The respective governments in Pakistan have been making efforts for the revival of the shipping industry since the early 1990s.…
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Currently, Pakistan’s circular debt stands at a whopping Rs1.4 trillion, which includes the loans accumulated by previous governments. The alarming…
With a population of nearly three million people, the demand for water of Quetta city is increasing due to surge…
[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Zahid Mubarik SHRM-SCP, SPHRi, GPHR He is the CEO of HR Metrics and SHRM Partner in…
The e-commerce market in Pakistan has now been around for nearly 18 years. Though, the e-commerce sector has focused mainly…
Predicting the oil prices is a million dollar question; in fact, it’s a game of billions of dollars literally. The…
Home-based workers are a major section of the society. They have to be seen as workers and producers. For making…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
Mobile Money The global financial sector is witnessing a significant transformation due to technological progress and the role it has…
Pakistani newspapers and magazines are full of praises for the Government of Pakistan (GoP) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)…
The Government of Pakistan (GoP) has launched ‘Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan SME Lending Program’ aimed at providing self-employment opportunities to…
The financial tsunami that erupted in 2008 has swept the global financial community, and the major financial giants also fell…
On Jan 21, 2017 the PSX signed an agreement for the sale of 40 percent strategic shares in the Pakistan…
Among the developing countries having agrarian base, Pakistan is bracketed with countries having a large rural impoverished population. According to…
The Pakistan’s economy is facing numerous challenges, which has impacted the overall economic activity. The economy is still and essentially…
The SBP Policy Rate set by Monetary Policy Committee MPC-SBP at staggering 12.25% needs re-definition and aligning it with our…
A robust banking sector is a healthy sign for the economy of a country. It is this sector that plays…
There are numbers of professional works in banks that are needed artificial review, which should be careful and conscientious. Therefore,…
Mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) have clearly been the main driving force behind the country’s recent surge in internet users,…
House mortgage refers to the loans provided by banks who obtain the debtors’ property house property or other effective bonds…
Though Pakistan is now 72 years old, still our economy is going through a transition phase. The stabilization policies are…
Though Balochistan has vast potential in insurance sector, yet the sector could not play its due role in the local…
Automobile finance is a financial activity that integrates funds in the process of production, circulation, and consumption of automobile, mainly…
The recently announced Rs309 billion agriculture package, with emphasis on improving crop yields, livestock development and import substitution can be…
Imagine a robotic lens zooming in on the wheat sprout. It captures images and sends them to an AI (Artificial…
Taxation on agriculture income has been a debatable issue in Pakistan since long owing to its intricate democratic structure. Since…
Pakistan stock market witnessed a substantial decline of 12% in Rupee terms and 23% in US$ terms during 4QFY19 amidst…
Agriculture sector have a great role in the economic development and prosperity of Pakistan. In the early time, it is…
Fisheries is an important sector but it contributes only 0.3 percent to the overall GDP of Pakistan and 1.3 percent…
Lot of area in Pakistan is lying uncultivated which is boosting the tractors industry in Pakistan. Population is growing day…
Since the independence of Pakistan, the food and agriculture sector has been engaged in recreating its economy successively. In the…
Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) is one of the leading public listed fertilizer manufacturing & marketing companies of the country, with…
Public utilities refer to the business that is responsible for maintaining public service infrastructure. Maybe it will be under the…
The prices of all the food items are skyrocketing likewise the price of dates reached Rs300 per kg. Arvi Rs180…
Balochistan offers the investors lucrative opportunities to invest in fruit farms. The distinctive climatic conditions in the province provide diversity…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
As a result of globalization, today the world is changing rapidly. This is not limited to any particular country. Therefore,…
Nation-building is referred to the process of getting all the citizens involved in the socioeconomic prosperity of a country. However,…
The current population of Pakistan is 204 million which is 2.65 percent of the total world population. As per the…
In 2015, UNDP proposed seventeen 17 goals including a new global education goal (SDG 4) that need to be achieved…
Education is the main tool to develop human capital. The analysis of investments in health and education is unified in…
Analysts seem to have the reasons to believe that new Governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Reza Baqir, has not…
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, referred to as Pakistan, means “holy land” and “halal country”. It is located in the…
Currently, Pakistan is one of Asia’s fastest growing internet markets, with over one million people going online via mobile phones…
UIT has provided close to quarter of century outstanding service to the nation in the field of higher education in…
