Talks between the two sides were to begin shortly after a US-Taliban agreement in February, but began only over the…
Year: 2020
Published in The Nation on Sep 13th, 2020, Online Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned his French counterpart Emmanuel…
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of drugs sit on the shelf at the Rock Canyon Pharmacy, in Provo, Utah, U.S., May 9,…
Published in The Nation on Sep 12th, 2020, Anadolu The Palestinian Authority on Friday condemned Bahrain’s move of normalizing…
*Prime Minister rubbishes mindset doubting patriotism of dual national Pakistanis Prime Minister Imran Khan rubbishing the mindset doubting the patriotism…
Jebel Ali port welcomes container ship HMM GDANSK on maiden visit Gulf: DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Port has welcomed…
Japan’s worst postwar economic downturn could force new leader to boost stimulus Japan’s economy sank deeper into its worst postwar…
Traders fear 10pc drop in Sept exports Traders have voiced fear that Pakistan’s export revenues will decline further in the…
An EU ETS for shipping would undermine a global GHG solution Yesterday the World Shipping Council published a paper highlighting…
Pakistan News: Cyber crimes increased by 120pc in year: National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication has decided…
Commodity Markets In 2020 Sugar industry needs to outsource field production, upgrade technology Sugarcane is one of the highest yielding…
Leadership and motivation The Success of the entire business depends on the most important resource of any organization which is…
Mian Zahid lauds pm, COAS interest in improving Karachi situation Says masses, business community optimistic about future President Pakistan Businessmen…
Kibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Sep 11, 2020[/box] Global investment in renewable energy has almost doubled in the past decade.…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Willem Roper, Sep 11, 2020[/box] People are spending more time outdoors thanks to COVID-19 indoor restrictions. New data…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Sep 11, 2020[/box] The ascent of Jane Fraser as the head of Citigroup adds…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Sep 10, 2020[/box] As the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, better known as…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 8, 2020[/box] When it comes to education, there are not only big differences in…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 8, 2020[/box] The latest global university ranking has been released by Times Higher Education, putting the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tom Butler President and Chief Executive Officer, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)[/box] The COVID-19…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ayla Majid Managing Director, Financial Advisory Services, Khalid Majid Rehman[/box] Sustainable finance is a key ingredient…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Wendy Rowan, University College Cork; Laura Lynch, University College Cork, and Stephen McCarthy, University College Cork[/box]…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lofred Madzou Project Lead, AI & Machine Learning, World Economic Forum Kate MacDonald New Zealand Government…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Blue Planet Studios Niccolò Pisani, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)[/box] The sudden stop of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Roderick Weller Project Lead, Clean Air, World Economic Forum Eleni Michalopoulou Research Associate, Stockholm Environment Institute…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lene Søvold Clinical psychologist and mental health advisor, Norway[/box] People have deployed four main coping strategies…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Philip Meissner Professor ESCP Business School, Founder & Director European Center for Digital Competitiveness Christian Poensgen…
With the world battling the novel coronavirus pandemic, the impact has been felt on every sector and everyday life. Perhaps…
The year 2019 has been good for the Takaful in Pakistan. This is evident from the performance of the Takaful…
Asia Insurance Company Limited is one of the fastest growing Insurance Companies of Pakistan. The company offers various solutions which…
Speaking at the recent launch of a new financing programme titled “Women Ventures” (WV) by Karandaaz Pakistan, in collaboration with…
Globalization has greatly impacted the mindset of the people as a whole. Besides that rapidly changing demographic profile of the…
Virgin Atlantic is pleased to announce it will be launching flights to Pakistan in December 2020. Operating three new routes…
Previous research on plagues and pandemics ranging from 14th century to the recent Spanish flu has established that pandemics greatly…
[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””] The Universal Insurance Company Limited – a part of Bibojee Group of Companies was established…
The Government of Pakistan has recently tabled an Amendment Bill to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) Act (Regulation…
The Gravitational forces of global geopolitics and geo-economics is moving back towards East from the West and as this rebalancing…
During 2020 State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reduced interest rate, which is likely to impact earnings of commercial banks.…
Health insurance is a mechanism for spreading the risk of incurring health care cost over a group of individuals or…
Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that rising pension bill is a far more serious problem for the government than…
In an exciting development for Pakistan’s capital market, TPL Trakker, a pure tech based company, was listed at Pakistan Stock…
Interview with Dr. Syed Arif Hussain — Insurance sector expert [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Dr. Syed Arif Hussain is serving…
Customer support, more awareness and digital offerings must for future growth of insurance sector Interview with Muhammad Nasir Ali Syed…
