Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Atif Ikram Sheikh has urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to immediately bring down its policy rate to 15 per cent to enable local exporters to compete on the regional and international markets with reduced cost of capital. He added that this step should be accompanied by fulfilling the government’s promise to rationa
While completing the process for Rs1.90 per unit additional quarterly tariff adjustment in electricity rates across the country, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) censured all the power companies on Monday for discouraging solar net metering to consumers. At a public hearing presided over by Nepra Chairman Waseem Mukhtar, the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) — the c
The Auditor General of Pakistan has identified leakage, malfeasance and dozens of other loss-making practices to the tune of Rs4.5 trillion in the country’s ever-bleeding power sector that have put the nation on the brink of collapse. The AGP, in his report, expressed concern over lack of accountability and poor response to corrective measures. In the audit report on the accounts of Power D
Despite mounting political tensions and an unexpected delay in the approval of the Staff-Level Agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund in July for a new $7 billion Extended Fund Facility, the falling T-bill yields and robust corporate results helped the stock market close the outgoing week in green territory. The non-inclusion of Pakistan in the agenda of the IMF’s Executive Boar
Expecting the stability of a developed market and growth rates of a developing market is unreasonable; it is a high risk, high return scenario,” says Unilever’s Chairman and CEO Amir Paracha in an interview with Dawn. Companies that withdraw during challenging periods often miss out on substantial opportunities, Mr Paracha argues, citing examples of international banks and foreign pharmaceutica