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| November 18, 2002 | Monday | Ramazan 12, 1423 |
Poverty: a critical issue in economic development
 Rising poverty, an outcome of undemocratic and poor governance, has emerged as a critical and central issue in the economic development of Pakistan....
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Restructuring Tarbela
Should Tarbela be with Wapda? The answer is no. Tarbela was constructed as part of the Indus Basin Treaty to provide storage of 9.4 MAF. Tarbela makes a major contribution to...
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Of growth and management of exchange reserves
Economics, more than any other social science, is the prime target of art of lying with statistics. Though, extent of its execution may vary on the whims of its executioner. Truth,...
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Headway in political impasse raises hopes of secured trading
Stocks maintained their upward drive last week, as investors continued to build up long positions on selected counters anticipating an end to the post-election political deadlock, and continuation of the existing...
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Investors find safe havens in euro, stocks
Trading sentiments in the currency market continued to be depressed. Dollar demand is persistently low amid increased dollar selling by the overseas Pakistanis and local and foreign banks....
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SBP leaves cut-off yield unchanged at 6.37pc
 On November 13, the State Bank of Pakistan mopped up Rs20.9 billion by selling six-month Treasury bills against the target of Rs30 billion....
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Commodities keep balance in regard to cost factors
The wholesale commodity markets of Karachi showed mixed trend last week as prices of some of the essential items fell, while others rose. The rise and the fall were orderly and...
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Communication and rural development
 The term ‘communication’ generally refers to transfer of knowledge in a way that would enable recipient to understand, react to, and act upon the information received....
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Cultivation of Bt cotton
According to the Pakistan Plant Quarantine Rules. 1976 no person shall import any plant or material which may be a source or medium of infection and pests destructive to agriculture except...
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Potassium: an essential nutrient
Agriculture worldwide faces a variety of challenges. In some regions, production must be expanded to provide food for growing populations, in other there are surpluses and agricultural production has to be...
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Reform needed in tax administration
 The CBR had touched the Rs400 billion tax collection figure for the first time in 2001-02, and marginally surpassed the target for July-September 2002-03, too....
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World economies report
The countries of central and eastern Europe have pulled through the global political and financial turmoil of the past year with remarkably little economic damage...
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Oil: crusade against Muslim nations
The first mineral oil well in the world was found when the Americans were looking for Salt in Ohio in 1841, thirty-eight years after it became the 17th state of the...
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Exploring new trends in growth and development
The political stability is a crucial factor for economic prosperity of a country. The main growth factors, i.e., labour, human and real capital and technology are all mobile and can be...
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Modernization of PIA fleet
The national flag carrier, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has signed, on 30th October 2002 at Islamabad, an agreement with Boeings, USA, for purchase of eight new Boeing 777 planes, comprising...
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IPRs enforcement must to improve investment
Tackling issues at the eleventh hour has become a custom. We are least concerned when a problem arises but look for a quick solution the moment it becomes a menace. Black...
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Malaysia for ‘gold dinar’ as Muslim currency
 Can Malaysia succeed in convincing the Islamic countries to revive their ‘gold dinar’ as a common currency, as this is ‘necessary’ to get rid of the influence of the west in...
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European merchants fleece Africa through AIDS drugs
 AS if the continuing large-scale plunder of Africa’s diamonds, oil, gold and other mineral wealth was not enough, the European profiteers have now turned to a strange kind of thievery which...
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Industrial law perverted
It was probably Sheikh Saadi, who wrote that every ruler who comes, seeks to lay down foundation anew. This old wisdom was never more true when applied to the Constitution of...
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Free trade agreement with India?
For many in Pakistan, Commerce Minister Razak Dawood’s mention of the possibility of a free trade agreement with India comes more like a bolt from the blue....
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