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The government has been the biggest borrower from banks over the last decade, making up more than 70 per cent of banking assets. This has effectively crowded out private sector credit, stalling...

Pakistan needs long-tailed capital to execute infrastructure and other industrial projects that can contribute to economic growth

An energy transition is happening. Moving to a target of net-zero global emissions requires a steady move from fossil fuels to renewable energy, or sources that reduce emissions, while not affecting...

KARACHI: The Thar Coal Energy Board in its 25th meeting held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed...

A political crisis has turned a balance of payments issue into a hyperinflationary episode

A stitch in time saves nine. In the case of our economy, we do not like stitches. We deliberate whether a stitch is even required, or what if we don’t stitch at all, and maybe the problem will...

Case registered against driver for humiliating Hindu boy July 28, 2021 KARACHI: A case was registered under the sections of insulting the religious beliefs of an employee of a mining company, Abdul Salam aka Abu Dawood, for allegedly insulting, humiliating and torturing a young Hindu boy, Mukesh Bheel, and hurting his religious sentiments. The First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Mithi Police Station, Thar, under Sections 295-A and 298 of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complai...

THE audience listen to speakers at the gathering in Islamkot on Sunday.—Dawn MITHI: Leaders of Communist Party of Pakistan and Sindh Hari Committee have accused executives of mining firms engaged in coal extraction in different blocks of Thar Coalfields of failing to fulfill their commitments with the villagers who had to leave their homes and hearths due to massive mining in their area. They said that unbridled greed of corporate sector had always brought miseries upon real owners of natura...