How to Start Investing in Mutual Funds
Everybody wants to invest and have some sort of a saving plan, but most of the people don’t have the essential knowledge and are always scared of losing their savings. People often wonder how they can...
View ArticleHow to Start Investing in Pakistan’s Commodity Market
Commodities have become focus of interests for investors, both locally and globally. Several reasons fuel this interest, these are; continuously rising prices of commodities for the past 5 – 6years,...
View ArticleDroping FDI a Cause of Concern For Pakistan
According to the data released by The State Bank of Pakistan last month dating in nyc the foreign private investment has fallen sharply. For the period of July-April it stands at $595 million as...
View ArticleMicrofinance Credit Bureau Launched by The State Bank of Pakistan
Keeping in mind the importance of the microfinance sector of Pakistan towards the growth of the economy, The State Bank of Pakistan recently launched a microfinance-exclusive credit information bureau...
View ArticleImport Bill Increases
It is reported that the total import bill of Pakistan has increased by 11.99 percent over the first eleven months of the fiscal year 2011-2012. Total import bill was reported to be $36.551 billion...
View ArticleAchievement of Revenue Target Seems Unlikely
In February 2012, the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of Pakistan, Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, set a revenue target to be achieved by the end of the fiscal year 2012. Since then, he has been...
View ArticleBudget deficit financing hits the record of 8 percent of GDP
It is estimated that the total financing of the budget deficit would reach a record of Rs1648 billion or 8 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Pakistan by the end of the June 2012. Records...
View ArticleThe State Bank Issues Minimum Standards for the Sale of Third Party Products
Recently, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has set up minimum standards for the sale of third party products by banks/development finance institutions (DFIs). Officials of the SPB have revealed that...
View ArticleWeekly Review: Investments Remains Low
Amongst the political turbulence in Pakistan, investors remained hesitant to invest in the market. The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark 100-share index increased by only 0.5 per cent as...
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