Biden plans to bar some US investments in China, track others
The Biden administration plans to outright ban investments in some Chinese technology companies and increase scrutiny of others, three sources said, part of its plan to crack down on the…
SEZs – investments for future
My experience with the Board of Investment (BoI) allowed me a deeper insight into not only the workings of the economy but the necessity of a consolidated long-term vision that…
LNG investments vanish in 2020 as coronavirus slashes oil and gas prices
No new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects could be approved this year for the first time in at least two decades, banking and industry sources said, after the COVID-19…
Investments get ‘real’ as inflation fears dim appeal of bonds
Electric vehicle infrastructure, top-end offices and industrial metals - with a resurgence in inflation seemingly on the horizon, investors are slashing their exposure to bonds in favour of “real” assets.…
High interest rates, low investments
Sustainable technology and Industry 4.0-enabled technologies, most recently presented at the ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, are taking the global textile industry by storm. The tech world is rapidly moving…
Foreign investments in Pakistan
The two-day visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has ended on a positive note - both on diplomatic and investment fronts. The extent of his visit is unprecedented…
Investments in KP
The PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has been making efforts towards bringing around a change in the economic, social, cultural and political affairs of this volatile province of Pakistan. It…
American investments in Pakistan
While addressing the 3rd Pakistan-US Business Opportunities Conference in Islamabad last week, the visiting US Secretary Commerce, Penny Pritzker, underlined security, unfair taxation and bureaucratic procedures as key impediments to…
Chinese solar investments
Last week I wrote about the Karot Hydropower project, the documents for which were signed during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan recently. This week I took a closer look…
Diaspora sukuks: Attracting investments from overseas Pakistanis
Against the drop scene of a huge plunge in Pakistani rupee against the US dollar in the last few days (leaving USD-PKR parity to 1:105 to 1:108, according to the…
