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| November 11, 2002 | Monday | Ramazan 5, 1423 |
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Elected govt to be hamstrung by ‘reforms’?
There is clamour from all official quarters that the economic “reform process” will continue even under the new democratic dispensation.... 
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Hitting the uphill $10bn textile export target
A $10 billion textile export by Pakistan by the year 2005 is ideal, but not impossible if the right efforts are made by the government and the textile sector— the largest...
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IMF sticks to theme of macroeconomic stability
The IMF has completed the third review of Pakistan’s PRGF supported programme and also at the same time concluded Article IV consultation with this country for 2002....
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Land ownership patterns and yields in two Punjabs
The introduction of the Green Revolution technology in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs in the mid-1960s produced impressive results in reversing food crisis and stimulating agricultural and economic growth. Numerous studies...
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Bourses oscillate in changing political environment
STOCKS, throughout last week, danced to the tune of political news from Islamabad about the formation of the federal government. The market remained unsettled as investors were not inclined to take...
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Notes in circulation record increase
According to the Statement of Affairs of the State Bank of Pakistan, for the week ended October 26, 2002, both notes in circulation and those issued maintained the rise in the...
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Commodities greet ‘Ramazan’ with stable prices
The Karachi wholesale commodity markets greeted the holy month of Ramazan with a stable price outlook, as an increase on some essential counters was orderly....
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Rupee displays strength against greenback
Trading activity remained subdued in the inter-bank market as well as in kerb, amid uncertainty over the political front....
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Farm marketing and poverty reduction
At present the economy of Pakistan, besides many other problems, is grappling with the rising poverty problem, which is increasing persistently. As per the economic survey of Pakistan on the basis...
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Power perceptions: official, actual
Due to the recent power hike—first held in abeyance under the presidential orders and quickly remixed/rehashed by Nepra— to the dismay of poor electricity consumers, people have at last long waken...
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Agri cooperation needed among Saarc countries
 All the seven nations of the South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation (Saarc) viz, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, happen to be basically agricultural countries and as...
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The Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002
The Industrial Relations Ordinance, (IRO) 2002 promulgated by the President on 28-10-2002 has not brought any fundamental change in the system of our industrial relations....
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Japanese car-making industry
 The Japanese automobile industry which is the No 2 in the world after America had started literally from scratch....
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World commodity report
After rising for almost three months, oil prices fell last week as fears of a possible US military action in Iraq became increasingly uncertain. In the London market, the benchmark Brent North Sea.........
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OGDCL: privatization options
The Privatization Commission (PC), in July 2002, had offered 51 per cent shares of the company for privatization with management control and had invited Expressions of Interest (EOIs), by 12th of...
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The issue of closed textile mills in Balochistan
 With physical renovation and technical rejuvenation of the Bolan and Lasbella Textile Mills in the current political and economic situation in Balochistan, it is estimated that over 20,000 people would get...
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ADB’s proposals on poverty alleviation analyzed
In Pakistan, about 47 million people are living below the poverty line, says the Asian Development Bank report titled “Poverty in Pakistan: issues, causes and institutional responses”, excerpts from which have...
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Sabzi mandi struggling to survive
 On 02 November 2002, the Governor of Sindh instructed the concerned authorities to allocate 20 acres of land to the growers in the new Karachi Fruit and Vegetable Market (‘sabzi mandi’)....
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People-oriented management
The fast development of technology in all business fields, and the information technology in particular, has augmented the sophistication in customer needs, hence the survival of business as well as the...
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Why privatize now?
Pakistan has been steadily building up its reserves over the past couple of years. A steep rise was witnessed soon after the September 11 incidence in the United States. The flow...
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