Monetary policy
The Senate Standing Committee on Finance is reported to have raised an important legal point in one of its recent meetings about a mandatory requirement under Section 9B of the…
Glass half full at SBP
Looks like they’re having problems with their audio system over there at the State Bank. It’s getting a little hard to tell which song they’re playing. There’s a track record…
FX and Gold weekly outlook
ECB rate cut and BOE's liquidity injection on same day should not be a big surprise, as both were due for its monetary policy announcement. But the biggest surprise of…
Opportunity from calamity
Last year, breaches as a result of the floods wreaked havoc on the right bank of the River Indus, while the recent monsoon rains badly affected lower and central Sindh…
Credit risk process
Hindsight is better than foresight. These wise words are commonly uttered by professionals across the world. However, the architects of risk management model take into account both aspects mentioned in…
Newsweek abandons print after 80 years, goes online only
Newsweek, once among the top magazines of the US media landscape, is about to disappear from news-stands as the publication that provided weekly news analysis for generations of Americans transitions…
SBP likely to slash rate by 50bps
Concerned with a declining private investment spending and unable to rein in record government spending, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has radically shifted its monetary policy focus, slashing policy…
Crime and terrorism: Financial challenges – I
INTRODUCTION: This paper seeks to integrate the efforts made by individual group activity members while studying and analysing the manifold directions of money laundering and terrorist financing. The topics assigned…
Land revenue system
IT was in the late ’90 when a portion of the embankment of a canal in Mehar taluka in district Dadu suddenly crumbled. Since it was not the time of…
An emerging market?
A recent Global Research Report by HSBC Bank noted that 19 of the top 30 economies in 2050 will be countries that are “emerging”. It is “not just the likes…
