[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ice is very famous commodity and ranks second among the staple food grain crops in Pakistan. Pakistan grows a relatively…
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nternational studies revealed that approximately 80 percent of the world’s total proven natural gas reserves are placed in ten nations.…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince 2000, the worldwide economic situation has been characterized by large global imbalances, in mainly elevated surpluses in the rapidly…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ccording to latest World Bank report, Pakistan’s economy has the highest growth rate in the last ten years but considers…
GULF MARKETS REBOUND A BIT AFTER SLIDE BECAUSE OF SAUDI GRAFT INQUIRY Gulf stock markets rebounded slightly on Thursday after…
MARKET REVIEW Stock market remained volatile throughout the week, however the benchmark KSE100 index almost remained flattish, a decrease of…
RECOVERY WITNESSED ON MUTUAL FUNDS BUYING AS KSE-100 INDEX GAINS 372 POINTS SUMMARY SECP notification of relaxation the minimum 5…
STOCKS RECOUP LOSSES, MUTUAL FUNDS AND INDIVIDUALS TO RAISE PARTICIPATION LEVELS During the week ended 10th November 2017, Pakistan Stock…
[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ALANCE CONTINUITY AND CHANGE PRECISELY BECAUSE CHANGE IS A CONSTANT, THE FOUNDATIONS HAVE TO BE EXTRA STRONG. The more an…
[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]P[/dropcap]akistan’s rice exports witnessed a decline of around 14 percent during the last fiscal year due to lack of research…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or those who may not be very familiar with Pakistan’s capital market, the small number of listed companies and shareholders’…
[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…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]mong the essential commodities, rice is one of the most important grains and massively protected by governments worldwide. The global…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency activity Friday 22-Sep Thursday 28-Sep Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct Friday 20-Oct Friday 28-Oct DOLLAR…
COUNTRY WISE FDI INFLOWS IN PAKISTAN ($ Million) Country 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 (Jul-Sep) USA…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n any state, tax revenues are the most effective way to grow country’s domestic resource mobilization efforts by which the…
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]conomic leaders of Pakistan calculating that the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio has been growing since FY 2008 and even mentioned that…
MARKET REVIEW The local bourse snapped gains of last week to close lower on profit-taking, dragging benchmark index to 41,105,…
KSE-100 INDEX FALLS ON UNEXCITING RESULTS WITH POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY SUMMARY The result week closely watched by the investors produced cold…
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONCERNS KEEP INVESTORS AWAY; UPCOMING EARNINGS REPORT MAY SUPPORT Though, political noise subsided but investors’ sentiments over…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]HE INFANT NEW VENTURE BUSINESS ARE NOT PAID TO REFORM CUSTOMERS. Above all, the people who are running a new…
COMPLIANCE [dropcap]C[/dropcap]ompliance function at banks continuously strives for improving the compliance environment and minimizing compliance risk for the institutions through…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n wake of the US move against a Pakistani bank in New York, Pakistan needs to establish and strengthen its…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the growing menace of drug trafficking, money laundering and financing of terrorist outfit, all around the world governments want…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Neha Makwana & Muhammad Kazmi, Hansuke Consulting Limited, UK[/box] Autumn 2016 saw the HMRC publish an…
Current growth rate of this sector is larger than the growth rate of industrial and agriculture [dropcap]S[/dropcap]ervices sector, which according…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 2014, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) established the Common Reporting Standard (CRS), laying the groundwork for…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n August, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) sought to impose about $630 million penalty on HBL’s…
Burdensome taxation system benefits the rich rather than poor and deprived [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he evasion of tax is one of the much…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nalysts are of the consensus that those who wish to borrow money from the commercial banks have no option but…
[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…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday 15-Sep Friday 22-Sep Thursday 28-Sep Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct Friday 20-Oct DOLLAR…
CREDIT/LOANS CLASSIFIED BY BORROWERS (Million Rupees) (Outstanding position at the end of month) Description June-16 Sep-16 June-17 Sep-17P 1. Credit…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]nternational experts have revealed that the worldwide Islamic funds market gaining favorable prospects as several growth drivers are expecting to…
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]arious researchers have revealed that the banking and financial sector progress is mandatory for economic development in any country. Pakistani…
GBP/USD WEEKLY OVERVIEW The Pound showed lower trend throughout this week due to unexpected sharp slowdown retail sales data coupled…
OPTIMISTIC STREAK CONTINUES AT PSX The stock market continued to be on the positive streak and finished last trading day…
MARKET REVIEW During the week, stock market gained 2,241pts to close at 42,088, up by 5.6%WoW as political noise subsided…
BAILOUT EXPECTATION BLOSSOM ON POSITIVE STREAK WITH STOCK GAINING ABOVE 42,000 LEVEL SUMMARY The stock market which was trailing below…
