Share prices settled on the lower side after hovering within a short range throughout the trading session on Wednesday. Arif Habib Ltd said the benchmark of representative shares traded in the green initially but moved both ways later on because of political noise as well as recent developments on the front of the International Monetary Fund programme. Stocks dipped in the final trading hou
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that oil production cuts were required to maintain a certain price level, contradicting assurances from other leaders of the Opec+ group of producers that it was not seeking to manage the market in that way. The United States and Europe have accused Russia of weaponising energy to contain the West in its drive to weaken Moscow’s military campai
The American Business Council of Pakistan (ABC) on Wednesday met with top members of the government’s economic team to discuss various measures for ease of doing business, encourage foreign direct investment (FDI), and boost economic growth. The delegation led by ABC president Jamshed Safdar held separate meetings with Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar, Minister of State for Revenue Tariq Pasha an
The Public Accounts Committee expressed concern on Wednesday that Pakistan would have to pay a staggering amount of $18 billion in penalty if the country did not go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline project. “The US should pay the penalty if it does not approve of Pakistan and Iran going ahead with the gas pipeline project. The USA will have to do away with double standards — being leni
The economic situation is going to be “very difficult” in coming months, with liquid foreign exchange reserves of the central bank likely to drop below the critical level of $2 billion by the end of September, said former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday. Addressing a meeting of businesspeople at the German consulate, the estranged PML-N leader who served two brief stints as finance