Tag: Financial

UK to invest in mining, financial sectors

The United Kingdom is interested to invest in mining and financial sector of Pakistan. It is the second largest foreign investor in Pakistan and...

Europe’s financial wasteland

“April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot at the beginning of his great poem, “The Waste Land.” But, if Eliot had been a...

Financial costs burdening Engro

In 1957, an Esso/Mobil joint venture discovered the Mari Gas field near Dharki, Sindh. Esso proposed the establishment of a urea plant in that...

Financial services in the wallet

The world in your palm’ could best describe the utility of a mobile phone, whereas the cause of its innovation was the option of...

Financial sector should play its role in resolving energy crisis: Anwar

State Bank of Pakistan Acting Governor Yaseen Anwar has stressed that the financial sector play its role in resolving the ongoing energy crisis in...

Changes at top financial institutions

It is said that frequent changes in important key policy financial institutions are disconcerting, but clearly this trend is not unique in Pakistan. Shahid...

ABL AMC signs trust deed with MCB Financial Services

In a ceremony held at the head office of ABL Asset Management, a Trust Deed was signed between ABL Asset Management Company Limited (ABL...

LUMS holds financial literacy workshop

Young people are often confronted with complicated financial decisions in today’s demanding financial environment and financial mistakes early in life can have opportunity costs....

Humanitarian spending bucks financial crisis

Global spending on humanitarian aid hit a record $16.7 billion in 2010 despite the financial crisis, but devastating disasters and rising delivery costs meant...

NHA deals with financial crunch

National Highway Authority Chairman Syed Muhammad Ali Gardezi has said that the financial crunch, through which NHA is passing nowadays, needs to be tackled...

Pakistan seeks financial adviser for Iranian pipeline project

Pakistan has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from national and foreign banks for the construction of a proposed $1.2 billion pipeline to pump Iranian...

Financial crisis in Pakistan Railways

The Ministry of Finance has asked the State Bank of Pakistan to hold the release of salaries and other payments Pakistan Railways causing further...

International seminar on financial inclusion for Central Asia held in China

An International Seminar on Financial Inclusion for Central Asia, the Caucasus, and South Asia organised by Asian Development Bank Institute-Japan, APEC Business Advisory Council...

ECP directs parties to submit financial statements

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday directed the heads of all political parties to submit the details of their parties’ assets, accounts...

TA for capital, corporate, financial sectors revised by SECP, FBR

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), working in collaboration with the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), introduced various tax-related reforms for the...

IBM releases financial product

IBM launched Cognos 10, a flagship Business Intelligence solution on April 26, 2011. IBM Pakistan Country Sales Manager Adnan Siddiqui in his opening note...

NAB found involved in financial irregularities

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) which is an apex institution of the country for curbing menace of corruption has been found involved in sheer...