Pakistan’s economy is in a tailspin, going from crisis to catastrophe and now the system is becoming unhinged, warns Pakistani-American economist Atif Mian. Mr Mian, a professor of economics at the prestigious Princeton University and the first Pakistani to rank among the 25 top economists of the world, blames “judiciary, politicians, and generals” for this situation. “The last couple of yea
Share prices rose initially on Monday, but pessimism soon overpowered the bulls and drove down the representative index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange. Arif Habib Ltd said a lack of investors’ involvement pushed the index into the red territory soon after the opening bell rang. Trading remained subdued for the rest of the session with prices swinging in both directions before closing on the low
High oil prices, massive drop in auto sales, low power generation and economic slowdown restricted the country’s overall oil products sales which declined by nine per cent in March and 21pc during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (9MFY23). According to Nasheed Malik of Topline Securities, this is the lowest monthly sales figure in 35 months, since February-April 2020. Oil sal
Amid consumers’ opposition, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) reserved judgment on the government’s request for reducing electricity subsidy by about Rs20 billion through about Rs6.02 per unit increase in K-Electric’s consumer-end tariff from April to June.While concluding the public hearing on a petition filed by the Power Division for a hike in KE’s consumer tariff, Nepra
Amid a persistent slowdown in construction activities, domestic cement sales dropped year-on-year 29 per cent to 3.356 million tonnes in March.Despite a 48.46pc year-on-year jump to 438,433 tonnes in March, the export shipments witnessed a fall of 35pc during July-March of 2022-23. As per the data released by All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), total cement despatches — expor