Amid an unprecedented Rs3.4 trillion profit of the central bank on the back of unprecedented 22 per cent policy rate, the government on Thursday amended rules for buyback in government securities and exchange programme to reduce debt servicing cost by end-December this year. The “scope (of Government Securities Buyback & Exchange Programme) has been enhanced from existing “Buyback Programme” to
Repatriation of profits and dividends by multinational companies swelled more than five times in the first two months of the current fiscal year, reflecting the ease of restriction-free dollar outflows amid stability on the external account front. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday that the profits outflow reached $274.7 million during July-Aug FY25 against $49.2m in the cor
Pakistan and China on Thursday agreed to enhance bilateral relations, with a particular focus on the rapidly growing automotive sector, Pakistan’s Consul General in Shanghai, Shehzad Ahmad Khan affirmed at the 2024 Taizhou International Automobile Industry Expo. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the four-day event, Khan said Taizhou played a pivotal role as a trailblazer in China’s automobile
The electricity demand has officially crashed and it would more than nullify a nominal decline in fuel cost next month through a subsequent higher increase in quarterly tariff adjustment, apparently due to induction of 21,000MW of generation capacity in last six years — equal to preceding 70 years since 1947. This was the crux of a public hearing called by the National Electric Power Regulatory
Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Thursday said that fundamental economic reforms were needed to make the existing IMF programme the last one for the country. Transformation of economy into an export-driven one necessitates structural reforms, only then could the country move forward in the next three years, the minister said in an interview with Voice of America a