Miftah directs immediate meeting to consider SOEs declaring 'healthy dividends' PSX hosts meeting with finance minister, who sets up three committees to coordinate on issues including interest rates, taxation, review of listings of DFIs among others Updated 10 Aug, 2022 09:41am
Print Petroleum prices: Finance hints at making changes, adjustments on weekly basis ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has hinted at making changes/adjustment in petroleum prices on a weekly basis ... Updated 05 Aug, 2022 12:01pm
Print SOEs: PM irked by inordinate delay in sell-off process Meeting discusses transactions that are in pipeline for a long time Updated 27 Jul, 2022 11:13am
Opinion Ambitious reforms: need of the hour With the glaring example of Sri Lanka defaulting on its debt, the risk of Pakistan facing a similar fate should be ... Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am
Print Economic advisory body comprises PM, the Pashas, others ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday approved the recomposition of 18-member Economic Advisory Council... Updated 28 Jun, 2022 09:49am
Opinion Budget hasn’t eased all IMF concerns? That a policy appeasement is often counterproductive with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a fact. Although... Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:19am
Business & Finance Post-budget press conference: Fiscal tightening on the cards Miftah Ismail says energy sector’s woes have deepened due to mismanagement, unbearably high transmission and distribution losses PM Shehbaz Sharif talked to the Indonesian President about palm oil IMF not happy with the government measure to increase income tax exemption for salaried class Updated 11 Jun, 2022 05:57pm
Print Rs 96 billion to be generated via sell-off proceeds ISLAMABAD: The federal government has budgeted to generate Rs96 billion from the privatisation proceeds in the... Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:41am
Editorials The Budget EDITORIAL: It is a sad commentary on the state of our economy that within a brief span of three years we are faced... Published 11 Jun, 2022 06:14am
Editorials A contractionary fiscal policy EDITORIAL: Addressing a business conference three days before his scheduled budget speech in parliament, Finance... Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am
Business & Finance FPCCI urges govt to declare ‘economic emergency’ KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has urged the federal government to... Published 07 May, 2022 05:46am
Print New govt forms new economic advisory council ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a 21-member Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to review and... Updated 29 Apr, 2022 10:27am
Opinion Challenges for Shehbaz Sharif It is indeed extremely disconcerting that the challenges that face Shehbaz Sharif’s government today are only... Published 18 Apr, 2022 05:30am
Opinion SOEs: the Chinese model This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed titled “SOEs: status quo” carried by the newspaper recently. The... Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am
Editorials Inefficiencies that breed corruption EDITORIAL: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics’ (PIDE’s) two-day conference ‘Research for Social... Updated 02 Apr, 2022 12:26pm
Opinion SOEs: status quo State-Owned Entities (SOEs) continue to be the recipients of large annual budgeted injections in Pakistan and... Published 28 Mar, 2022 05:29am
Print NA panel defers decision on proposed bill on SOEs ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance has put off approval of the proposed... Updated 15 Feb, 2022 09:52am
Print Commitment to IMF: Sell-off of 2 RLNG plants, two banks by June ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has committed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it would complete the process of... Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:17am
Print SOEs: PC sets sell-off target The Privatization Commission has set a target to complete the privatisation of one dozen state-owned entities Updated 14 Dec, 2021 01:08pm
Print Heavy loss-making SOEs: Sell-off scope to be widened, says Soomro ISLAMABAD: Privatisation Minister Mohammed Mian Soomro Thursday chaired a review meeting at the ministry. The... Updated 29 Oct, 2021 05:13pm
Print Cabinet seeks report on performance of SOEs ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has directed the Ministry to submit performance report of State-Owned Enterprises... Updated 14 Sep, 2021 10:27am
Opinion Stabilisation and growth without much reforms – II In contrast to the prescription being followed in Pakistan like in many other IMF programme countries over the ... Published 06 Jun, 2021 02:56am
Opinion Costs of misguided accountability The ongoing heat on corruption and wrongdoings has put efficiency on the backburner. The stakeholder mindset –... Published 23 May, 2021 03:06am
Markets Ceremony held to bid secretary of petroleum a farewell ISLAMABAD: Officers and staff of the Petroleum Division held a simple and dignified ceremony to say farewell to... Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am
Opinion Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — II The 1990s’ world was mostly a neoliberal world with the Washington Consensus-styled policies such as small... Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am
Opinion Tarin’s plan falls short of needed reform approach — I ‘In this context, ‘moonshot’ thinking is about setting targets that are ambitious but also inspirational, able... Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am
Opinion Sell-off process hamstrung by various factors This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “Tarin for swift privatisation of SOEs” carried by the newspaper ... Published 03 May, 2021 04:39am
Print Tarin for swift privatisation of SOEs ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Friday emphasised the need to accelerate the... Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am
Print SOEs’ contributions to exchequer shared with Hammad ISLAMABAD: The annual profit earning before tax of State-owned Entities (SOEs) under the administrative control of... Updated 23 Apr, 2021 10:05am
Print SECP to start concept of 'direct listing' of cos ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) will introduce concept of 'direct listing' of... Published 20 Apr, 2021 03:59am
