State of the economy EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am
Business & Finance Strenuous efforts needed to achieve tremendous progress of economy in 2025: analyst KARACHI: In our country, the average 2024 growth of economy needs strenuous efforts to achieve tremendous progress ... Published 01 Jan, 2025 03:03am
Business & Finance Privatisation of loss-making SOEs: Gilani supports proposal LAHORE: Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday supported LCCI’s proposals to restructure or privatize... Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am
Print Aurangzeb for bringing elite class into tax net FAISALABAD: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Sunday that the elite... Updated 30 Dec, 2024 02:42pm
Opinion The challenge of loss-making SOEs According to media reports, the government has announced that 15 State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) accounted for 99.3... Published 29 Dec, 2024 02:48am
Print Jul-Dec: SOEs post staggering Rs408bn losses Brings accumulated losses since 2014 to Rs5.9 trillion till December 2024 Updated 28 Dec, 2024 05:12pm
Print SOEs’ boards: Clearance by ISI, IB mandatory for nominees ISLAMABAD: The federal government has made it mandatory for the nominees of the Board of Directors (BoDs) of... Updated 26 Dec, 2024 02:46pm
Business & Finance SOEs’ sell-off aimed at unburdening kitty: Aleem ISLAMABAD. Federal Minister for Privatisation, Board of Investment and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan has said the... Published 25 Dec, 2024 08:31am
Business & Finance Structural changes, SOEs’ privatisation: Advisor urges PSX to formulate recommendations KARACHI: Khurram Schehzad, Advisor to Finance Minister has urged the management of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to... Published 25 Dec, 2024 06:25am
Print Privatisation: CCoSOEs removes SRBC from strategic entities’ list ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) on Tuesday reiterated its decision to exclude... Updated 25 Dec, 2024 11:36am
Opinion Lack of awareness of IMF conditions Pakistan’s private sector elite in industry and the farm sectors, major non-institutional recipients of budgeted... Updated 16 Dec, 2024 07:42am
Print PCP, PR, OPF boards’ reconstitution gets nod: CCoSOEs concerned over Rs1trn annual losses by SOEs ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs), Wednesday, expressed serious concerns over... Updated 05 Dec, 2024 09:17am
Print Economic reform agenda: Govt has no room for complacency, says Aurangzeb Finance minister briefs the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on the government’s commitments to IMF Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:25am
Print FCDO supports reforms programme: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb chaired a meeting with Melinda Bohannon,... Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:20am
Editorials The govt narrative reality check EDITORIAL: Advisor to the Federal Finance Minister on Economic and Financial Revenue Khurram Shehzad stated that the... Published 30 Nov, 2024 06:26am
Business & Finance Rs148bn receivables: SNGPL holds CPPA-G responsible ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Company Limited (SNGPL) holds the Central Power Purchasing Agency– Guaranteed (CPPA-G),... Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:18am
Print Azerbaijan invited to join SOE sell-off drive ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Board of Investment, Privatisation and Communications, Abdul Aleem Khan held a... Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:17am
Editorials The Finance Minister’s defence EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb during his press briefing on Sunday appreciated the efforts towards... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:53am
Print Macro-fiscal forecasts for budget: IMF asks govt to strengthen capacity of FD Notes that current organisation of the Finance Division is relatively fragmented and presents an obstacle to achieving a more strategic approach to budgeting Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:08pm
Opinion KP govt again seeks to participate in PIA bidding In a seemingly unsavory development, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has written another letter to Minister... Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am
Opinion No surprise in the surprise visit The only surprise in the IMF team’s surprise visit to Pakistan this week was that it took the trouble to jolt the... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 07:15am
Print CCP issues report on state of competition in power sector: Discos asked to strengthen MIRAD for better business planning Report highlights significant presence and impact of state-owned enterprises on competition within the power sector Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:59pm
Print Govt will go for privatisation of PIA again: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, while admitting trust and credibility deficit with the... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 07:11pm
Editorials Facilitating FDI inflows EDITORIAL: Shehbaz Sharif made a very valid point the other day about promotion of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)... Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:44am
Print PSFCL board, NDRMF: Two decisions of CCoSOEs overturned by Cabinet ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has reportedly overturned two decisions of Cabinet Committee on State Owned... Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:09am
Print Transparency and accountability: Finance Division notifies SOEs Regulations ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division notified State-Owned Enterprises (Audit Committee, Internal Control and Risk... Updated 05 Nov, 2024 09:01am
Opinion Privatisation and SBP Heads should roll in the aftermath of the fiasco of the Thursday bidding of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as... Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am
Print BoD for amending SMEDA Ordinance 2002 ISLAMABAD: The Board of Directors (BoD) of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has... Updated 02 Nov, 2024 09:05am
Editorials Complexities of SOE reforms EDITORIAL: Poorly performing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), wracked with chronic inefficiencies and ringing up... Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:42am
Print Reform package prioritises fiscal sustainability: IMF Says projections are showing that Pakistan's economy will grow at 2.4 percent this year Updated 26 Oct, 2024 09:33am