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| April 28, 2003 | Monday | Safar 25, 1424 |
Lyari Expressway: human settlement issues
 Despite popular resistance and concerns cited by the professionals on the design and execution process, the site clearance works are moving unabated for Lyari Expressway (LEW) until present....
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Investors play on both sides of the fence
Stocks turned in a highly volatile performance last week as investors played on both sides of the fence in the absence of strong support from the institutional traders and some leading...
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Euro crosses Rs63 barrier
The rupee/dollar parity remained stable this week amid modest fluctuations. The week commenced on a negative note as dollar buying by some foreign banks to cover their oil payment requirements pushed...
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Notes in circulation, issued decline
According to the Statement of Affairs of the State Bank of Pakistan, for the week ended April 19, 2003, both notes in circulation and those issued declined in the week under...
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Water conservation strategy for Indus Basin
As we enter the “Greenhouse” century of climate change, with its greater likelihood of extreme drought and floods, most countries are going from boom to bust. At the end of 20th...
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Prices remain stable on steady crop arrivals
Mixed conditions prevailed on the wholesale Karachi commodity markets during the preceding week as prices of most of the essential items remained stable despite reports of steady new crop arrivals from...
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Construction of Mirani Dam project starts
Latest reports from Mekran confirm that construction of the Mirani Dam has been started at village Mirani site, 30 miles west of Turbat town in Mekran division.The survey and field investigations...
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Water loss in time of shortage
Water is a recurrent theme in dispatches. There is shortage that threatens to turn dangerous, destructive. Water theft allegations are made at inter-provincial, inter-district and inter-field level....
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Reducing evolution period of wheat
Wheat is the major staple food crop of Pakistan and occupies nearly 38 per cent of the total cultivated area of the country....
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Need for a coal-washing plant
 Recently the Small and Medium Enterprises Authority (SMEDA) Balochistan held a seminar on ‘Need for a Coal Washing Plant’ in Quetta. The participants were of the view that there was an...
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Indigenous development of CNG kits
Pakistan attempts to address its environmental issues adequately, in the backdrop of continuing higher population growth. Environmental regulations, in the shape of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997, are already in...
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World commodity report
At a recent Opec meeting in Vienna, members agreed to reduce output by 2 million barrels a day from June and might even reduce production further. The cut in Opec’s current production level of 27.4 million bpd to 25.4 million bpd as of June 1 effectively creates a new quota for the Organisation ...
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Price stability: a questionable achievement
Price stability is a pre-requisite for high and sustained growth rate of an economy. That is why it happens to be the most important goal of monetary policy all over the...
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WTO and the Pakistani industry
 By the end of 2003, Pakistan is committed to follow the WTO mandate. When applied, the bulk of Pakistani industry will be affected in one way or another. In response to...
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FATA’S electricity billing: a two-way rip-off
 Among the many pathetic and sorry excuses Wapda puts forward for its continuing losses, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) unpaid bills— presently amounting to an alarming Rs24 billion, now feature...
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Cheap imports contributing to de-industrialization
 If an industrialist in Karachi’s industrial zone were to price a pack of 12 ball point pens, or a couple of battery cells, a key chain together with a small torch,...
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