Interview with Mr Abbas Bilgrami — energy sector expert PAGE: Tell me something about yourself and your organization, please: Abbas…
Conversation with Mr Zafar Iqbal Ahmed — founding Managing Director, SAI Company (Private) Limited [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Founding…
Interview with Mr Amanullah Khan Paracha — Chairman of Pakistan Muslim Alliance [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Mr. Amanullah Khan…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
Key Information including window Takaful for the period ended March 31, 2020 (Business underwritten inside Pakistan) (PKR in ‘000) Name…
The studies revealed that insurance is one of the main and significant fields of the economy. To protect people from…
The people every day receive injuries in a road accident due to various reasons mainly high speeding as it is…
KSE-100 inches upward in volatile session Investor sentiment turned slightly bullish at the stock exchange on Monday, fuelled by hopes…
Companies policy matters and reports in focus The takeaways from Hub Power Company (HUBC) briefing narrate some interesting stories. A…
Published in ARY News on Aug 31st, 2020, By ARY Sports Manchester: Pakistan’s limited-overs captain Babar Azam against England at the…
Published in The Nation on Aug 29th, 2020, LAHORE-The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced the squads of…
Arsenal players celebrate with the trophy after winning the FA Community Shield, as play resumes behind closed doors following the…
Published in Gulf News on Aug 30th, 2020, AFP I can confirm Neymar is no longer a Nike athlete,…
Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa says the army has always supported sports and especially hockey. — AFP/File Published in Geo…
The Arabic, English and Hebrew word for ‘peace’ is seen on the Israeli flag carrier El Al’s aircraft on Monday…
Published in The Nation on Aug 31st, 2020, Sputnik The nomination of Lebanon’s next prime minister comes after Hassan Diab’s…
Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil (left) was greeted at the airport by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (right) [Sam Yeh/AFP]…
Indian army soldiers rest next to artillery guns at a makeshift transit camp before heading to Ladakh, near Baltal, southeast…
Published in BBC on Aug 31st, 2020, By Daniel Kraemer – BBC Political Research Unit Delays in processing UK…
*PM Imran wants Karachi Transformation Plan to be finalised in 1-week Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Ministry of…
GPT ready to welcome students with strict safety measures Gulf Pinnacle Transport (GPT) has announced that it is ready to…
Asia-Pacific Region New Chinese rules could complicate a sale of Tiktok’s US business China appears to have complicated efforts to…
Unpredictable export growth in pandemic The numbers on the trade pattern published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) for…
The end of the US shipping tax exemption for Hong Kong On 19 August 2020, the US State Department announced…
PAKISTAN NEWS: Pak air force starts working on AI to improve warfare capabilities: Aiming to increase the usage of Artificial…
Crude oil demand reaches plateau Global oil demand growth is expected to taper off, Julianne Geiger said quoting the latest…
Leadership and Motivation The Success of the entire business depends on the most important resource of any organization which is…
Karachi situation to hit economy, masses across Pakistan: Mian Zahid Hussain President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum and All Karachi…
Kibor rate is the average interest rate at which term deposits are offered between prime banks in the Pakistani wholesale…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Willem Roper, Aug 30, 2020[/box] Tourism is a large part of Canada’s public service sector, with national…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Aug 28, 2020[/box] Wildfires raging in California have been described as the ‘new normal’…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Aug 27, 2020[/box] China is by far the biggest e-commerce market in the world as seen…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Aug 27, 2020[/box] According to the latest figures (2020), there are an estimated 1.9…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Aug 27, 2020[/box] Wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal has released a new analysis of 5G download speeds in…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Aug 26, 2020[/box] Even though the iPhone 11, released on Sept 20, is cheaper compared…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Utkarsh Amitabh Global Shaper, New Delhi Hub, Network Capital[/box] • A “great unbundling” will see traditional…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ravindra Jayaratne, University of East London[/box] On the morning of August 29 2005, one of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Carlos Santiso Director for Digital Innovation in Government, Development Bank of Latin America; Member of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeremy Eng-Tuck Cheah, Nottingham Trent University[/box] One area in cryptocurrencies attracting huge attention is DeFi or…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sarah Perez Writer, Tech Crunch This article is published in collaboration with TechCrunch[/box] COVID-19 forced shops…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Olalekan Adekola, York St John University and Md Jahir Rizvi, Plymouth University[/box] Shipbreaking is among…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jad Daley President and CEO, American Forests Justin Adams Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, JLL[/box] A global survey suggests the majority of employees want to…
Pakistan has successfully managed to handle COVID-19 so far but its impact on Pakistan’s economy is so far massive. In…
The Punjab government deserves some commendation for initiating a digital solution to strengthen its wheat monitoring and regulation mechanism, and…
COVID-19 threatened the world in each and every sector of their economies and may also increase the chances of corruption…