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Market down as political chaos linger; FOMC, PAMA meeting and sukuk issue may favor The political turmoil plunged the benchmark…

Harmonize the Immediate Long-range Future A manager must, so to speak, keep his nose to the grindstone while lifting his…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan got independence from British Raj in 1947 and till early nineties its energy sector remained under state control. The…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) recommended an increase in the price of petroleum products to the federal government…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan is a net oil importer and meets about 75 percent of needs through imports. Oil imports carry the heaviest…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he International Energy Agency raised it outlook for 2017 global oil demand growth. US crude stockpiles rose sharply and gasoline…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nalysts had termed creations of independent power plants (IPPs) as putting the cart before the horse. It was true that…

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]trategically located Balochistan is surrounded by the countries like Afghanistan, Iran, and Arabian Gulf states, which are rich in oil…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s economy is heavily dependent on oil importing. Around 80 percent of the total oil requirement is met through imports.…

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the affairs of Ministry of Finance now an open secret, the cat is finally out of the bag. The…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) approved the Long-Term Plan (LTP 2017-30) envisaging broad parameters…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndia is in a sound macroeconomic position, to face various strong challenges and as a large importer of crude oil,…

[tooltip text=”PAGE REPORT” gravity=”nw”]‘LPG-Air Mix Plants Being Installed In Balochistan To Provide Gas To Far Flung Areas’[/tooltip] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]adni Siddiqui, Provincial…

[tooltip text=”By Shehryar Ahmad” gravity=”nw”]Byco: The Nation’s Largest Oil Refining Firm Is Also Pakistan’s Only Vertically Integrated Petroleum Firm[/tooltip] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n…

[tooltip text=”Karachi, November 27, 2017″ gravity=”nw”]Pak-Qatar Takaful Co-Hosts International Seminar On “Global Takaful Practices” At Iba-Ceif[/tooltip] [dropcap]P[/dropcap]ak-Qatar Takaful group in…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan’s economy has routinely oscillated between periods of relative stability and busts brought about by external payments crises. Failure of…

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday Friday Thurs Friday Friday Friday 20-Oct 28-Oct 9-Nov 17-Nov 24-Nov 1-Dec DOLLAR…

PETROLEUM PRICES IN PAKISTAN Date HOBC Premium HS Diesel LS Diesel Kerosene 1-Jun-17 Rs.72.68/Ltr Rs.72.8/Ltr Rs.81.4/Ltr Rs.44/Ltr Rs.44/Ltr 3-Apr-17 Rs.72.68/Ltr…

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]xperts believe that Pakistan’s import bill will reach $50 billion during this fiscal 2017-18 which will chiefly disturb the Pakistan’s…

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]il industry has faced various issues for the past few years mainly because of fluctuations in global oil prices while…

US STOCKS END LOWER Wall Street fell on Friday, whipsawed by developments with a probe into Russia’s alleged involvement in…

KSE-100 INDEX TAKES RESPITE OF 337 POINTS; FOREIGNERS REMAINED SELLER SUMMARY The market remained closed on Friday due to Eid…

MARKET GAINS SOME LOST GROUND, CAN SEE IMPROVE SENTIMENTS The 21-day long sit-in that resulted in the Law Minister’s resignation,…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]URSUING PERFECTION “THE GODS CAN SEE THEM.” The greatest sculptor of ancient Greece, Phidias, around 440 bc made the statues…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan has a well-developed cement industry with abundant raw material availability in the country. The country ranks amongst the top…

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ement demand is growing in Pakistan and it is expected that the major developing infrastructure projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he current demand-supply situation in the cement sector indicates excess cement production capacity. During the past one decade, the cement…

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ven the cursory look at the performance of Pakistan’ cement industry shows highly erratic performance. Since expansion takes place in…

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]herat Cement (CHCC) of Pakistan has announced first quarter net profit-after-tax of PKR606 million (US$5.75 million), up 50 percent year-on-year.…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f anyone examines the below optimum capacity utilization of any industry in the country, the blame could only go the…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndia’s cement industry provides employment opportunities to more than a million people. India is the second largest producer of cement…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan is rich in natural resources. Only the educated, skilled and healthy people can make the best use of the…

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite having an extremely well-developed cement industry, Pakistan’s per capita cement consumption which stands at 140 kgs, is the lowest…

OVERVIEW [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he company was established in Dera Ghazi Khan under the control of State Cement Corporation of Pakistan Limited (SCCP)…

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday Friday Friday Thurs Friday Friday 13-Oct 20-Oct 28-Oct 9-Nov 17-Nov 24-Nov DOLLAR…

CEMENT INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN CEMENT PRODUCTION CAPACITY & DESPATCHES (Operational Units Data) July to June Production Capacity(Mn. Tones) % age…

[dropcap]011[/dropcap]Economic managers see the higher cement demand in any state is a sign of its growing economy having positive impact…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nfrastructure is an important tool for development of any country because it attracts the foreigners to invest in the country.…

