[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ocial media is particularly a powerful channel of communication and therefore is of significant value to firms. Social media allows…
Year: 2017
GUL AHMED: ONLINE SHOP Gul Ahmed is always presents quality and innovative designs a per new fashion statements. Gul Ahmed…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]oogle is now the world’s most valuable brand. The annual ranking from Brand Finance says Google’s (GOOGL, -0.61%) monetary value…
Systematic collection of data on home-based workers and their contribution needs to be institutionalized [dropcap]G[/dropcap]rowing presence of foreign brands in…
Below are reputable Food and Beverage Companies in Pakistan: NESTLE PAKISTAN Nestle Pakistan is the best leading food company in…
DEMAND FOR POTATO SNACKS ARE ACCELERATING [dropcap]T[/dropcap]raditional eating habits of Pakistanis are changing. Processed foods sales are expanding. International quality…
Interview with Mr Zeeshan N. Ahmed – Founder, Grow Online Pvt. Ltd., takes a look at how mobile has transformed…
Interview with Mr Salim Ghauri – CEO, NETSOL Technologies Inc [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]PROFILE: Mr Salim Ghauri is a…
Interview with Dr Saiyid Khusro Iqbal — Head of HR, General Tyre & Rubber Company (Pakistan) [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=””…
Interview with Mr Sultan Hamdani – Founder and partner, Maison Consulting Pakistan and Gulf Economist once again got a chance…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS EXCHANGE RATES CURRENCY ACTIVITY Friday 14-Jul Friday 21-Jul Friday 28-Jul Friday 4-Aug Friday 11-Aug Friday 18-Aug DOLLAR…
3G/4G SUBSCRIBERS IN PAKISTAN Operator CMPak (Zong) PMCL (Jazz) Telenor PTML (Ufone) Warid Total Technology 3G 4G 3G LTE 3G 4G…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the last 70 years, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) Pakistan’s largest broadband services providers has embarked upon an ambitious…
[dropcap]Nestlé[/dropcap] Pakistan is proud to offer healthy and quality of brands/products in the market and has high aims to be…
PAKISTAN SHARES RECOVER ON SUPPORT FROM LOCAL INSTITUTIONS Pakistan stocks once again bounced back to recover some of the losses…
MARKET REVIEW The local bourse shed 437pts during the week and closed at 42,642pts, down by 1.0%WoW. The market observed…
INDEX CUT LOSSES ON SUPPORT FROM LOCAL INSTITUTIONS BUT REMAINS BEARISH SUMMARY Due to political uncertainty created by the NAB…
BEARISH SENTIMENTS TO PREVAIL, PAK-AFGHAN POLICY MAY SPOILSPORTS The incumbent government led by PML (N) already under domestic pressure, faces…
PAKISTAN: INTEL COFFE LAKE-U 15W CPUS DETAILED- CORE 17-8650U, CORE I7-8550U PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATIONS UNVEILED IN MULTIPLE LEAKS: Intel will…
REEM AL HASHEMI DISCUSSES EXPO 2020 PROGRESS WITH KHALAF AHMAD AL HABTOOR Dubai: Reem Al Hashemi, the UAE Minister of…
COPPER HITS THREE YEARS HIGH AS SPECULATORS PILE INTO MARKET Copper hit a three-year high and nickel touched its strongest…
BALTIC MAIN INDEX SLIDES ON LOWER RATES FOR LARGER VESSELS The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, tracking rates for…
RUPEE STABLE AGAINST DOLLAR The rupee remained stable against the dollar at 105.3/105.5 in the inter-bank market on Friday compared…
KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW TO LEAD INFY CEO SEARCH, TO ALSO TAP ALUMNI BENGALURU: Nandan Nilekani, the non-executive chairman of Infosys,…
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ITTING THEM WHERE THEY AREN’T “HITTING THEM WHERE THEY AREN’T” OUTFLANKS THE BY CREATIVE IMITATION. Here, the innovator doesn’t create…
TCF ADP CERTIFICATE CEREMONY HELD A certificate distribution ceremony, conducted by the TCF Ambassadors at IBA, was held on 25th…
[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…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Author: Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull[/box] [dropcap]I’m[/dropcap] sitting on a…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ala Sirriyeh, Keele University[/box] [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]oung immigrants from across the US participated in the first act of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sujatha Raman, University of Nottingham and Warren Pearce, University of Sheffield[/box] [dropcap]O[/dropcap]n numerous matters including food,…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarah Gerson, Cardiff University; Merideth Gattis, Cardiff University, and Netta Weinstein, Cardiff University[/box] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]efore babies start…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McKenna, Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he rise and fall of civilizations over the past 4,000 years is…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chris Doucouliagos, Professor of Economics[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap] world where a few people have most of the wealth…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]asic mind set of any type of Investor is to manage the risk and maximize the returns. The common phenomenon…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or considerably long time Pakistan stock market has remained one of the best performing markets of the world. While there…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is the general belief that fast advancement in technology is adversely impacting employment level both in developed and developing…
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]uring the past few years Mutual Fund Industry has witnessed significant growth. It expanded from Rs 24 billion at the…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s stock market can manage to survive the political upheaval in the country. This is evident from the recent disqualification…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f an analyst examines Pakistan’s economy in detail a few points are evident: 1) despite many odds the country has…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he outgoing fiscal year 2016 turned out to be quite eventful with respect to multiple developments in the capital markets.…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] vibrant and robust capital market has a pivotal role in the economic growth and development of a country. There…