POSITIVE TREND TO CONTINUE; RESULTS SEASON WILL SHORE UP ACTIVITIES Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) posted broad based recovery during the…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]RACTICE COMES FIRST DECISION MAKERS NEED TO FACTOR INTO THEIR PRESENT DECISIONS THE “FUTURE THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.” Decision makers…
FINANCIAL INCLUSION [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n recent years, financial inclusion is one area where stakeholders of the financial ecosystem have been focusing lately…
[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]A[/dropcap]ccording to World Bank’s forecasts, owing to improved security and energy supply situation, economic growth in Pakistan is expected to…
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f anyone visits hospitals and educational institutions operating in the public sector in Pakistan, highly depleted conditions establish two points:…
[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 is the world’s fourth largest cotton producing country but power and gas cuts have stopped exporters from producing their…
[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…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATORS EXCHANGE RATES Currency Activity Friday 8-Sep Friday 15-Sep Friday 22-Sep Thursday 28-Sep Friday 6-Oct Friday 13-Oct DOLLAR…
PAKISTAN TRADES (Million US $) Period Exports (BOP) Growth Rate Imports (BOP) Growth Rate Balance of Trade 1974-75 977.59596 -4.1287766…
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ising international oil and other commodity prices remains a concern. These prices are predicted to move in upward direction, which…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he proper implementation of fiscal and monetary policy can help reduce cyclical fluctuations and be able for the economy of…
PSX TOUCHES THE LOWEST FOR 2017 The stock market underwent a relentless battering in the last trading session of the…
MARKET REVIEW During the week, stock market shed 1,465pts to close at 39,847pts, down by 3.5%WoW on the back of…
FOREIGN BUYING FAILED TO BOOST INDEX AS STOCKS TOUCH ONE-YEAR LOW AND FALL BELOW 40,000 SUMMARY The KSE-100 Index lost…
INDEX POSTS NOTABLE DECLINE AS BEARISHNESS PERSISTS OVER SHABBY ECONOMIC SCENE The growing concerns about the health of the economy…
[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ONG-RANGE PLANNING THE FUTURE REQUIRES NOT JUST HAPPEN IF ONE WISHES HARD ENOUGH. The future requires decisions – now. It…
[dropcap]J[/dropcap]uly-September 2017 quarter may be termed one of the worst spells of Pakistan stock market. It was mainly due to…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]raining and development are vital for progressive organizations. It is a fact that poorly trained employees can pose a serious…
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ive Pakistani companies have made it to Forbes annual ‘Asia’s 200 Best Under A Billion’ list, down from seven last…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter the recent Habib Bank Limited (HBL) saga and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Bangladesh scam, the need for prudent…
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome of the critics raise serious concerns that Pakistan is suffering substantially due to brain drain. However, the other point…
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e have a lot of potential in our youth and better opportunities would definitely help make productive use of their…
Star Farm taking lead in vocational training plan to promote income generation and employment opportunities in rural areas of the…
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]istorically, the Pakistan Stock Market (KSE100) reached an all time high of 52876.46 in May of 2017 since a record…
Initiative of Zia Chishti is a role model to broadly project Pakistan’s image [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he business leaders best suited and needed…
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 2016 top Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) classification is quite different from last year’s. In the following categorization list of…
FORMATION OF PNSC [dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) was established through an Ordinance XX of 1979 that merged two shipping…
PAKISTAN MARKET INDICATOR EXCHANGE RATES CURRENCY ACTIVITY Friday 25-Aug Friday 8-Sep Friday 15-Sep Friday 22-Sep Thursday 28-Sep Friday 6-Oct DOLLAR…
PAKISTAN’S TOP 10 RICHEST BUSINESSMEN IN 2017 1) Shahid Khan 2) Mian Muhammad Mansha 3) Asif Ali Zardari 4) Sir…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]akistan State Oil (PSO), is the largest oil marketing company and is continuing to supply greater than its market share…
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]conomists believed that the brokerage companies run in competitive industry in which trading activities can be really impacted by the…
PAKISTAN STOCKS TAKE A BREATHER AS INDEX RISES MARGINALLY The trading session provided some respite to the battered stock exchange…
STOCKS TAKE A BREATHER ON INVESTOR RETURN AFTER CONTINUOUS HAMMERING ON POLITICAL TURBULENCE SUMMARY The stock market in present circumstances…
FOREIGN PLAYERS, E&P SECTOR LIKELY TO COME INTO THE LIMELIGHT September 2017 turned out to be another volatile month for…
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]RACTICE COMES FIRST DECISION MAKERS NEED TO FACTOR INTO THEIR PRESENT DECISIONS THE “FUTURE THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.” Decision makers…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s compared to the fellow South Asian countries, Pakistan has a relatively friendly policy for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)…
[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…
China emerged as the top investor during the last three years PAKISTAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 2010-16 [dropcap]F[/dropcap]oreign Direct Investment in…
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s one of the leading 3PL providers in the country, Agility has vowed to remain at the forefront of logistics…