Towards ‘Take and Pay’ contract settlement Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP (Independent... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:58am
Pakistan High energy prices hitting the poor hardest: World Bank ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has revealed that high energy prices in Pakistan disproportionately impact the poor, as... Published 11 Oct, 2024 06:30am
Perspectives CTBCM’s impact: a promise of affordable and reliable electricity? The potential transition of Pakistan’s power sector to a competitive wholesale electricity market under the... Published 04 Oct, 2024 09:30pm
Opinion Country’s energy woes Energy sector issues risk further deepening Pakistan’s socio-economic divides as recent years have witnessed an... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 09:02am
Opinion Utter madness Pakistan’s economic management, particularly its treatment of export-oriented industries, is nothing short of... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am
Print Policy rate cut yet again as inflation cools KARACHI: As per expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:21am
Opinion Tax burdens and fiscal discipline After an inflation-ridden Fiscal Year 2023-24 (“FY24”), wherein the average inflation for the FY24 was 23.4%,... Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:06am
Markets No intention to tax imported solar panels, says Leghari Federal Minister for Power Sardar Owais Ahmed Khan Leghari said the incumbent government has no intention to impose... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 10:26pm
Business & Finance FPCCI wants cut in electricity tariffs KARACHI: Vice President and Regional Chairman of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry... Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am
Markets Pakistan Oilfields announces significant hydrocarbon find in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan Oilfields Limited (POL), an oil and gas exploration company, announced further testing results from the... Updated 19 Aug, 2024 04:35pm
Business & Finance Investment in Pakistan: Govt urged to collaborate with FPCCI LAHORE: S M Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG) and former Punjab Minister, has made a... Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am
Business & Finance ‘Current power price harmful for production, business, exports’ KARACHI: The Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan... Published 14 Aug, 2024 06:40am
BR Research Circling the drain Inflation was fairly tamed, a second policy rate cut well in play, and after a particularly gruelling exercise of... Published 30 Jul, 2024 06:46am
BR Research Pakistan’s textile in a brave new world Exchange rate, energy prices, or pricing in the global market – something will have to give, and fast. Despite fears... Published 22 Jul, 2024 08:23am
Markets Up to 200 units of consumption: PM Shehbaz announces Rs50bn power subsidy for 25mn households Says time has come for 'elite to make sacrifices' Updated 09 Jul, 2024 09:32pm
Markets E&Ps look to invest $5bn in Pakistan’s energy sector: govt statement Delegation meets PM Shehbaz Sharif who forms committee headed by deputy premier Ishaq Dar Updated 06 Jul, 2024 07:53pm
BR Research WPI bottomed out – what is next? The single-digit Wholesale Price Index (WPI) expectedly lasted only a month, as June 2024 saw the WPI at 10.6... Published 04 Jul, 2024 08:36am
Business & Finance KATI president highlights ‘lack’ of facilities, incentives for industrial sector in budget KARACHI: The President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Johar Qandhari, has voiced strong... Published 15 Jun, 2024 06:57am
Business & Finance PTC for cut in energy cost, interest rates ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Textile Council (PTC), representing nation’s leading textile and apparel exporters, has... Published 09 Jun, 2024 03:10am
Opinion Time to act: 9 cents/kWh The country faces daunting economic challenges. A shrinking industrial base, a bulging workforce with no jobs to... Updated 15 May, 2024 06:28am
Opinion Inflation expectations: normalcy in sight? The recent data points and trends suggest that inflation is likely to come down at a faster pace than expected. This... Updated 06 May, 2024 07:04am
BR Research Inflation: is the worst over? The headline is that the headline inflation is finally below 20 percent. It stood at 17.3 percent for April 24 – the... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:55am
Opinion Rising energy prices: adverse impact on masses In Pakistan, 64 percent of total energy demand is met by fossil fuels, while hydropower’s and renewables’ share... Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am
Markets Romanian govt lowers regulated energy prices in support scheme BUCHAREST: Romania’s government on Thursday lowered the price levels in its energy support scheme for households,... Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am
Pakistan ‘Price hike can ultimately lead to political crisis’ KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, Mian Zahid Hussain said that increasing prices of ... Published 22 Mar, 2024 04:57am
BR Research Rate cut in the offing? The bond market is expecting a rate cut soon while the forex players are expecting the currency to be under... Published 08 Mar, 2024 09:14am
Business & Finance Increase in prices of energy, petrol termed disaster for industry KARACHI: President of United Business Group (UBG), Zubair Tufail has said that the frequent increase in the prices ... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
Business & Finance FPCCI president opposes frequent hikes in energy prices KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has strongly demanded that the government reevaluate its policy of... Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am
Business & Finance Policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc on inflation KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to maintain the policy... Published 30 Jan, 2024 04:52am
Print SBP terms FY23 ‘extraordinarily challenging’ KARACHI: The fiscal year 2023 was extraordinarily challenging, with a host of external and domestic shocks,... Updated 30 Dec, 2023 08:16pm