Concerns over the country’s financial deterioration echoed in the Senate on Tuesday, with a treasury lawmaker calling for a parliamentary probe into the causes of economic downfall over the past 10 years. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Irfan Siddiqui suggested forming a committee comprising lawmakers to review the causes of economic downfall since 2013. In a wide-ran
Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) shrank 5.49 per cent in November 2022 over the same month last year, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. The big industry production contracted for the third consecutive month of the current fiscal year sending fears of major layoffs, especially in the textile sector. The contraction in industrial output indicates that e
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, extending the previous session’s gains, driven by optimism that the lifting of China’s strict Covid-19 curbs will lead to a recovery in fuel demand in the world’s top oil importer. Brent crude futures firmed 63 cents, or 0.73 per cent, to $86.55 a barrel by 0401 GMT, following a 1.7pc rally in the previous session. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures
As the rupee continues to weaken faster than market expectations, doubts and fears are mounting over the country’s economic health, particularly its ability to pay the import bill for essential items in the coming weeks. The exchange rate has been primarily hit hard by a steep decline in the central bank’s foreign exchange reserves, which have shrunk to a near nine-year low of $4.34 billion.
Stock trading started on Monday with investors exhibiting negative sentiments for shares from a wide range of sectors. Arif Habib Ltd said share prices dropped and stayed in the red territory throughout the trading session owing to the prevailing political uproar. One of the four provincial assemblies stands dissolved while another provincial legislature is likely to be dissolved soon as part o