How to achieve growth
To progress rapidly, Pakistan must create an Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) environment conducive to economic growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The EoDB refers to the regulatory and administrative framework that…
US investment banks see early signs of revival in dealmaking
Major Wall Street firms said a dismal year of dealmaking appears to have hit a trough, and now some companies are looking to merge, offering hope that investment banking revenues…
Asian power generation gets cleaner, even as coal emissions rise
Asia boosted clean electricity output and slashed its share of fossil fuels faster than North America and Europe from 2015, data shows, underscoring resistance by Asian nations to a western…
BNP to hire a dozen staff in Asia equities revamp, end research deal-sources
BNP Paribas plans to make at least a dozen hires in its equities business in Asia next year and will end a research outsourcing pact with Morningstar, two sources with…
A revisit of trade components critical
Exports fuel domestic productivity and therefore employment and at the same time constitute the most desired form of earning foreign exchange. Pakistan’s exports are consumer based and traditional – rice,…
Fiscal rules revamp may threaten calm in euro zone’s fragile bond markets
The recent calm in bond markets of the most indebted euro zone nations could quickly flip to turmoil in 2024 if investors already nervous about debt sustainability and high interest…
Growth in federal tax revenues
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released recently the Revenue Division Year Book for 2022-23. This is a very useful publication and highlights the trends in the level and…
HEC dominate National Junior Athletics with seven gold medals
Higher Education Commission (HEC) had a solid start to the 5th National Junior Athletics Championship which began at the Artillery Regimental Centre in Attock on Sunday. Of the 13 final…
A call for change and development
Reform, not begging, is the answer to all our economic and political problems. The question though is: which reform? The answers to this were discussed at a recent conference held…
Medical education standards to be raised to international level, says PM’s aide
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Medical Education and Patient Care Prof Dr Aamir Bilal has said medical and dental education standards would be brought at par with international standards…
