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Both the number of confirmed infection cases and deaths caused by coronavirus disease COVID-19 are still growing rapidly across the…
Your quality management (QM) program is probably well-established, with guidelines and definitions, rules, and ratings. But does it have a…
From last few years, sukuk is leading in the global capital market and currently it is the substantially growing Islamic…
Bykea, a four-year-old ride-hailing and delivery service, today has more than 500,000 bikes registered on its platform. It operates in…
All living organisms on earth need water for their survival. Water is life; It is an important constituent of any…
In Pakistan, marble and granite sector despite having abundant reserves of 30 billion tons have been operating in an unorganized…
Circular debt is one of the biggest challenges Pakistan’s energy sector is facing since 2008-09, which has just crossed the…
By the end of this year, China will officially eradicate absolute poverty. In the past more than 40 years since…
The outbreak of pandemic COVID-19 in 2020 was not only unexpected but also a surprise for the world. The COVID-19…
Amidst the post-pandemic scenario, the fast-paced, craftily competitive, exceedingly uncertain and globally challenging business scenario has dramatically raised the investment…
There are signs of business activity picking up in Pakistan at a faster pace as worries about new coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Economic structures Agriculture accounts for 25% of the country’s total economy. The main crops are cotton, rice, wheat, sugarcane and…
Reduction in interest rate is a must for bringing down cost of doing business in the country On 21st September…
Established in 1948, Unilever Pakistan is amongst the country’s largest FMCG business with over 30 brands spanning Home Care, Personal…
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is now perceived in many developing countries as a key source of much needed capital, foreign…
During the recent past season of monsoon, which saw record-breaking rainfall in Pakistan, it saw people indulging and focusing on…
Corporate sector has crucial role in Pakistan business sector, socio-economic development and country development. Corporate sector includes different organization; NGOs…
Real sector Agriculture: Out of Rs 1,240 billion fiscal package on COVID-19, Rs 100 billion is allocated for the agriculture and…
Pakistan is one of the major beneficiaries of foreign remittances, whereas the volume of foreign remittances to Pakistan has also…
During FY20 Pakistan received record remittances. On a cumulative basis, workers’ remittances increased to a historic high level of US$23.120…
According to a recent World Bank report, remittances to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by nearly 20…
Every year billion of dollar or payment sent by overseas to their home countries. Over the last twenty years these…
Webinar on ‘Halal Industry in Pakistan: Potential and Challenges’ organised very recently by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce…
As the economy moves towards the end of FY20, it continues to face high uncertainty owing to the challenges posed…
Remittances are seeing a global boost in digital payments even while the physical ones decreased as the pandemic set in.…
Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) held a gong ceremony to mark the successful book building and listing of Pakistan Energy Sukuk…
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…
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…
Monthly sales of automotive industry for July 2002 were reported at 11,836 units, up 32%MoM, but down 10%YoY. This indicate…
There are new buzzwords in the marketplace, such as Solar power, Inverter systems, Lithium batteries. We here in Pakistan have…
Pakistan received workers’ remittances worth $19.62 billion in FY18 and $21.74 billion in FY19. They grew to a record high…
Prior to 2020, it would have been considered unimaginable, that a virus could disrupt the global economy, sequestering billions in…
While Pakistan’s frustration with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for not playing an active role in ending Indian brutalities…
Freedom is a feeling, a way of expression, an act of doing something with certain limitations or is it scope…
Pakistan offers the most efficient and cost effective transit trade facility to Afghanistan. In the recent past, Afghanistan started using…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have a huge and lasting negative effect on the global economy; 2020 and 2021 will…
The biggest challenge Pakistan is facing today is to reduce poverty and achieve sustained economic growth. Present government is committed…
Almost no facet of our world economy has been immune to the COVID-19 crisis not only as a health crisis…
Driven by an undeniable responsibility and its fundamental values, the Dawood Hercules Group and Engro Corporation are committed to solving…
Since March 2020 State Bank of Pakistan has cut interest rate by 625bps. It had also imposed restriction on payment…
Pakistan is passing through an unprecedented crisis and being a Third World Country it is impossible to control the pandemic…
There are plenty of organizations across the world, which have made tremendous efforts to pay back to the society by…
‘Money belongs to you, but resources belong to the society’. With growing awareness about corporate social responsibility (CSR) among stakeholders,…
Dr. John P. Holdren (Advisor on S&T to US President Barack Obama for his double term in office and who…
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has introduced a temporary refinance scheme for payment of wages and salaries to the workers…
COVID-19 pandemic has further mounted the poverty level in Pakistan where surging poverty levels and rising inflationary pressure have already…
Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim (FFBL) announced its 2QCY20 financial results posting an unconsolidated loss of Rs1,160 million (LPS: Rs1.24) as…
The health, geopolitical and socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 crisis are significant and catastrophic. Organizations are finding way to understand, react,…
Balochistan is rich in natural resources. It is strategically located on the confluence of South, west and Central Asia. The…
As the COVID pandemic furies, the world is entering into the deepest global recession since the Great Depression during 1930.…
The growing COVID-19 emergency takes steps to excessively hit developing nations, not just as a health emergency for current but…
“The true voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” (Marcel Proust) Recent developments…
As people have embraced social distancing as a way to slow the spread of the pandemic, there has naturally been…
COVID 19 (coronavirus) pandemic has affected almost all countries and has made a significant effect on all the aspects of…
There has been a sudden upsurge in the start-up culture in Pakistan in recent years, many new ideas have been…
The Organic Meat Company Limited is set to go public with its Initial Public Offering (IPO) and subsequent listing on…
Imagine a bank messaging to layman of a client to please activate his ‘EMV debit card’ by a fixed nearing…
After crossing the coronovirus tally of 220,000 cases in June the World Health Organisation (WHO) has named Pakistan among the…
The coronavirus pandemic has lasted just over four months across Pakistan and the main question that has arisen is: Will…
With a total outlay of Rs465.528 billion, the Balochistan budget increases spending on education, as it allocates 17% or Rs64…
Economic growth and development depends on human capital as well as physical capital and also on the factors affecting productivity.…
The Federal Budget FY21 has an estimated outlay of Rs7,295 billion, 11% lower as compared to last year’s budgeted outlay…
These are extraordinary days where extraordinary steps and out of box solutions are required. Budget deficit was estimated around 7.2…
When I sat down to write a commentary on Federal Budget FY21, I faced two odds: 1) there was not…
Whether budgetary conditionalities of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), directives of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), maneuvering of the…
Food Security is the accumulative measure of people’s access, affordability and subsequent availability of food throughout the year in a…
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) has filed its annual Petition with OGRA to increase the FY 2020-21 Average Prescribed…
The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly transformed life of millions of people all over the world. For many, COVID-19 carries feelings…
The federal budget for 2020-21 is set in difficult circumstances with an exceptional degree of uncertainty generated by COVID-19. The…
The budget proposals for 2020-2021, prepared by the Adviser on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Hafeez Shaikh — against the backdrop…
As the tally of coronavirus cases in Pakistan crosses 185,000 the impacts of the coronavirus in pakistan pandemic are beginning…
The year 2020 is unfolding a series of transformations for the whole world. The Covid pandemic is wreaking havoc across…
The Federal Budget FY21 has an estimated outlay of Rs7,295 billion, 11% lower as compared to last year’s budgeted outlay…
Karachi, Friday, June 19, 2020: Life has slowed down, but people still need to sell their cars or buy used…