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| December 22, 2003 | Monday | Shawwal 27, 1424 |
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Impending wheat crisis
At last, the country that had produced unprecedented wheat crop of about 23 million tons three years back and has been attaining self-sufficiency since then, is going to restart the import... 
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Provinces in financial distress
Heavily indebted Sindh wants debt relief on federal loans of Rs118 billion which is too large a sum for the problem-ridden province to service....
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Zero tariff: Doha mandate violated
Geneva talks to restart the WTO trade negotiations have failed to make any headway primarily because the developing nations with the growing economic muscle cannot be induced to open their markets...
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China: a model in textile and clothing
The time when the largest and the greatest production activities in textiles were assumed to be in North America or West Europe, is changing since the emergence of China as an...
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Forced labour: ADB’s suggested legal reforms
A recent set of studies for the ministry of labour testify that the forced labour is growing in industry and remains widespread in agriculture. The Agriculture Census indicates that the Sindh...
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Cotton crop output speculations
Cotton is associated with speculations the world over but not for the produce from a crop and certainly not the way controversies have hit the size of Pakistan’s latest cotton crop;...
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Grasshopper menace in rice belts
According to a systemic survey undertaken by the department of plant protection, during 1976-77, there are 120 species of grasshoppers in the country. However, in the rice-growing belt of upper Sindh...
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Diversifying agriculture in NAs
Agriculture is the only source of livelihood for majority population of the Northern Areas and Chitral. Out of the total 74,200-sq km rugged and mountainous geographical area, only one per cent...
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Exploring the mineral riches in Balochistan
The Pakistan-China agreement on the development of lead and zinc in the province of Balochistan has opened a new era for economic exploitation and utilization of abundant mineral resources on modern...
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Land: better than a bank investment
All living plants absorb a number of elements in balanced quantity for excellent growth along with higher production. Such plants obtain these nutrients from the soil through well developed root system,...
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No escape from outsourcing
The wage of a blue-collar worker in the US is about $10 per hour or $80 per day in comparison to $2 per day in a developing country. The American companies...
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World economic report
In the third quarter of this year the world economy grew at its fastest pace for two decades. Much of this was due to the impressive lift-off in America, whose GDP....
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Balance of payments problem ahead
The net foreign private investment into Pakistan declined to $204.4 million in five months to November 2003 from $477.3 million a year back, showing a fall of $272.9 million or 57...
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Why this decline in SBP’s profitability
Why did the State Bank suffer a catastrophic decline in its profitability during 2002-03? A close look at it’s profit and loss account reveals some important home truths which the senior...
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Technology: options for S.Asia
Technology is popularly believed as an ‘inseparable pair’ of science. However, social theorists have demarcated a line between the science and technology. Though, the dividing line is very thin and sometimes...
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Threat of water war
If the stalemate continues, the day is not too far when the people in the cities along the Indus, including Karachi, would find air and hissing noise coming out of their...
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