Chinese bought a stake in PSX. What next?
Four directors of the foreign consortium continue to be on the board, though their presence is scarcely felt outside.
Dilawar Hussain
Crumbling, decaying Karachi
"We may miss deadlines for export orders, which can result in the loss of foreign markets," say traders.
When refineries go underwater
PRL ended the year with net negative cash and cash equivalents of Rs10.2bn
Betting on expatriates — once again
Market players don’t expect an overwhelming response from overseas Pakistanis to the Roshan Digital Account scheme.
Corporate takeovers — hostile and docile
Family-controlled companies relinquish their holdings in friendly buyouts as familial bonds weaken over decades.
Investors flock back to stock market
Stockholders expect the revival of economic activity as revenue collection increases, car sales grow and cement despatches rise.
Why employee stock option schemes are unpopular
Sponsors don’t want employees to climb up the corporate ladder by exercising stock options and accumulating shares from the market
The loneliness of a whistle-blower
Both the Companies Act and the Code of Corporate Governance are silent when it comes to the whistle-blower
A bonanza for the stock market
The buying spree has continued for 11 consecutive sessions, providing cumulative gains of 7.4pc.
Little relief for the little guy
Institutions would take advantage of the arbitrage by moving funds between Pakistan Investment Bonds and National Savings Schemes
Stocks rally despite terror attack on PSX building
The market closed at its usual time with the KSE-100 index recording gains of 242 points.
Too little, too late
Shares provided a wafer-thin return of 0.1pc, with the KSE-100 index crawling to 33,939 points on June 26...
Dismay overwhelms
IF the Economic Survey for 2019-20 released on June 11 painted a bleak picture of the stock market, the federal...
No incentives for equities investors
While the Federal Minister Hamad Azhar termed it a ‘relief budget’, investors graded the budget between “a status-quo” and “disappointing”.
KSE-100 dips 13.78pc in July-March
The Pakistan Economic Survey points out that Covid-19 was damaging.
Stirring up the hornets’ nest for a disaster levy
Successive governments have been quick to levy new taxes on individual and corporate income every time a catastrophe hit the country
M&As to pick up pace
Companies have the option to either scale down their production or seek a similar business entity to join forces.
Companies resume plant operations
Many sectors have seen heavy plunges in their earnings.
MSCI EM Index: Hanging by a thread
Pakistan has managed to stay on the MSCI EM Index with all three scrips retained in the latest review.
‘Unjust’ suspension of dividends
The apex regulator should have stood up to uphold the rights of the banks’ shareholders, says former SECP chairman.