Day: March 2, 2020

The new coronavirus Covid-19 will end up being the final curtain on China’s nearly 30 year role as the world’s leading manufacturer. “Using China as a hub…that model died this week, I think,” says Vladimir Signorelli, head of Bretton Woods Research, a macro investment research firm. China’s economy is getting hit much harder by the coronavirus outbreak than markets currently recognize. Wall Street appeared to be the last to realize this last week. The S&P 500 fell over 8%, the worst performing market of all the big coronavirus infected nations.…

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The energy sector poses one of the biggest challenges the country faces today. It stands out as the biggest drain on both the national exchequer and the public purse. The inability of successive governments to turn around the power sector on a sustainable basis has, in fact, become a source of national disgrace. The circular debt continues to build on. Its root cause continues to be high and stubborn system losses. No effort will ever succeed unless this black hole of an aggregate 25 per cent loss is plugged. That…

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ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday jacked up the petroleum levy on POL products for pocketing at least additional Rs4 to Rs5 billion through consumption of two major products petrol and diesel, reported. The petroleum levy on diesel has been increased by Rs7.05 to Rs25.05 per litre. If the government did not increase the PL (petroleum levy) on diesel, diesel would be cheaper by Rs7.05 per litre.  The petroleum levy on petrol increased by Rs4.75 to Rs19.75 per litre. If not increased, the petrol would have been cheaper by Rs4.75.  The…

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ISLAMABAD: The indications from Saudi Arabia so far received suggest that it would not install a world class state-of-art and deep conversion refinery and petrochemical complex in Gwadar Port as there is no system available to evacuate the petroleum products. However, Saudi Aramco has hinted at setting up the refinery with petrochemical complex at Hub, or at Somiani – coastal areas of Balochistan, which are not far away from Karachi, a senior official privy to the development confided to the News. “In Hub area, UAE is already in process of…

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