Transforming ailing SOEs Pakistan’s State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) can play an important role in its economic progress, as these were... Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am
Editorials The quest for higher economic growth EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s economy badly needs reforms beyond just securing the IMF (International Monetary Fund)... Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am
Print SOEs: PM for speeding up sell-off process ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to speed up the process of reforms and privatisation of... Updated 05 Apr, 2024 09:57am
Print World Bank says PSWF creates ‘challenges’ ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has said that the formation of the Pakistan Sovereign Wealth Fund, valued at about $8... Updated 03 Apr, 2024 09:21am
Print PM forms CCoSOEs with finance minister in chair ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted the Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs)... Updated 23 Mar, 2024 09:18pm
Print Reforms agenda: Govt committed to working with IMF: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has expressed the government’s commitment towards working with the... Updated 15 Mar, 2024 08:28am
Print SOEs: three-phased privatisation programme being chalked out ISLAMABAD: Privatisation Commission is said to be chalking out a three-phased privatisation programme of State Owned... Updated 15 Mar, 2024 08:29am
Opinion Economic priorities for the incoming govt Pakistan has entered a pivotal phase of governance following its recent general elections, as a new government takes... Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am
Business & Finance PTEA identifies key factors hindering country’s progress FAISALABAD: The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) urged immediate structural policy initiatives to ... Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am
Opinion Latest IMF projections The Staff Report of the IMF on the First Review under the Stand-By Arrangement was released on the 19th of January... Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am
Print SOEs Act, 2023: Body formed to look into legal status of govt entities ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has constituted a committee on State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to look into matters... Updated 13 Feb, 2024 09:28am
Print PSM’s delisting from sell-off list: BoD requests ministry to move Cabinet for review ISLAMABAD: The Board of Directors (BoD) of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has reportedly requested the Ministry of... Updated 06 Feb, 2024 09:51am
Markets Economy stabilised amid caretaker govt proactive measures: Dr Shamshad Caretaker Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Dr Shamshad Akhtar said that the economy has... Updated 03 Feb, 2024 08:49pm
Business & Finance SOE allowed concessionary rate of duty by customs LAHORE: Customs officials failed to deny concessionary rate of duty to a state-owned entity (SOE), said sources.... Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am
Pakistan Economic manifesto: MQM-P leaders brief FPCCI office-bearers KARACHI: Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Convener MQM Pakistan apprised that his party is deeply concerned over ... Published 30 Jan, 2024 04:52am
Business & Finance OMAP opposes govt decision to grant exclusive rights to import HSD to SOE LAHORE: In a strongly worded letter addressed to the Secretary of Petroleum, Momin Agha, Chairman of the Oil... Updated 22 Jan, 2024 12:29pm
Editorials Manifestoes lack economic rationale! EDITORIAL: Pledges by the two political parties, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan People’s Party,... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Print Senate panel recommends SOEs bill ISLAMABAD: Amid the opposition of the Finance Ministry, the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue... Updated 18 Jan, 2024 09:29am
Print ‘Reservations on PSM, Audited Accounts authenticity’: PSMC stakeholders express concerns ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (PSMC) stakeholders group has observed and expressed serious... Updated 16 Jan, 2024 09:42am
Opinion Hopium – II Energy pricing fortnightly (fuel, LPG and LNG), monthly (power) and 6 monthly (gas) needs an approach that smoothens... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am
Editorials Subsidies on power: where’s fiscal prudence? EDITORIAL: A recent consolidated report on State-Owned Entities (SOEs) released by the Finance Ministry noted a... Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am
Business & Finance Loss-making SOEs: business community voices concerns ISLAMABAD: The business community while expressing grave concerns over the massive losses of around Rs1.4 trillion... Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am
Print CCoSEOs for reconciling financial portfolios of NHA, PR with Finance Div ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State Owned Enterprises (CCoSEOs) has decided that financial portfolios of NHA... Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:12am
Print Foreign govts, private entities: Guidelines on pacts, MoUs notified ISLAMABAD: The government has notified guidelines regarding agreements/memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with... Updated 04 Jan, 2024 09:11am
Print SOEs: PM briefed about privatisation process ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Privatisation and Inter-Provincial Coordination Fawad Hassan Fawad called on... Updated 22 Dec, 2023 09:47am
Print MoST all set to disband PCRET ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has prepared a plan to abolish Pakistan Council of... Updated 18 Dec, 2023 09:32am
Print PM terms energy sector a ‘nightmare’ ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq has described the energy sector as a nightmare for the country... Updated 13 Dec, 2023 09:24am
Print Expenditures: Higher mark-up payments may put big pressure: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has forewarned higher markup payments may put significant pressure on the... Updated 03 Dec, 2023 05:15pm
Print Govt embarks on restructuring PIA, PSM, railways Federal government has periodically been releasing unbudgeted support to pay the salaries of Pakistan Steel Mills employees since 2013 Updated 01 Dec, 2023 12:42pm
Print Once in every 5 years: Govt would be required to design ‘SOEs policy’ ISLAMABAD: The federal government would be required, at least once in every five years, to prepare and prescribe a... Updated 01 Dec, 2023 12:41pm
