The outflow of foreign investment through treasury bills shot up to $61 million during the first nine days of this month, while the inflow was just $8.14m in the same period. The inflows of foreign investments had increased in the last quarter of the previous fiscal year (FY24), improving the country’s investment climate, particularly for foreign investors. According to analysts, since inves
Pakistan has agreed in principle to revive the 1,124MW Kohala Hydropower Project (KHPP) and extend the completion deadline by three years, sources in the Planning Commission told Dawn. The project had been stalled for three years as China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure) was reluctant to provide insurance cover to the project as Pakistani power companies had not paid the due
The privatisation process for three electricity distribution companies (Discos) began on Tuesday after a meeting jointly chaired by the privatisation and power ministers gave its go-ahead. The Privatisation Commission has invited technical and financial proposals for the appointment of financial advisers for private sector participation in three distribution companies — Islamabad Electric Suppl
The issue of soaring electricity tariffs and the Punjab-only power subsidy have ignited a war of words between the ruling coalition parties, with the PPP criticising the PML-N-led federal and Punjab governments. The opposition has also seized the opportunity to criticise the PML-N, accusing the party of providing relief only to Punjab while neglecting other provinces. The political friction
Despite encouraging numbers of current account deficit and foreign direct investment for July, the equity investors extended their profit-taking spree on Monday amid mounting political tensions. Ahsan Mehanti of Arif Habib Corporation said stocks closed under pressure on a weak economic outlook. He cited uncertainty over IMF approval on power subsidies in Punjab, unsettled dues of Chinese IP