US STOCKS AT RECORD HIGH Technology stocks led the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record closing highs on Friday, with…

MARKET REVIEW The benchmark KSE100 index slid by 1.5%WoW to settle at 40,248level. The week started off on a bearish…

BEARISH TREND CONTINUES AS KSE-100 INDEX DROPS 1.5PC WOW SUMMARY The KSE-100 index during this week came down to 40,248.4…

STOCKS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE ON STATE OF UNCERTAIN POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL SCENE During the week ended 24th November 2017, the…

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ONTROLS FOR NONMEASURABLE EVENTS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE MEASURABLE AND THE NONMEASURABLE IS A CENTRAL AND CONSTANT PROBLEM OF MANAGEMENT.…

[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]M[/dropcap]ost of the discussions at experts’ level hover around poor savings rate in the country. However, they tend to completely…

[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]E[/dropcap]xperts have been consistently saying that Pakistan has one of the lowest savings rate, but the successive government have been…

[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]hough health sector remained the focus of welfare programs launched by every government in the past, but the leakage, misuse…

[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…

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct Friday 20-Oct Friday 28-Oct Thurs 9-Nov Friday 17-Nov DOLLAR…

OUTSTANDING DOMESTIC DEBT – (Rs. in billion) Details 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014(P) 2015(P) 2016(P) Floating Debt 2,399.1 3,235.4 4,143.1…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he people of Pakistan mostly want to perform and adopt lifestyles from the other part of the world, specially the…

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]any educators state that studying in the same-sex education system makes a person lack in self-confidence. However, co-education builds confidence…

US SHARES RETREAT AS MARKET PONDERS TAX CUT PROSPECTS Wall Street stocks fell early Friday, pausing after the prior session’s…

BEARISHNESS PREVAILS; SLIDING OIL PRICES, MSCI REVIEW AND VOLATILE POLITICAL STATE HOLD ACTIVITIES The benchmark index of Pakistan Stock Exchange…

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ANAGING ONESELF: REVOLUTION IN SOCIETY MANAGING ONESELF IS BASED ON THESE REALITIES: WORKERS ARE LIKELY TO OUTLIVE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE…

[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]B[/dropcap]eing in marketing for over two decades, I had the opportunity to be carefully observing and studying emerging market trends.…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Mr. Sohel N. Kidwai Chief Executive Officer[/box] HISTORY OF THE PROJECT [dropcap]S[/dropcap]haheen Insurance Company Limited…

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]commerce trade has promising future in Pakistan as this market is getting pace with the rest of the world with…

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of the prime focuses of economic managers of Pakistan should be ‘achieving food security’ to fill the stomach of…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he issue of withholding tax on banking transactions for non-filers in the budget for next fiscal year (2017-18) need to…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s incredible as it may seem in this hyper-connected, technologically advanced era, half the planet’s population exist as “financial nomads”—those…

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]slamic Finance can find rich social grounds for its growth and expansion in Pakistan. What primarily concerns the users of…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter thorough analysis, following have been identified as some of the major causes of power shortage in Pakistan: Increase in…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to Investopedia’s definition, “Fintech is a portmanteau of financial technology that describes an emerging financial services sector in the…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects 7.2 billion passengers to travel in 2035, a near doubling of the 3.8…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ir cargo traffic is prospering as normally seen at the start of an economic uplift raise demand for fast air…

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]alochistan is rich in renewable energy (RE) resources, which must be exploited for sustainable development of the province. The government…

[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ybrid rice is a variety of rice that has been bred from two very different parents. The seed from the…

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he government is to allow another bailout package worth Rs13 billion to sick national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).…

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]wadar port will prove a milestone in promoting regional trade between Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and Central Asian states (CARs)…

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan & Gulf Economist (PAGE) witnessed an elderly lady patient being brought by a donkey cart by her family members to…

[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]D[/dropcap]espite rising local sales the profitability of the cement industry has declined. Cement industry recorded an earnings decline of three…

[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]usiness Leadership refers to CEO & C level management of a Business Corporate, since the performance of the entire organization…

(PAGE) was briefed by Mr Shehryar Ahmad, General Manager Communication Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited. Following are the excerpts: [dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of…

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]riLankan Airlines in its recently ended financial year carried the highest number of passengers ever in the airline’s history. Based…

‘Photography is the calling of my soul… They are just not pictures…They are words that define me…tell me who I…

PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Thursday 28-Sep Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct Friday 20-Oct Friday 28-Oct Thurs 9-Nov DOLLAR…

INTEREST RATES IN PAKISTAN (%) Month SBP Reverse Repo Rate SBP Repo Rate SBP Policy (Target) Rate 11-Feb-13 9.50 7.00…

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]oad accidents are very common in developing countries especially in Pakistan and the situation has become worsened day by day.…