In the first seven months of the current fiscal year, tractor sales rose 45 percent year-on-year to 38,173 units, according…
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[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]PROFILE – Zahid Mubarik SHRM-SCP, GPHR, SPHRI Zahid Mubarik is the CEO HR Metrics and founder…
Pakistan was built on a dream, a desire, a vision that surpassed all bounds to become a glorious nation. It…
With the induction of global brands and outlets, Pakistan’s retail sector at present witnessing a booming and impressive growth. The…
After registering a 10-year high growth of 5.7 percent last year, large scale manufacturing (LSM) has taken an even better…
Developing an understanding about the nature and economic drivers of Pakistan is crucial to critical thinking about its impact on…
It must be remembered that CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) is not just a transit route for Chinese exports but it…
If the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) completes on-time and Gwadar Port becomes fully operational as hub port, it will change…
In this year high GDP growth in Pakistan will help control the inflation. There is increase in macro sectors of…
Since Pakistan got independence it has been a key beneficiary of multilateral financial institutions. The World Bank, Asian Development Bank…
Home remittances and money sent back by Pakistanis working abroad have financed the bulk of Pakistan’s trade deficit for the…
The balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of the country’s export and import over a certain…
Balochistan contributes 34% national production of apple and 70% of dates. Nature has bestowed the province with so many natural…
Pakistan’s economy has largely impacted by the 9/11 and its consequences, especially the US the war against terror back in…
Pakistan would miss the export target of $35 billion this year by June 2018 set in the three-year Strategic Trade…
The country remained unsuccessful to overcome challenges on the external front where import figure continued moving upward where as the…
The caption may sound a little outrageous to readers, but it is a harsh reality. Over the years the country…
Natural gas is one of the principal sources of energy in our economy. The past decade has witnessed substantial changes…
The government has failed to adopt what is normally termed ‘any marketing strategy’ to boost manpower exports with a view…
The more than US$60 billion loan from the People’s Republic of China in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is set…
Despite all out efforts of developing countries to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and now sustaining what has been achieved…
We daily come across people making over-generalizations as to various economic factors. You daily encounter people saying that Pakistan’s economy…
An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of…
As the year ended amidst political uncertainties and disruption in financial management due to the absence of a full-fledged Finance…
Highlights of 2017 8.5% growth in Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Inflation rate of 3.9% Super strong growth in lending to the…
Pakistan is, and has been, a highly consumption-oriented society. The much lower level of investment in Pakistan reflects, in large…
The International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned that the growth rate of the available work force shall exceed the rate…
Over the years value of rupee has been eroded by either devaluation or crawling depreciation. The incidents of sudden and…
The strong rupee policy stance adopted by the government has caused grave damage to the economy. From managed float regime,…
In the inter-bank market, rupee was available in terms of dollar for buying and selling at Rs 106.75 and Rs…
If anyone goes through the history of Pakistan, one point is very clear that the country has been living on…
Pakistan’s external sector is in under serious trouble as the current account deficit has increased drastically. Due to this crisis,…
Last week, Trump’s comments and North Korea’s threat to launch a missile attack on Guam increased geopolitical risk and led…
The Sri Lankan rupee is anticipated to fall more this year. The central bank of Sri Lanka will not protect…
The bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan are acquiring new dimensions at all political, economic and social…
United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to be major investor and a key trading partner of Pakistan. It also played a…
Value Added Tax (VAT) is expected to be introduced at a rate of 5 percent with some limited exceptions including…
The association of Pakistan with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) goes back to the foundation of the Emirates (a group…
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very year, National Savings Day is celebrated on 31st October, still Pakistan continues to be categorized among the low savers…
Demographic trends witnessed from midst of last century till now particularly in economically rich nations identify various generational groups emerged…
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ational Savings has appeared as a challengeable vehicle for financial inclusion with introduction of attractive welfare oriented products. It registered…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a journalist with experience of around two decades, I have witnessed every finance minister saying that Pakistan is going…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap] wo aspects of our economic environment that weigh down on growth are the huge (effective) share of indirect taxes in…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]lthough agriculture sector is dominating sector in Pakistan and is source of employment of majority of its people but industrial…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he banking sector showed a robust growth in advances to the private sector in the quarter ended June 30, 2017,…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan stands amongst the countries with lowest savings-to-GDP ratio, standing at a dismal 14.2 percent in 2015 compared to the…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he World Bank has warned that the economy is now at risk given the scale of the macroeconomic imbalances growing…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he concept of Islamic finance needs to be fully introduced for the promotion of Islamic banking and insurance industry in…
