May 2, 2014 Pakistan to sell US$458 million Sukuk in May The Government of Pakistani (GoP) is all set to issue Soverign Ijarah Sukuk up to PKR45 billion (around US$ 458 million) during the first…
April 16, 2014 APL profit likely to increase Board of Directors of Attock Petroleum (APL) is scheduled to meet on April 17, 2014 to discuss its 9MFY14 financial results. Analysts expect profitability…
March 20, 2014 Pakistan: Energy Sector Victim of Incongruous Policies A closer look at Pakistan’ energy sector reveals that exploration and production activities have remained lackluster, refining sector suffers from underutilization of capacity and…
December 8, 2013 Gaza Strip: The Largest Open Air Prison Prominent political thinker Noam Chomsky has described Gaza Strip as “the world’s largest open air prison.” Amnesty International has called on Israeli regime to…
December 5, 2013 United States to remain in Pak Afghan region beyond 2014 One of my apprehensions expressed in a blog dated as back as 21st August 2012 was that United States would not pull out all…
November 27, 2013 US foreign policy driven by warmongers A closer watch of the ongoing crises in various countries clearly indicate that first the United States facilitates creation of rebel groups and then…
November 14, 2013 Pakistan: Karachi under terrorist attack Cellular phone facility has been suspended throughout Pakistan (almost), making it extremely difficult for electronic and print media to keep public updated. Over the…
November 10, 2013 Who is Sabotaging Geneva Negotiations? When it looked certain that the five permanent members of UN Security Council and Germany were about to arrive at some sort of understanding…
August 31, 2013 Islamic Finance in Pakistan: A Robust Decade Though, the first move to achieve Shariah compliance in Pakistan was made in mid eighties by allowing operation of Modaraba companies, the real growth…
August 15, 2012 Blaming Iran for supporting Syrian Regime Suffering from extreme Iran obsession United States never misses an opportunity to prove that Iran is a threat to Arabs. It had played on…