Crystal-ball economists
What can possibly go wrong in turning the country into a laboratory to test the validity of a ‘model’?
Kazim Alam
‘Strong-arming IPPs will deter future investors’
The govt has moved into high gear to redraw power purchase agreements with investors to control capacity charges.
Banks good to go for six months, says PBA
The balance sheets of commercial lenders are in good shape to sustain poor cash flows in the immediate term.
‘Govt must act now to prevent mass layoffs’
Words need to be followed up with a concrete plan of action and implementation, says textile mill director Ziad Bashir.
Contracts are ‘signed and sealed’, say IPPs
KARACHI: The government has not approached independent power producers (IPPs) to renegotiate capacity payments, IPP...
Of loose milk and tight margins
The dairy industry is ill-prepared to meet the demand if loose milk consumption suddenly stops.
The big bank theory
UBL CEO Sima Kamil serves as the nerve centre of the second most profitable bank in Pakistan.
No easy solution to get Pakistan out of BoP crisis: IMF
"Poorly-designed bailouts don’t allow reforms."
Industry seeks govt support for growth
‘Ensuring the revival of zero-rating for export sectors, long-term tariff policy for raw material imports...
Lies, damned lies and SEZs
The Korangi Creek Industrial Park has skidded into a ditch and the tow truck is taking too long to arrive
A different ball game for late entrants to gas market
New investors insist new fees have increased the cost of setting up a terminal by up to 25pc
A seller of optimism
The economic Pearl Harbor in the shape of devaluation created a crisis that’s still unfolding
Development’s sugar daddies
Until a couple of years ago, a local NGO would spend loads of money every year to operate a large fleet of...
Panacea for Karachi’s water woes?
The price of recycled water is expected to be 35-40 paisa per gallon.
Trapped by capacity
‘Most furnace oil-based power plants are about to fully repay their debt.
‘Economy needs stimulation’
Unilever Pakistan CEO Shazia Syed says, ‘Next 18 to 24 months will be challenging. If we get our fundamentals right,
‘We’re in a good place...’
The third-floor office of the central bank’s governor isn’t far from bustling Merewether Tower, a landmark at ...
Politics around the IMF package
The IMF deal offers the opposition an endless buffet of contentious points to choose to critique on.
Special Report: Machiavellian middlemen
SYED Hasan Ali had a foolproof business plan last year when he decided to grow vegetables on a 20-acre leased farm ...
Economy to slow further in ‘calibrated moderation’, says SBP governor
The governor expresses hope that the CAD will further narrow on the back of deceleration in imports, high remittances.