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Dealing with rising oil prices | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: There is no increase in petroleum prices this time around, although crude oil prices have reached $90 per barrel. The government has done away with GST on petroleum altogether and has maintained some petroleum development levy (PDL), which…
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Embedding ESG into any business | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: As an environmental, social and governance (ESG) entrepreneur, I often get asked questions like “I own a software company, I do not need to worry about ESG right?” To that, my response is “yes, if you are not…
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Demand for housing and demographics | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] NORTHAMPTON: Demographics play an important role in influencing house prices. Seminal research on US house prices by N Gregory Mankiw and David N Weil in 1989 showed that the quantity of housing demanded exhibits a sharp jump between the…
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Urban planning for cars in capital | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Islamabad, once known as a city of parks and gardens, is rapidly becoming a city of cars and SUVs. It is a great place to live in – if you are a car. Thanks to Doxiadis Associates, the…
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Bigger lies in statistics | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: One of the statistical jokes says that if your one foot is on fire and the other on ice, you should feel comfortable on average, and that is what an average Pakistani is supposed to feel if we…
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Foreign debt to ‘jump to $103b’ by end of next fiscal | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has revealed that Pakistan owes $18.4 billion or one-fifth of its external public debt to China, which is not only $4 billion higher than the officially reported figures but is also the highest lending…
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Third LNG facility to become functional in 2023 | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: At present, two liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals are operating in the country to meet the ever-growing energy needs of consumers and the third facility will be functional by next year, Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar has…
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Pakistan to get $3b from IMF in next 7 months | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: Pakistan is scheduled to receive the remaining $3 billion under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $6 billion loan programme over the next seven months, which will help stabilise its foreign exchange reserves and strengthen the rupee. The IMF…
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Inflation takes toll on kinnow processing | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The mounting cost of doing business coupled with supply-side disruptions amid Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the kinnow processing industry of Pakistan. Around 100 kinnow processing factories shut down in Sargodha district alone, after experiencing drastic…
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Crisis looms as wheat sowing shrinks in Punjab | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: A wheat crisis is still looming in the country as cultivation of the staple crop has dropped in Punjab, setting off alarm bells. Chairman of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has expressed concern over the decline in…
