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Gas price hike for fertiliser plants sought

ISLAMABAD: The government has initiated discussions to increase gas prices for the remaining six fertiliser plants aimed at preventing the possibility of windfall profits of around Rs100 billion due to its earlier decision to raise prices for only four plants. The issue of gas prices in the range of 175%, or Rs1,017 per mmbtu, may go to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet n

Why Pakistan lags in man-made fibre exports

The global textiles and apparel trade is undergoing a significant transformation, shifting emphatically towards man-made fibres (MMF), which constitute around 63% of global textiles and apparel trade, earning them the title of “fibre of the future”. However, Pakistan’s textile sector stands at a crucial crossroads, predominantly tethered to cotton-based exports, which account for almost 67% of

General elections and economy

Elections have been held according to the announced date, which has ended the uncertainty surrounding the electoral process. Initially, the election campaign remained slow owing to the lingering uncertain political situation as the country had been in the grip of rumours that the tenure of caretaker setup will be extended by considering the security and economic situation. The campaign picke

PSX loses over 3,000 points in post-poll week

Growing doubts about the formation of a new coalition government amid raging protests against alleged manipulation of election results across the country kept the market sentiment depressed in the outgoing week. The equities received a massive battering on the first day of the trading week as nervous investors resorted to panic-selling amid an inordinate delay in announcing a clear-cut power-sh

The spectre of AI-driven irrelevance

REMEMBER when making a video required bulky equipment, a field force of camerapersons, an army of editors, sound designers, and countless other support staff? Probably not. For most of us, it meant taking out our phone to record, downloading to make the edits and then uploading to some platform. The monopoly of content had been broken, as evidenced by the fact that some of the biggest creators of