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October 20, 2003 Monday Sha'aban 23, 1424 Unemployment: a hole in the system In the struggle for survival of the fittest, companies are engaged in a massive effort to increase efficiency and productivity to face global competition and are trimming their work force.... Bracing up for a strong rupee Recently the value of the rupee has gained some strength. This may be the beginning of a major change in the status of the world currencies because it marks the beginning... India overtakes Pakistan: time for a wake-up call THERE is a story which has gained the status of a folklore. It goes something like this. In the early 1960s, Pakistan was seen as a model of economic development around... Policies deepen poverty How to define “poverty” is a complex and debatable issue. The complexities include the question whether poverty line should be determined on the basis of an “individual” or a “family”. ... KSE retreat hinges on institutional traders’ shift Stocks last week remained in a terribly bad mood as leading investors played safe in the absence of institutional traders. Retailers got a free hands to indulge on both sides of... SBP using open market operations for interest rate management On September 16, the State Bank of Pakistan mopped up Rs8.4 billion from an excessively liquid money market through repo of the Treasury bills for up to one-month.... Supply from official godowns can replenish wheat shortage Prices of essential items showed sharp increase on Karachi wholesale commodity markets last week. Supplies from the upcountry trading centres were far below the normal weekly figures.... Major units keep an upper arm over rupee After touching 3-month high versus the dollar last week, the Pakistani rupee came under renewed pressure in the inter-bank market on emerging dollar demand from the importers. The parity assumed downtrend.... Chemical versus organic farming: An agricultural dichotomy The recent failure of the WTO talks at Cancun highlights the importance of agriculture as the dominant factor to decide the fate of the world to unite as one global market... Cotton: gap between demand and supply Cotton requirements of our textile industry are growing at a fast pace. There has been large-scale balancing and modernization of the industry apart from addition of new spindleage in the recent... Improving market information services As farming has now become more business-oriented, the farmer along with fulfilling domestic needs also follows the market signals. The production trend of an agrarian economy depends on many factors.... Sugar: crushing season may be delayed again The sugar industry of Pakistan has developed into a nagging, near perennial issue. There is the question of clearing back payments to growers practically every year. Now the issue of stocks... Global trading system lacks direction Another opportunity was missed to remove or reduce the inequalities and deficiencies in the global trade system, following the collapse of the WTO negotiations at Cancun.The colapse was caused by the... World economies Despite a global economic slowdown, growth in African economies has been relatively resilient. Since the mid-1990s, economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa has averaged well above 3 per cent a year... WB moot: trade prevails over foreign aid Gone are the days when reliance was placed on various forms of foreign aids for boosting economy. The situation has changed dramatically and now it is the trade of a country... Packaging technology: countering adulteration The business of adulteration in milk, beverages, oil, ghee, spices, flour and other food products has assumed massive proportions in the country. It has indeed become a full-time business with those... Exports up, but the region offers still bigger potential Pakistani exports are up, and so is the competitive threat to their future growth. But what are its trade prospects in the regional framework? The region offers a still bigger potential... United Nation’s Global Compact with business and Pakistan Organized by the Employers’ Federation of Pakistan in collaboration with the ILO, a one-day pre-launch workshop on Global Compact (GC) was held in Karachi in the last week of September to... Booms and busts: stock market dynamics Stocks are risky, volatile and uncertain when it comes to price. But they are not a gamble:there is a method in their madness. That is why stock pickers, who understand the... Piracy and global trade under WTO regime Black marketing, drugs, smuggling, corruption, unemployment, and counterfeiting or piracy are some of the problems we are facing today as a nation....

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