Punjab’s budget for the next fiscal year represents an old chapter from the playbook of the PML-N, which routinely prioritises the image-building of the top party leadership over meaningful governance for the optimal social impact of the province’s annual development spending plan. Indeed, though the second budget of the Maryam Nawaz government dots every ‘i’ and crosses every ‘t’, the document
The stock market suffered mild losses on Tuesday as jittery investors opted to take profits amid rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Ahsan Mehanti from Arif Habib Corporation reported that stocks closed lower due to a decline in global equities, driven by geopolitical uncertainty and the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to maintain the key policy rate amid inflationary pressures f
Amazon will invest more than $233 million in India in 2025 to expand and update its operations infrastructure, develop new technology for its fulfilment network and improve delivery safety, it said on Thursday. The investment builds on top of Amazon’s prior investments for the creation of an operations network to deliver to all serviceable PIN-codes in the country, it added. In June 2023, th
The Ministry of Law and Justice has advised the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) to resolve legal obstacles before proceeding with the appointment of the director general (DG) of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) — a post that has remained vacant for over two years due to recurring controversies. According to sources, the Prime Minister’s Office recently retu
The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves increased by $46 million during the week ending June 13. According to data released on Thursday, the reserves now stand at $11.721 billion, still significantly short of the $14bn target set for June 30. This leaves the central bank with a shortfall of $2.279bn and only 10 days remaining to bridge the gap.Given the limited time, it