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]early all will say CPEC is a game-changer, but some will ask for whom? Others will flag that CPEC is…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]wadar port will prove a milestone in promoting regional trade between Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and Central Asian states (CARs)…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith an estimated size of the retail market at around $50 billion, the country’s retail sector is growing faster than…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]alochistan is a tribal society where women are seen to be discriminated, exploited, oppressed, browbeaten, and chastised in the name…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]asic mind set of any type of investor is to manage the risk and maximize the returns. The common phenomenon…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is an undeniable fact that Pakistan suffers from two contentious problems: 1) low savings and 2) limited opportunities for…
[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the past one decade, the businessmen associated with the real estate market made quick millions. The country has witnessed…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]oreign investors kept lured to investment in Pakistan and never losing faith and still have an appetite of making money…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is a great scope for setting up small and medium enterprises in mineral sector of Balochistan, a famously rich…
Current growth rate of this sector is larger than the growth rate of industrial and agriculture [dropcap]S[/dropcap]ervices sector, which according…
Burdensome taxation system benefits the rich rather than poor and deprived [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he evasion of tax is one of the much…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan has signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he international community loses hundreds of billions of dollars every year due to trade-based money laundering whereas Pakistan loses $10…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan is a country where up to 40 percent of its over 207 million population lives below poverty line –…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan got independence from the British Raj in 1947, but a review of the economic progress of over 70 years…
CPEC related projects can help bring sluggish economy back to life [dropcap]W[/dropcap]orld Bank has recently alerted that macroeconomic risks in…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he persistent downward trend of the exports was substantially short of imports. This is something that needs urgent attention. Pakistan’s…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]onstituting merely 2 percent of the country’s GDP, the real estate sector can still grow and account for 5 percent…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan and Indonesia are two friendly, brotherly countries enjoying historical deep rooted, time tested and all weathered friendship. Both countries…
Pakistan takes third spot in real estate investment in Dubai [dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan has emerged as the third largest real estate investor…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome of the critics raise serious concerns that Pakistan is suffering substantially due to brain drain. However, the other point…
Star Farm taking lead in vocational training plan to promote income generation and employment opportunities in rural areas of the…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n Pakistan a lot is being said and talked about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). While some analysts term it a…
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hina-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is expected to be a ’game changer’ not only for Pakistan and China but also for…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s one of the leading 3PL providers in the country, Agility has vowed to remain at the forefront of logistics…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he development of $47 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) allows China the access to energy-rich Middle East and Central Asia.…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t least 40 projects have been identified under the $47 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework. Pakistan recorded a gross…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndian Ocean is the oldest and most efficient trade corridor. On its one side are hydrocarbon rich countries and on…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan faces gender disparity at various social levels. The country ranks 143 out of 144 in the Global Gender Gap…
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ore than 650 companies are listed at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), but the number of women occupying the position of…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he recent bye-election for the National Assembly seat of 120 constituency in Lahore is the liberal sign of the country…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]lobally, significance of women’s role in economies of the countries has gained momentum to such an extent that almost all…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the contemporary world women participation in every aspect of work is phenomenal despite facing hindrances in the society. Women…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ocial sector in Balochistan suffered from neglect for years. Investments in education and health sectors mean formation of human capital…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ll sorts of vehicles put together are the biggest source of logistics, consumer of energy products, sources of employment and…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan and Ukraine have great potential and those potentials must be utilized by the business community of both the countries.…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is an old saying ‘construction is the mother of many industries’ and it seems true even today. To begin…
[dropcap]G[/dropcap]wadar port is equally attracting the interest of the local and foreign investors. The government has recently decided to set…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he cost of construction rose 10 percent in the outgoing year due to increase in cement and steel bar prices,…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]bout one-tenth of Pakistan’s total population lives in Karachi. Its population is growing by around 6 percent per annum due…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he cement sector registered a cumulative growth of 45 percent in the month of July 2017 compared to the corresponding…
[dropcap]K[/dropcap]arachi is fast becoming a concrete jungle with the construction of high-rise buildings. Previously, multi-storey buildings were constructed in old…