More public awareness will boost the industry [dropcap]M[/dropcap]utual funds will come up with bank deposits over the few years as…
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the last few years, the local mutual fund industry has shown decent growth in terms of assets as well…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast year, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) put Pakistan in Emerging Markets index (EM) from frontier market index (FM). The…
[dropcap]UBL[/dropcap] Fund Managers is the leading Asset Management Company of Pakistan offering savings and investment solutions to institutional and individual…
Interview with Ms Maheen Rahman — CEO, Alfalah GHP Investment Management Ltd [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]About Alfalah GHP Investment…
Interview with Dr Amjad Waheed — CFA, Chief Executive Officer, NBP Fullerton Asset Management Limited (NAFA) [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=””…
MUFAP is making significant contributions and regulated the industry norms to great extent Interview with Ms Mashmooma Zehra Majeed –…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS EXCHANGE RATES CURRENCY ACTIVITY Friday 14-Jul Friday 21-Jul Friday 28-Jul Friday 4-Aug Friday 11-Aug Friday 18-Aug DOLLAR…
PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGE Description 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 (end March, 2017) Total Listed Companies 569 557 560 560 560…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan is working well-organized to develop a modern and efficient corporate sector and the…
Mutual fund industry takes a rise of over 7pc in Q1 of 2017 [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he capital market of any state plays…
WALL STREET ENDS DOWN US stocks lost ground late to end lower on Friday following a White House-focused week that…
MARKET REVIEW The stock market maintained the downward trajectory in this week (except Tuesday, where the market exhibited meager recovery…
POLITICAL TURMOIL CONTINUE TO HAMMER KSE-100 INDEX, SHEDDING 2,210 POINTS SUMMARY The week at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), shorter by…
FOREIGN INTEREST WEAKENS OVER POLITICAL UNEASE, CURRENCY DEPRECIATION Political uncertainty raised further after the departure of Mian Nawaz Sharif. The…
PAKISTAN: CCP IMPOSES PKR 10 MILLION PENALTY ON COLGATE-PALMOLIVE PAKISTAN: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has passed an order…
UAE BIG CLEARANCE SALE: 80% OFF DESIGNER LABELS Dubai: In a city populated with malls and shopping centres, one can’t…
OIL EDGES UP ON FALL IN US CRUDE STOCKS Oil prices edged up on Thursday, clawing back some ground after…
GLOBAL SHIPPING FIRMS GOING SUPER-SIZED The hulking container ships that transport sneakers, bananas and barbie dolls around the world keep…
CURRENCY: PKR STABLE AGAINST $ The rupee remained stable against the dollar at 105.3/105.5 in the inter-bank market on Friday…
STRICTER PENALTIES FOR CALL DROPS NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai has increased the penalty for call drops and imposed stricter…
[dropcap]U[/dropcap]NREALIZED BUSINESS POTENTIAL “OPPORTUNITY IS WHERE YOU FIND IT,” NOT WHERE IT FINDS YOU. Luck, chance and catastrophe affect business…
NBP PRESIDENT VISITS QUETTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & THE BANK’S BRANCHES IN THE CITY Saeed Ahmad, President and CEO of…
[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…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Author: Janet Krska, University of Kent[/box] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]ost people aren’t aware that high street pharmacies offer much…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Author: Charlotte O’Brien, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of York [/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has emerged that the…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccess to financing is now widely acknowledged as a path to meaningful economic inclusion and reduction in poverty. Policy efforts…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or decades Pakistanis have been hearing about the geopolitical importance of their country. However, the country continues to suffer from…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s ballooning external debt and liabilities continue to burden its economy at a time when the country is facing multiple…
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]conomic sovereignty cannot be safely pursued without a strong and stable economy which is free from the burden of excessive…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan cannot achieve its full economic potential without the participation of its entire workforce. Women entrepreneurship and women empowerment plays…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan made appearance on the map of the world in August 1947. The founder of the nation Muhammad Ali Jinnah…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]alochistan has enormous potential to emerge as Pakistan’s new economic frontier. Unfortunately, it still remains the least developed and poorest…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan withstands the burden of one of the most illiterate countries of Asia. About half of the male population is…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]one are the days when countries were conquered by the armies, now superpowers make the smaller countries subservient by getting…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here are two schools of thoughts on the effect microfinance has had on poverty and financial inclusion. One says that…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s geopolitical importance cannot be exaggerated. Pakistan is an important country in the stability of South and Central Asia. Neither…