ISLAMABAD: Despite a decline in the international crude oil market, margins of refineries have increased significantly, reaching two-year highs in the current month, primarily due to diesel shortage, which has also pushed margins up globally. After plunging to the low of $4.5 per barrel in April 2025, gross refining margins (GRMs) of local refineries have…
ISLAMABAD: The growth in goods production by big industries slowed down to 4.1% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as an internal government diagnosis suggests that some of the sectors are facing cost disadvantages up to two-thirds and cannot compete until a just platform is provided to them. According to the Pakistan…
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Ellla Langley and Lainey Wilson were the big winners at the 59th annual CMA Awards in Nashville on Wednesday night, as Wilson — who also served as emcee for the evening, took home the big award for entertainer of the year and for album of the year for her fifth album Whirlwind. Langley, meanwhile, won…
Framework sets targets for women’s employment, exports, financing and access to business support services ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to launch its first-ever National Women Entrepreneurship Policy aimed at promoting women’s financial inclusion through dedicated financing for women-specific initiatives. The policy also seeks to expand existing federal and provincial programmes, encourage financial institutions to introduce products…
Air India, taken over by Tata Group in 2022, merged with Vistara—its joint venture with Singapore Airlines—last year. PHOTO: REUTERS NEW DELHI/HONG KONG: The closure of Pakistan’s airspace to Indian carriers has intensified Air India’s operational and financial woes, prompting the airline to lobby the Indian government to seek access to sensitive military airspace over…
Dire warnings on deforestation, warming oceans and rising pandemic risk dominate ministerial session Amazon. Photo: Express BRASILIA: The Amazon has long been referred to as the “lungs of the earth”. Today, at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP), those metaphorical lungs appear to be facing the same fate that human lungs faced throughout the…
Rs5.3 trillion recovered in 2 years, says report exposing scale of Pakistan’s corruption crisis IMF: Pakistan loses up to 6.5% of GDP to corruption as elite capture strangles growth ISLAMABAD: Corruption recoveries totaling Rs5.3 trillion in just two years represent only a fraction of the true cost to Pakistan’s economy, the International Monetary Fund said…
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When Indonesia established Badan Pengelola Investasi (BPI) Danantara, it was not merely launching a sovereign wealth fund but constructing a political-economic architecture, one that fuses financial ambition with the logic of power. Danantara sits at the intersection of markets and statecraft, embodying a distinctly Indonesian experiment in state capitalism. Unlike the resource-rich funds of the…
