Financial inclusion in bloom

Moving away from the bureaucratic nightmares of banks, telco mobile wallets have helped significantly boost access to financial.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 10:30am

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Perpetually caught between panic and paralysis

Pakistan’s potential for foreign investment remains lower than its competitors, largely due to its ineffective policymaking.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 10:23am

Marginally improving fiscal planning

The Finance Bill that is set to become law is notably more people and business-friendly, and less autocratic in tone than the draft presented earlier.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:36am

Is the textile sector recovering?

As shipments account for 55.4pc of total exports in 11MFY25, the sector’s continued growth depends on shifting from commodity.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:10am

Weekly rupee-dollar parity

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Updated 30 Jun, 2025 08:14pm

KSE 100-share index fluctuations

KSE 100-share index fluctuations

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 08:13pm

Data centres and a digitisation opportunity

Establishing specialised centres can address concerns around data sovereignty while creating thousands of direct and indirect.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:06am

Agriculture: Deregulated market, unregulated consequences

Lack of government intervention in the coming year exposes wheat to a series of issues, including artificial price manipulation.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:14am

COMPANY NEWS

Minimal disruption at Emirates

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

CORPORATE WINDOW: Towards robust competition law

A competitive market can only function under certain structural and behavioural preconditions maintained by a sound legal framework.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 09:28am

Time to raise finances for priority sectors

Despite asserting greater agency in their respective budgets for FY26, Provinces continue to face deep-rooted challenges.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 10:50am

Data points

Cutting workforces

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Billions for Africa

Bill Gates is moving forward with plans to give away $200bn over the next 20 years, and the billionaire now says the...

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Crypto’s pig butchering

Caught in June, the largest-ever US seizure of cryptocurrency linked to ‘pig butchering’ — victims tricked ...

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Employee burnout

Mentions of burnout by employees on job-review site Glassdoor has jumped 32pc in the first quarter from a year...

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Sponsorship billions

Tennis player Roger Federer’s net worth is now about $1.3bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, making...

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Expensive shoes

Shoe brand Nike is forecasting it will have to pay $1bn in additional costs because of President Donald Trump’s...

Published 30 Jun, 2025 06:14am

Another step towards a cashless future

Google Wallet’s roughly half a million downloads in three months of its introduction indicate that optimism in a digitally charged future is not misplaced.

Updated 01 Jul, 2025 05:43pm

Funding Balochistan’s climate crisis

New provincial budget hopes to address prolonged droughts and unprecedented rain that continue to damage the region’s infrastructure and agricultural landscape.

Updated 30 Jun, 2025 10:36am

COMPANY NEWS

Awarding HR excellence

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Balochistan Budget: A move towards transformative development

Timely release and effective execution of projects are necessary for creating a positive impact on growth.

Updated 23 Jun, 2025 10:05am

The need to widen financial access

Despite the significant contribution of SMEs, accounting for nearly 80pc of employment in the non-agricultural sector

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Data points

American consumer power

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Paying for American residency

Nearly 70,000 people have signed up for the new golden Trump Card, a visa scheme that will grant foreigners legal...

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Selling ugly-cute dolls

Labubu, an ugly-but-cute plush doll, has become one of China’s most globally recognised brands, bringing in $2bn a...

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

The lure of the government job

India’s and China’s bureaucracies are among the most consequential in the world, with their decisions shaping ...

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Falling Chinese IPOs

In 2022, the Chinese initial public offering raised a record, world-topping $81bn, but in 2024, only 100 firms went...

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Heatwave in Britain

An ongoing heatwave in Britain, which has pushed temperatures above 30C, was 10 times more likely because of climate...

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

The dangers of rushing crypto adoption

In the absence of regulation, local or imported crypto tools could be used to wash proceeds from cybercrime, tax evasion.

Updated 23 Jun, 2025 10:00am

Tax upheaval and our solar future

Pakistan could use the sun to boost rural electrification and job creation, but not if taxes make solar unaffordable, especially

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Planning around global tensions

The Iran-Israel conflict may drive up oil prices and shipping costs, factors that budget makers had assumed would remain.

Updated 23 Jun, 2025 09:41am

Punjab Budget: Flush with cash, short on viable plans

On paper, the focus is on stimulus, public services, and growth, but looking closely, the Punjab budget prizes short-term optics.

Updated 23 Jun, 2025 04:09pm

Oil markets on edge

‘If military operations between Iran and Israel continue, the global market may lose 5m bpd from Iraq and the Gulf states’

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am

Finance: Foresight amid global shocks

Experts agree that it is time for Pakistan to act decisively by expanding the tax base, eliminating exemptions, and restructuring.

Updated 23 Jun, 2025 09:33am

Power without a purpose

Pakistan’s energy crisis is not one of insufficient generation but of unrealised, unproductive demand reflecting weak economic

Published 23 Jun, 2025 05:04am