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OICCI seeks relief for salaried and corporate sector

LAHORE: With the government finalising the details of next year’s budget, the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has, in a...

09.06.2025 30

Nasir Jamal

It all starts with seeds

Pakistan’s agriculture sector is a major economic driver, contributing just below a quarter to the nation’s GDP and employing 37 per cent of the...

03.06.2025 50

Nasir Jamal

Dollar retreat setting stage for diversification?

The overriding objective of President Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs — most of which remain suspended until July while the White...

20.05.2025 20

Nasir Jamal

Rise of digital technology, extensive use of data can make or break Pakistan

Muhammad Farooq Naseem started his entrepreneurial journey with the establishment of a television assembly plant that has since diversified into...

29.04.2025 30

Nasir Jamal

Confusion clouds global economy

The US tariffs have upended the global economic order in just weeks. Though the violent market reaction forced the hand of President Donald Trump to...

22.04.2025 40

Nasir Jamal

US tariff hammer to miss the nail

Last Friday, China raised tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent to match the import levies slammed by President Donald Trump on its exports as the...

15.04.2025 20

Nasir Jamal

The vicious trade war worsens

“Cynics were delighted at the spectacle of a country trying to collect debts from abroad and, at the same time, shutting out the import goods that...

08.04.2025 30

Nasir Jamal

Economy holds its breath

The first biannual performance review of the ongoing International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) was concluded...

18.03.2025 20

Nasir Jamal

Stoking the US-China rivalry

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was...

11.03.2025 40

Nasir Jamal

Hurdles to Islamic banking conversion

Pakistan has pledged to become fully Shariah-compliant in its banking services by December 2027 under a Federal Shariat Court order. The court had...

04.03.2025 20

Nasir Jamal

Lack of Shariah compliant fintech

Pakistan’s progress on digital banking has been woefully slow; it is even more distressing in the Islamic fintech space despite the growing demand...

25.02.2025 30

Nasir Jamal

Corporate window: A case for palliative care

Tauseef Ahmed Khan, Chairman of Highnoon Laboratories The more things change in Pakistan, the more they stay the same. This can sometimes be quite...

18.02.2025 30

Nasir Jamal

FBR confident of raising tax-to-GDP ratio despite shortfall

LAHORE: Despite concerns that FBR’s tax collection may fall short of the Rs12.97 trillion target for the current fiscal year, the top tax authority...

14.02.2025 20

Nasir Jamal

China’s defence against Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House is compelling countries across the whole spectrum of the United States’ major trading...

24.12.2024 7

Nasir Jamal

EV evolution — a new chapter?

The arrival of China’s technologically competitive and inexpensive electric vehicles (EVs) on the world scene is fast reshaping the global...

02.12.2024 4

Nasir Jamal

Despite using advanced modelling software, policymakers committed to questionable projects

Pakistan’s power generation capacity expansion process continues to face credibility challenges despite being regularly conducted with an...

25.11.2024 4

Nasir Jamal

Trump’s policies may have far reaching negative effects across the globe, especially on emerging markets

Donald Trump’s return to the White House seems to have sent jitters across major European capitals, as his second presidency is feared to spark a “...

11.11.2024 6