HUBCO: Suffering for no good reason
November 30, 2022
HUBC is witnessing a messy round on behalf of the government to fulfill its commitment with all China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) power producers
HUBC is witnessing a messy round on behalf of the government to fulfill its commitment with all China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) power producers
Will rising rates in west put RDA investment at risk?
June 13, 2022 (MLN): The PDM government announced its first budget last week after voting the former PTI government out of power, but the budget-making process has been haphazard, to say the least. Firstly, the
May 13, 2022: On April 7, the incumbent finance minister Miftah Ismail speaking to a talk show host advised viewers on national television to invest in the stock market claiming that the current stock prices
April 27, 2022 (MLN): It took some time to get the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s much-touted Growth and Enterprise Market board off the ground but the listings are finally picking up pace. First it was the
April 18, 2022 (MLN): Immediately after assuming office, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s first order of business was to announce an increase in the salaries and pensions of government officers. Justifying the move, former finance minister
April 11, 2022 (MLN): With the opposition winning its fight against Imran Khan, the spotlight is now shifting away from politics and towards the economic front. Whoever forms the government at the centre has an
March 30, 2022 (MLN): General consensus amongst analysts looking at the economy is that inflation is set to remain in double-digits for at least the remainder of the ongoing fiscal year. CPI inflation in February
March 08, 2022: While listening to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Reza Baqir’s post-monetary policy announcement briefing, many of us were left wondering over the logic of some his arguments. For starters, the
March 6, 2022 (MLN): The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is set to announce monetary policy on Tuesday. A lot is going on the macroeconomic front and any decision by the monetary policy committee (MPC)
February 11, 2022 (MLN): Pakistan’s capital markets are behaving erratically. Despite record earnings, the KSE100 index has stalled, showing no signs of exuberance. Year-to-date, as of February 11, 2022, the benchmark KSE100 index has gained
January 23, 2022 (MLN): Finally, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has rebased the Large-Scale Manufacturing Index (LSMI) after a gap of more than a decade. At first look, it seems that the PBS has
January 21, 2022 (MLN): The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) committee’s meeting is due next week with the markets expecting status quo in policy rate announcement. To recall, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in the
December 14, 2021 (MLN): Managing Pakistan’s economy is not an easy affair by any stretch of the imagination. Finance ministers and central bank governors in the past have struggled to run affairs in an order
November 8, 2021 (MLN): Obtuse social media commentary from the ruling party aside, ordinary Pakistani is being crushed under the weight of inflation. Elevated food and energy prices have forced people to cut down their
HUBC is witnessing a messy round on behalf of the government to fulfill its commitment with all China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) power producers
Will rising rates in west put RDA investment at risk?
June 13, 2022 (MLN): The PDM government announced its first budget last week after voting the former PTI government out of power, but the budget-making process has been haphazard, to say the least. Firstly, the
May 13, 2022: On April 7, the incumbent finance minister Miftah Ismail speaking to a talk show host advised viewers on national television to invest in the stock market claiming that the current stock prices
April 27, 2022 (MLN): It took some time to get the Pakistan Stock Exchange’s much-touted Growth and Enterprise Market board off the ground but the listings are finally picking up pace. First it was the
April 18, 2022 (MLN): Immediately after assuming office, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s first order of business was to announce an increase in the salaries and pensions of government officers. Justifying the move, former finance minister
April 11, 2022 (MLN): With the opposition winning its fight against Imran Khan, the spotlight is now shifting away from politics and towards the economic front. Whoever forms the government at the centre has an
March 30, 2022 (MLN): General consensus amongst analysts looking at the economy is that inflation is set to remain in double-digits for at least the remainder of the ongoing fiscal year. CPI inflation in February
March 08, 2022: While listening to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Reza Baqir’s post-monetary policy announcement briefing, many of us were left wondering over the logic of some his arguments. For starters, the
March 6, 2022 (MLN): The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is set to announce monetary policy on Tuesday. A lot is going on the macroeconomic front and any decision by the monetary policy committee (MPC)
February 11, 2022 (MLN): Pakistan’s capital markets are behaving erratically. Despite record earnings, the KSE100 index has stalled, showing no signs of exuberance. Year-to-date, as of February 11, 2022, the benchmark KSE100 index has gained
January 23, 2022 (MLN): Finally, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has rebased the Large-Scale Manufacturing Index (LSMI) after a gap of more than a decade. At first look, it seems that the PBS has
January 21, 2022 (MLN): The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) committee’s meeting is due next week with the markets expecting status quo in policy rate announcement. To recall, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in the
December 14, 2021 (MLN): Managing Pakistan’s economy is not an easy affair by any stretch of the imagination. Finance ministers and central bank governors in the past have struggled to run affairs in an order
November 8, 2021 (MLN): Obtuse social media commentary from the ruling party aside, ordinary Pakistani is being crushed under the weight of inflation. Elevated food and energy prices have forced people to cut down their
