The key measure of stock prices surged on Monday to cross the psychological barrier of 48,000 points as investors reacted positively to the prospect of Saudi money flowing into Pakistan’s mineral and energy sectors. Topline Securities Ltd CEO Mohammed Sohail said the expectation of investment from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates along with the Pakistan Mineral Summit, scheduled to be
PAKISTAN’S car industry is in deep trouble. The last fiscal was one of the worst years the industry has ever seen. Its sales decreased in FY23 by almost 56pc to 126,879 units from a year ago. The plunge in car sales is driven mainly by three reasons. First, the demand for auto loans, historically a major driver of car sales in the country, is declining significantly because of the State Bank’s
KARACHI: Amid expectations of further deceleration in average inflation to 20-22 per cent with an economic growth projection of 2-3pc for FY24, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has left its policy rate unchanged at 22pc for next two months. SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed announced the decision at a press conference on Monday. Most of the analysts were expect
Ever since venture capital (VC) started flowing into Pakistan, the local ecosystem has seen polarising debates on whether the companies being built are sustainable, given their generally questionable unit economics. From unbelievably high losses to calls for investigating lax corporate governance mechanisms, the space receives a high dose of flak, both fair and unfair, that may be disproportion
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday maintained the status quo and decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged at 22 per cent. The announcement was made by SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed after a meeting of the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The State Bank said that the moderate growth outlook for the current fiscal year, addressing short-term external sector vulnerabilities in th