A tremendous amount of focus is now visible from actions of the current leadership, spearheaded by supremely empowered Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) with support of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Reportedly, the PM was lauded as a “man of action” by one of the Saudi Arabian ministers and Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb too has focused his entire energy on implementation of
ISLAMABAD: Net metering, also referred to as net energy metering (NEM), is an electricity billing method enabling consumers generating their own power to utilise it at any time, rather than solely when it’s generated. It involves customers with solar panels transferring excess electricity they produce to the grid, receiving credits from the utility company on their electric bill. When solar pan
The status quo in the SBP policy rate against the market expectation of a cut disappointed investors who resorted to profit-selling, dragging the index below the 71,000 level in the outgoing volatile week. Arif Habib Ltd (AHL) said the index experienced persistent pressure throughout the week as the market anticipated a rate cut, which ultimately remained unchanged at 22 per cent. On the econom
Pakistan is a challenging location for workers who are the backbone of the economy. Despite the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimating a living wage of Rs60,000 to 65,000, they typically earn only a fraction of this amount. Workers face life-threatening risks in factories, agriculture fields, construction sites and mines, and if they are fortunate enough to secure employment in an o
The Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) recent decision to block the mobile SIMs of 506,671 individuals who failed to file their tax returns for 2023 as a penalty is a controversial move that telecom operators may challenge in courts. It is yet another example of using diktat to expand the tax net and improve tax collection instead of introducing systemic reforms based on best international practices