Poultry producers urge govt to allow free market to determine prices 

LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Saturday urged the government to allow the free market to operate and let the demand and supply determine the price of poultry (chicken) and its by-products.  In a press briefing, PPA Vice Chairman for the North Region Raja Attiqueur Rehman Abbasi said that the poultry sector formed about 40 per cent of the...

Cement association regrets CCP’s raids on member offices, calls them unlawful

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) on Saturday took exception to the raids conducted by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on offices of some members of APCMA and termed the raids as unlawful, illegal and blatant violation of the law.  The Association disclosed that on November 19 at around 11 am, the office bearers of the CCP...

Bitcoin extends monster rally, approaches $19,000

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HONG KONG: The largest cryptocurrency got pretty close to a $19,000 threshold for the first time in almost three years, fueling crypto enthusiasts’ hopes that bitcoin may beat its last record. The price of bitcoin has hovered between $18,107.86 and $18,964.64 over the past 24 hours, with the last peak reached during early morning trading on Saturday. As of 07:03...

Five rules to help you plan for a retirement income

The absence of a diverse enough set of options in Pakistan means that those nearing or in retirement have to carefully balance the need for diversification, beating inflation, and sufficient yields

Natural gas pricing will likely incorporate the higher cost of LNG imports

Just what is going on between Ogra and the Sui Gas Companies?

Coronavirus lockdowns hit Karam Ceramics hard

Yet despite the pandemic, the company is likely to see a sharp bounce back with the expected boom in residential real estate construction.

Why the tobacco industry is loudly calling for a crackdown on smuggling

The illusion of popular support for the idea is being generated to enlist the government’s help in cracking down on the industry’s informal sector competition, to preserve the duopoly

Strong year for TRG Pakistan in a banner year for its global subsidiaries

Its recently listed BPO subsidiary and healthcare subsidiaries have helped the company’s topline

K-Electric, NEPRA arrange consultative session for public DISCOs

KARACHI: The K-Electric (KE) and the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) organised a joint session wherein publicly owned DISCO’s were briefed about KE’s journey and experience as the first DISCO to implement Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) on an end to end scale. Inaugurating the event, KE Chief Distribution Officer (CDO) Amer Zia said, “Recently KE has made significant in-roads...

The state of play in Pakistan’s macroeconomy: tepid still

A new report from Arif Habib Ltd suggests that Pakistan will make it through, through a combination of remittances and sheer luck

Lahore Metro: the first step in the nation’s mass transit infrastructure

The complaints against the project appear largely from either those politically opposed to the government that initiated the project, or rich art school cranks who will not be using it

Not just another fad: Cloud kitchens are here to stay

Hastened by the coronavirus pandemic, cloud kitchens may revolutionize the way the $20 billion restaurant industry works in Pakistan

A much-overdue reckoning

If the news of the ban on Pakistani citizens getting new visas to the United Arab Emirates are true – and early indications seem to suggest that they are – then Pakistan may well be on the verge of having a long-overdue reckoning about the cost of its relationship with the Gulf Arab states, particularly the alliance led by...

Modi says India set to double oil refining capacity in five years, earlier than expected

MUMBAI: India plans to nearly double its oil refining capacity in the next five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, offering a much more aggressive timeline than previously despite the coronavirus pandemic blighting the economy. The country's energy minister was quoted here in June as saying India's oil refining capacity could jump to 450-500 million tonnes in 10 years...