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Going Solar

Public sector entities going for net-metering in offices Karachi: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP), a state-owned commercial organisation, working under the administrative control of the...

Breaking the Bank

SBP signals sharp increase in benchmark policy rate KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has hinted at a sharp increase in the benchmark policy rate...

Vanishing into Thin Air

Unavailability of various essential medicines puts patients' lives at risk Lahore: Various essential medicines, including those used for treatment of cancer and cardiac diseases have disappeared...

Huawei holds annual meeting in Saudi Arabia

Huawei held its 2023 Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) annual meeting and awards giving ceremony in Riyadh on February 18, bringing together Huawei representatives from...

CCP applauds Nepra’s decision to maintain net metering regulations

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has welcomed the decision of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to maintain the existing Nepra (Alternative and...

European LNG demand to drive competition for new supply

KARACHI: Europe’s increased need for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) looks set to intensify competition with Asia for limited new supply available over the next two...

TikTok hosts first digital safety event in Pakistan

KARACHI: TikTok held the first-ever event in Pakistan, as it launched its Safety Ambassadors Programme to create awareness around the digital safety in the country, a...

German CG visits Dowites78 Operation Theatre Complex

KARACHI: Dr Ruediger Lotz, consul general of Germany in Karachi, along with Muhammad Usman from AHK Dubai, visited the Dowites78 Operation Theatre Complex, a statement said....

RCET’s discontinuation to sabotage exports: PHMEA

KARACHI: The discontinuation of Regionally Competitive Energy Tariff (RCET) of gas and electricity for the five export-oriented sectors will sabotage national exports, a statement said. The...

Taking the Lead

DUBAI: Pharmacists across the UAE recently joined hands to develop one more layer of primary prevention by vaccinating people in community pharmacies in a bid to...

Dubai hospitality sector to continue its boom

The emirate achieved 73% hotel occupancy after welcoming 14.36 million international visitors last year. With 76.6 per cent occupancy, Dubai hospitality recorded Dh892.84 as the average...

A Game Changer in Digital Disruption

DUBAI: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice- President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has a clear vision about...

From a Mom with Love

Hannah Curran, founder and CEO of Pure Born, inherited her entrepreneurial drive from her mother, who owns a successful children nursery brand in the United Kingdom....

Parallel Education Streams in Public Sector

KARACHI: The provision of effective public education is one of the most challenging tasks in the public good provision domain. Since 1947, more than 23 education...

Research, Development Needed

LAHORE: Climate-smart agriculture is the only way to cope with the climate change and minimise the damages caused by the pesticides and fertilisers, said Najam Mazari,...

Food for Thought

We have seen proxy wars in the Middle East that have affected the countries such as Yemen in very negative ways. However, often, the countries are...

The Phenomena of Bikeshedding

Have you ever been in a meeting where a seemingly simple decision turned into a lengthy and heated discussion? You may have witnessed a classic example...

The Battering Economy

With a delay in reaching a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the desperately needed bailout package for the cash-strapped Pakistan, the government...

Pakistan a ‘sick-man’ of South Asia: PBC

KARACHI: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) in a report said that Pakistan is the ‘sick-man’ of South Asia. The council said that the country lags behind...

Investment in saving accounts plunges 38.65%

KARACHI: The investment in the national saving accounts has sharply declined 38.65 per cent, owing to the introduction of documentation by the government. The investment in...

Textile sector facing major headwinds

KARACHI: The textile sector is facing major headwinds due to various factors that emerged after the government took policy initiatives. The textile exports witnessed a decline...

Rupee likely to maintain stability

KARACHI: The rupee is likely to maintain stability against the dollar next week, owing to the inflows from China and the expectation of an agreement between...

Fauji Cement Company

Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) is a publicly listed company at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The principal activities of the company is manufacturing and sale...

Food inflation may clock-in at 8% MoM

We preview February 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) headline inflation, where we expect the data point to clock-in at 31.5 per cent. The higher jump is...

Meezan Bank’s profit up 93% in fourth quarter of CY22

Meezan Bank Limited (MEBL) announced net profit for the fourth quarter of CY22 at Rs16.3 billion (EPS: Rs9.12), depicting a whopping increase of 93 per cent...

Pakistan bourse expected to remain volatile

KARACHI: The equity market remained in the negative territory during the week ended February 24, 2023 over expected monetary tightening, coupled with the rising political temperature,...

An Easy Way Out!

Govt generating additional revenues by imposing new taxes on masses KARACHI: The Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) coalition government led by the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) has...

Expanding the Begging Bowl

Govt seeks early loan approval from IMF to restore economic activities Islamabad: After the implementation of the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 with additional taxes and duties...

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