOSS INDEX ABOVE 49,000 SUMMARY Pakistan stocks continued its decline on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday…
CHINESE CONSORTIUM ACQUIRES 40PC STAKE IN PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGE The purchase agreement of 40 percent stake in Pakistan Stock Exchange…
PAKISTAN: A FEW GOOGLE HOME OWNERS ALREADY HAVE BLUETOOTH ENABLED: At Google I/O 2017, the company proclaimed that it is…
NEWBUILDING ACTIVITY RETURNS BUT ON ‘SNAIL PACE’ It seems that the trend set in 2016, when newbuilding orders hit a…
KUWAIT PLANS TO MANAGE ITS OWN ASSETS AS WORLD’S FIFTH LARGEST SOVERIGHT WEALTH Davos, Dubai: Kuwait Investment Authority is planning…
PKR: LITTLE CHANGES The rupee moved slightly in relation to the dollar on Friday in the process of trading, Kamal…
CHINA SCRAPS MORE THAN 100 POWER PLANTS China has announced plans to cancel more than 100 coal plants currently in…
DROUGHT HITS SUGAR PRICES IN INDIA The two years of drought and climate-related challenges are creating a whiplash in sugar…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]OMMON CORE OF UNITY THERE HAS TO BE A “COMMON CULTURE” OR AT LEAST A “CULTURAL AFFINITY.” Successful diversification by…
SHAHEEN AIR INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES A NEW AIRBUS A319 TO ITS FLEET Resplendent in gold, the new aircraft dons the new…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
Life insurance against non-life segment taking much interest [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he insurance market in Pakistan is poised for rapid growth as the…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is huge potential for growth for the insurance industry in the country, both life and general. With rising cost…
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]aving largest Pakistan economy, Sindh is the second largest province of Pakistan population wise after Punjab. Being historically home to…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] remember once a long time ago when the brightest kids from Pakistan used to dream of being stockbrokers in…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]gricultural insurance is undeveloped in Pakistan. Livestock insurance was the first as crop insurance is new and was introduced in…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan health sector remained in a disastrous position in its entire history. Pakistan’s successive governments have not given any due…
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ubilee Life Insurance Company Limited was incorporated in Pakistan on June 29, 1995 as a Public Limited Company under the…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he health indicators in Balochistan are poorer than any other province of Pakistan. Though health sector in Balochistan remained the…
Interview with Mr. Ihtsham Ul Haq Qureshi, CEO – Asia Insurance Company Limited ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2016: 1- Completion of company’s…
Interview with Mr Naim Anwar — Managing Director & CEO, Crescent Star Insurance Limited [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile Mr…
Interview with Mr Tariq Hussain — Expert insurance industry [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile Professional Qualification: FCMA, FCIS, FPA, CMILT-(UK)…
China ready to assist Pakistan in empowering its labor force in accordance with the industrial requirements [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=””…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
INSURANCE SECTOR IN PAKISTAN DURING NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 (Non-Life Members) (PKR in ‘000) S.No Name of Companies…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s Insurance sector is relatively small compared to its peers in the region. The insurance penetration and density stayed very…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1990, the Government of Pakistan reopened the life insurance business to the private sector organizations and EFU Life Assurance…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United Insurance Company of Pakistan Limited (UIC) was established during 1959 and was operational in Pakistan counting East Pakistan…
PAKISTANI RUPEE MOVEMENT: Pak Rupees weakened during the week in inter-bank market as it opened on Monday at Rs.104.60/80 while…
BANKS PUSH PAKISTAN STOCKS DOWN Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) came under pressure as the financiers opted to book profit on…
MARKET REVIEW The index traded sideways closing the week flat at 49,210 points. Broadly, market saw a cautious stance by…
INDEX SETS HISTORIC MARK OF OVER 49,000; PROFIT-TAKING PARES DOWN GAINS SUMMARY It was a volatile week for PSX as…
PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGE POSTS NEW ALL-TIME RECORD SURGE; MARKET MAY SEE UNPREDICTABILITY Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained top leading stocks…
PAKISTAN: A FEW GOOGLE HOME OWNERS ALREADY HAVE BLUETOOTH ENABLED: At Google I/O 2017, the company proclaimed that it is…
NATIONAL BANK OF OMAN Q4 NET PROFIT SLIPS 19.9PC Dubai: National Bank of Oman (NBO), the sultanate’s third-largest lender by…
OIL RATES STUMBLE AFTER STRONG JUMP IN US CRUDE STOCKS Crude prices slipped Thursday after data showed a stronger-than-expected increase…
ROCKY PATH AHEAD FOR ASIA TANKER MARKET Asia’s crude tanker market faces the double whammy of a flood of newbuild…
PKR: RATES ALMOST UNCHANGED Steadier trend was witnessed on the money market on Friday in the process of trading, Kamal…
AIRTEL PAYMENTS BANK OFFERS 7.25PC INTEREST NEW DELHI: Airtel Payments Bank on Thursday launched nationwide operations, offering 7.25% interest on…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]USINESS NOT FINANCIAL STRATEGY “THERE AIN’T NO BARGAINS,” AND “YOU GET AT MOST WHAT YOU PAY FOR,” Successful acquisitions are…
