Finally, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal has been clinched. After months of uncertainty about mistrust between Pakistan and the IMF with constant engagement, negotiations and conclusions, the authorities have reached an agreement. The lender is rightly perturbed to see the borrower being constantly unable to repay the previous debt and yet asking for more. But after observing the pol
Pakistan’s parliament passed the Finance Act 2024, which has come into force. Most of the media commentators, analysts and economists have criticised this year’s budget and called it tax laden. They are of the view that the government has burdened the existing formal sector and adopted new taxation measures, which would affect the masses to a great extent. The government has followed fiscal
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Capital Office Chairman Karim Aziz Malik has said that export-led growth is necessary for economic revival and increasing the pace of development in the country. “At this time, search for new potential markets and product diversification is very important for export-led growth,” remarked Malik while talking to APP on Saturday.
Looming US interest rate cuts are presenting investors with a tough choice: stick with the Big Tech stocks that have driven returns for more than a year or turn to less-loved areas of the market that could benefit from easing monetary policy. Owning massive tech and growth companies such as Nvidia, Microsoft and Amazon has been a hugely profitable strategy for investors since early 2023, even a
THE provinces have become the favourite punching bag of Islamabad, donors and commentators. They are being chastised for failing to generate adequate resources to fund their constitutional responsibilities and provide social and economic services, such as law and order, education, health, water and sanitation, etc. This article examines the fairness of this censure, without getting into the merits