Pakistan’s mineral investment push outrages Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s aggressive push for international investment in its mines and minerals sector has ignited a firestorm of dissent in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) regions.The Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum 2025, held in Islamabad on April 8-9, was billed as a golden opportunity to unlock “trillions of dollars” of the country’s […]

Hyundai announces record $20 billion investment in US

South Korea’s Hyundai has unveiled a massive $20 billion investment in US manufacturing, including a $5 billion steel plant in Louisiana, marking the company’s first steel production facility in the country. The announcement was made on Monday at the White House, alongside US President Donald Trump, Hyundai chairman Euisun Chung, and Louisiana governor Jeff Landry.The […]

Canadian PM Mark Carney reverses capital gains tax hike to promote small business and investment growth

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney announced cancelling the proposed increase to the amount of capital gains subject to taxation. The move reversed a major element of the 2024 federal budget, to support small businesses and encourage private investment.“Cancelling the hike in capital gains tax will catalyze investment across our communities and incentivize builders, innovators and […]

Madhabi Puri Buch | Trial by fire

It’s not as if Madhabi Puri Buch has not faced challenges before: a three-and-a-half-decade car­eer in the rapidly evolving world of finance would guarantee that enough came her way. In the late ’90s, while working at ICICI Bank, her manager admonished her for being technologically illiterate. “I was told that unless I made friends with […]