UBER HIRES SAFEE SHAH AS GM FOR PAKISTAN Uber, the international smartphone app that seamlessly connects riders to drivers, and…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
Gov quarters and private sector must jointly find out a methodology for increasing the exports to control trade deficit: LCCI…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome of the analysts at the recently held FT Commodities Global Summit said they expect oil prices to hover between…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he rising oil prices are the major concern for all the developing economies and Pakistan is suffering from it too.…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he present government has decided to keep the prices of petroleum products unchanged for the month of January. The Oil…
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]ast fluctuations in oil prices have played a significant role in putting economies into recession. Since 2008, oil prices have…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ttock Refinery Limited (ARL) is the pioneer and pacesetter of Pakistan’s petroleum refining industry. Set up in 1922, the Refinery…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he experts consider renewable energy sources like water, wind, sunlight etc. as clean, eco-friendly and sustainable all over the world.…
Oil prices may gradually rise towards $60 per barrel by the end of 2017: experts [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he continuous rise in oil…
[dropcap]”H[/dropcap]igher than the mountains, deeper than the oceans, stronger than steel, dearer than eyesight and sweeter than honey,” these are…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan oil and gas sector has surfaced as the single largest revenue earner with more than Rs912 billion contributions to…
First quarter result shows worsening of both fiscal and current account deficits [dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the last two years, Pakistan’s “exports have…
For modern trading platform PMEX be required to broadly help farmers Interview with Mr Zafar M. Sheikh — President &…
Interview with Raziuddin Razi — CEO, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil & Gas Co Ltd [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile Raziuddin Razi,…
Pakistan’s whole energy sector highly politicized, optimal utilization of our indigenous resources hard to meet Interview with Mr Abbas Bilgrami…
Interview with Mr Abdul Sami Khan — Chairman, Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association and Chairman, CNG Dealers Association [box type=”shadow” align=””…
Interview with Mr Adil Mirza — Equity Research Analyst [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile Mr. Adil Mirza is a senior…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
PETROLEUM PRICES IN PAKISTAN (Rs/Ltr) DATE HOBC PREMIUM HS DIESEL LS DIESEL KEROSENE Jan 02, 2017 72.68 66.27 75.22 43.35…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]etroleum products account for a substantial portion of Pakistan’s import bill. During FY2011-12, Pakistan imported $18.9 billion worth of crude…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the past 39 years, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has been fueling the needs of the state and acknowledged as…
PAKISTANI RUPEE MOVEMENT: Pak Rupees weakened during the week in inter-bank market as it opened on Monday at Rs.104.60/80 while…
PSX STANDS ANOTHER MILESTONE Pakistan Stock Exchange on Friday achieved another milestoneas the benchmark KSE-100 Index crossed 49,000 points psychological…
MARKET REVIEW Index rode on the positive momentum and continued with the re-rating story this week. Even the investors’ cautiousness…
INDEX CROSSES MILESTONE OF 49,000 MARK, NEW YEAR BEGINS ON STRONG POSITIVE NOTE SUMMARY The week started with a bang…
RECORD UPWARD TREND PERSISTS; INVESTORS TO SEE CAUTIOUS MOVE Activity in the wider Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained bullish throughout…
PAKISTAN: A FEW GOOGLE HOME OWNERS ALREADY HAVE BLUETOOTH ENABLED: At Google I/O 2017, the company proclaimed that it is…
COST OF LIVING IN ABU DHABI TO RISES AS MUNICIPALITY FEE KICKS IN Abu Dhabi: The municipality fee on tenants…
GOLD RISES NEARLY 4-WEEK HIGH Gold rose to the highest in nearly four weeks on Wednesday as the dollar edged…
SULPHUR OIL AND BALLAST WATER TREATMENT SET RULE FOR VESSELS NOW Shipowners around the world are faced with increasing costs,…
PETROLEUM LEVY: FIA RECOVERS RS 440 MN FROM OMCS Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has made significant progress in investigation into…
WRAP UP RS 70,000 CRORE AIR INDIA SCAM PROBE BY JUNE, SC SAYS CBI NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ordered…
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ESOURCE-ALLOCATION DECISIONS THE ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL AND PEOPLE DETERMINE WHETHER THE ORGANIZATION WILL DO WELL OR POORLY. The allocation of…
OUTLOOK OF ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE Due to sharply declined trends in Oil prices, slow economic pace & Arab spring,…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
All-time low interest rates should trigger consumer finance growth [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is certainly an impressive achievement that the digital economy has…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]inancial experts have identified the key issues hitting the growth of consumer financing in Pakistan. These issues include the high…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]onsumer financing has seen a surge in the last two fiscal years primarily due to a big jump in auto…
Country facing shortage of around 10 million housing units MCB Home Loan fulfilling dream; opens doors to numerous sensible financing…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a greater demand for consumer financing in Islamic banking in the country that is evenly distributed amongst rural…