A business ecosystem facilitates the growth and prosperity of firms by providing access to finance and an efficient value chain. Its objective is to ensure fair benefits across sectors, preventing undue advantage for any one sector at the expense of others. However, the current business ecosystem in Pakistan primarily favours feudal, urban elites, and semi-government corporations. Pakistan’s ec
Describing the failed four-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) as a “missed opportunity”, the IMF blamed both the PTI and PDM, particularly under the economic stewardship of Shaukat Tarin and Ishaq Dar, for irresponsible budgetary expansion and exchange rate interventions, respectively. The IMF staff report released after the signing of the $3 billion Standby Arrangement detailed step-wise ‘sto
Bulls defended the psychological level of 45,000 points for the second consecutive session on Wednesday as the benchmark index settled slightly above the preceding day’s close. Topline Securities said investors remained cautious throughout trading hours as the KSE-100 index floated within a narrow band of 300 points following the release of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Report a
The State Bank of Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves rose $4.2 billion to $8.7bn during the week ending July 14, the central bank said in a statement. The reserves have almost doubled over a week’s time after Pakistan received $2bn from Saudi Arabia, $1.2bn from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under a $3bn standby arrangement and $1 billion from the United Arab Emirates, according to th
Expressing displeasure over the current volume of the country’s Information Technology (IT) exports, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday emphasised the need for enhancing them to $25 billion a year. He also hoped for IT investment of $20bn within a span of two to three years and said that the government had already placed a mechanism to ensure one-window operations to facilitate the in