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The onset of the winter season is likely to have adverse impact on cement sales in November 2020 due to local dispatches likely to decline up to 27%MoM. Northern region is expected to witness a contraction up to 30%MoM, while …

Hybrid working between home and office has required a recalibration of how organizations provide secure, productive and digitally enabled environments for their employees. A recent study revealed that 78% of employees put data at risk inadvertently. What major cyber-security related changes and …

Demand for gold dropped to 892.3 tons in Q3 – its lowest quarterly total since Q3 2009 – as consumers and investors continued to battle the effects of COVID-19. At 2,972.1 tons year-to-date (ytd) demand is 10% below the same …

With COP26, the UN’s climate change conference, on the horizon next year in Glasgow, all eyes are on securing the decarbonisation of the global economy. What this will mean and how it will be achieved will be hotly debated before, …

A unique and terrifying moment in modern history is unfolding before us, every day but it teaches us a lesson of rapid transformation in many areas of public life as no country, or state, or locality, or even individual hospital …

Interview with Ms. Aruna Hussain — Managing Director, Maersk Pakistan The first female CEO leading a multinational logistics company in Pakistan Maersk Pakistan’s progress rely on constant care, humbleness, uprightness, right team and image building For growth of country’s ports …

The country has competitive advantage in manufacturing or assembly of auto parts Govt should form separate bailout plan, cut taxes, utility bills and import duty for automobile industry growth Under the Covid-19 pandemic automotive industry will face a dip of …

There are signs of business activity picking up in Pakistan at a faster pace as worries about new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections fade in the country. Pakistan is adding fewer active cases as population is fast approaching herd immunity. The economic …

According to a recent World Bank report, remittances to low and middle-income countries are projected to fall by nearly 20 percent. In order to prevent further damage, the government must do everything to keep remittances flowing in times of COVID-19 …

As the economy moves towards the end of FY20, it continues to face high uncertainty owing to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic on several economic fronts. High levels of uncertainty are also reflected in recent State Bank of …

Interview with Mr Shamim A. Firpo – Chairman, Firpo Group of Companies PAGE: Tell me something about yourself and your organization, please: SHAMIM A. FIRPO: I started life’s struggle at a very young age. When I was six-year-old my father died and …

The sudden stop of the global economy in 2020 has brought to everyone’s attention the interconnectedness of supply chains across countries and continents. Add to this the mounting tensions between the US and China, with President Trump now pushing for …