During 2020 State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reduced interest rate, which is likely to impact earnings of commercial banks.…
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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…
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…
Leadership and Motivation The Success of the entire business depends on the most important resource of any organization which is…
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…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
Production Of Selected Large-Scale Manufacturing In Pakistan (during Jul – May 2020) Items Adjusted Weights Percentage Change Items Adjusted Weights…
During the first nine months of fiscal year July-March FY2020, the Pakistan’s cement industry recorded a healthy growth. Cement sector…
The present government of Pakistan statistics showed that, took over $13 billion in foreign loans in the previous fiscal year…
US indexes recover as S&P lingering below record highs The S&P 500 was near flat, hovering below record highs, on…
Positive news flow guides bulls keep rule for 8th consecutive weeks Continuing on its stellar bull run into eight consecutive…
Leadership And Motivation The Success of the entire business depends on the most important resource of any organization which is…
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.…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
Pakistan: Human Development Index And Its Components Country/ Region HDI Human Development Index (HDI) Average Annual HDI Growth Life Expectancy…
According to World Bank’s present statistics, total 10 percent of the world’s population or 734 million people lived on less…
During July-March, FY2020, the Government of Pakistan statistics showed that the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) managed to disburse an…
Nikkei 225 outlooks Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock market benchmark may fall when resuming trade next Monday after a long weekend.…
Bullish trend persists, market braces for consolidation The week ended on 24th July 2020 was the 5th consecutive week, where…
Thales of Miletus changed the world Wise leaders have certain leadership skills that transcend the everyday requirements of a job,…
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…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
Pakistani Workers Registered For Overseas Employment Countries 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Saudi Arabia. 522,750 462,598 143,363 100,910 332,713 U.A.E.…
Studies in the recent years, revealed that women empowerment has become a very significant issue of the world. Women’s access…
The Government statistics showed that Pakistan is the 2nd largest manpower/labour exporting country of South Asia. Bureau of Emigration and…
Rally may stall for Taiwan stock market The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in back-to-back trading days, collecting nearly…
PSE registers 39%wow increase in average daily trading volume Supported by significant retail participation, indications of stability in the resumption…
“Fall forward” – denzel washington’s inspiring speech You’ve invested a lot in your education, and people have invested in you.…
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…
Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Pakistan’s economy was already struggling to stay afloat but was in no danger of collapse. However,…
The biggest challenge to the human health and financial stability the world faces today, perhaps originated from a seemingly innocuous…
The recently released Economic Survey paints a bleak picture of Pakistani economy. Since the period covered by the data includes…
The story that follows talks of three Pakistani sailors stranded on the Egyptian coast, served with jailed time and how…
Market indicators are a series of technical indicators used by traders to predict the direction of the major financial indexes.…
Budget At A Glance For FY 2020-21 (Rs. in Billion) Receipts Expenditure Tax Revenue 5,464 A. Current 6,345 – FBR…
Sindh Budget The Sindh government presented the budget for FY2020-21 with a total outlay of Rs1.24 trillion with an estimated…
The economists revealed that worldwide economy is highly integrated by tourism, trade and remittances. According to World Trade Organisation (WTO),…
According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan FY2020, the headline inflation measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is registered…