Logistics marketplaces are taking highly specialized areas by storm. With Container xChange, we’re building the first online platform for container…
Government must announce a new livestock policy involving the private sector for promotion of the organized cattle farming activities in…
Trying to stabilize the uncertain economic conditions of the country, the PTI government has set an ambitious tax revenue targets…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
June 11th was the lucky day for Hammad Azhar, Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs as he presented…
Pakistan is a developing country that belongs to an underdeveloped capitalist market economy. The economy is dominated by agriculture, whose…
Finally, Pakistan managed to garner much-needed support from three-member states of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to avoid being…
The present government unveiled its first full budget with total outlay of Rs. 7.022 trillion for FY 2019-2020. Following is…
Last week, the Balochistan government announced a Rs419.92 billion budget for the fiscal year 2019-20 with a Rs41.71 billion deficit…
Public utility is the general term for various businesses that serve people’s daily life, which possesses the basic characteristics of…
The recent budget for FY 2019-20 has outlined incentives for some industries while other may feel the pinch. On a…
Image from https://www.asiatimes.com/ Pakistan’s growth rate of GDP has reached a new high. According to the data released by the…
Balochistan has been lacking a corporate culture and hence it witnessed a meager corporate growth over the past many decades…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
Pakistan is blessed with unlimited natural and marine resources. Pakistan’s 1,200 kilometers lengthy coastline with the Arabian Sea is a…
Three weeks ago I wrote an article ‘Brewing turmoil in Pakistan’s backyard’ and the concluding remarks were, “The fact remains…
The history of use of waterborne vessels is as old as humans. Research has found the use of boats as…
Among the South Asian countries, Pakistan enjoys a special status as a traditional friendly neighbor of China and an all-weather…
By virtue of its strategic location, Gwadar Port has greater scope and tremendous potential to emerge as hub port in…
Hutchison Ports KICT is Pakistan’s leading deep water container terminal. The new facility is the closest Pakistan port to the…
There is a strong nexus of high illiteracy with high poverty in least developed Balochistan. A lethal combination of militancy…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
Government expenditure is a critical factor in the calculation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of any country. Hence, it is…
Like other countries, role of manufacturing sector in Pakistan’s economy is of paramount significance. Enhanced exports are believed to benefit…
Of all the tax amnesty schemes announced, the last tax amnesty scheme was unique in this respect that it was…
Last quarter of any financial year is not less than a budget season. Everyone including government institutes, corporate sector, government…
The global energy markets are in flux and the scene is changing rapidly. Most analysts believe that profound shifts are…
Pakistan has promising future but chaos must be handled generously, says EFP chief Pakistan & Gulf Economist sought views of the…
Farmers must not allow cultivation of genetically modified maize and other crops All the major stakeholders of agriculture sector including…
Present government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan has planned to privatize 48 public sector entities (PSEs) including loss-making Pakistan…
A nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote Blue Economy Blue Economy identifies the water bodies as main drivers of…
The National Economic Council (NEC),the country’s highest decision-making body on economic policy, in consensus with federal cabinet is looking forward…
The present Balochistan government led by Chief Minister Jam Kamal needs to allocate sufficient funds in the budget for next…
A nationwide campaign of Bahria University to promote Blue Economy Shipping logistics represents a person or company who contracts to…
Image source: https://www.google.com Former finance minister Asad Umar, who made a speech at the extra-budgetary consultation and scheduled conference in…
Image source: South Asia Center Pakistan announces fiscal year budget for next fiscal year, setting an additional income target…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
Remittances have been playing a very significant role for the overall economic development of Pakistan. Therefore, it is important to…
The five biggest challenges the international money transfer industry is facing in 2019 would break down something like this: Globally…
A non-bank foreign exchange company (also known as foreign exchange broker or simply forex broker) is a company that offers…
Pakistan is a fast-growing developing country and a member of the WTO, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Group of 77,…
During this past week the benchmark index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) posted one of the largest weekly gains of…
1- If one looks at the remittances figures in FY19, overall increase in volumes from the US and UK will…
Remittances plays a crucial role in Pakistan’s economy. According to World Bank’s report the projected Pakistan’s remittances growth to remain…
Some new and disruptive business forces are rendering the traditional electricity business model obsolete and it may not serve well…