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Is the industrial leap that high?
Speaking more like the Oracle than as the minister for industries and production which he is, Mr Liaquat Jatoi last week predicted the increase in industrial growth in this fiscal year would be 24-25 per cent over 17 per cent last year. ... 
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Image building fruitful if reflects reality
It is generally believed by many yet-to-be-initiated that advertising and image-building are all there is to marketing. Or, still worse, the naive belief is that image-building can be done solely by advertising. ...
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Downside risks to national economy
The downside risks to national economy is growing from the external sector, now under pressure from the volatility of the international markets. If the oil prices continue to remain at record levels, official projections of imports, fiscal deficit and inflation may have to be revised upwards ...
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Booming oil prices to hit forex reserves
In fiscal year July-June 2003-04, Pakistan's current account surplus fell to $1.806 billion from $4.07 billion in 2002-03. The current account surplus did decline primarily because the trade deficit more than tripled to $3.2 billion in the last fiscal year from $1 billion a year earlier. ...
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SECP and second generation reforms
There are people who believe that it was all in their stars. A big reason for the success of Prime Minister, Mr. Shaukat Aziz, in turning around Pakistan's economy, they say, was because he was "at the right place at the right time". ...
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Was it a promise or a trick?
While the new WTO deal agreed in Geneva on August 1 continues to be applauded in Pakistan by the government functionaries on an assumption that it promises numerous benefits to the country's economy, such a chorus seems to have come to a halt in India. ...
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SMEs poised for speedy growth The stage is being set for greater growth of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan as plans in this direction are now being transformed into actions. ...
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Short shrifting human development
Of 175 countries, Pakistan has been placed at 144 on Human Development Index (HDI) by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Pakistan's ranking is the lowest in South Asia following the Maldives (86) ...
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Advertising: how to stretch the client's money? By now advertising has become a very expensive game, mostly being played by firms in competition against each other. The reasons for tremendous rise in its expensiveness are the rates of TV commercials, newspaper ads ...
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Thar coal: an alternate fuel resource
Pakistan today is in the grip of energy crises because of a shortfall in oil, natural gas and hydrothermal energy productions. Against this shortfall scenario, the commercial energy supplies increases by about 4 per cent ...
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Development woes of Chitral
One of the favourite hunting grounds of the present military-political combine in command of the country is poverty alleviation. Regardless of the songs and dances composed to depict achievements ...
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Packaged milk getting popular
Milk is a vital component of our diet but loose milk can be a carrier of disease causing micro-organisms, especially while mixing water. The modern dairy processing plants have made the consumption of milk safe and pathogen-free. ...
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PSMA refutes allegations
The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) refutes the allegations made in the article entitled "Government acting as sugar industry's marketing board", published in EBR, Dawn, dated August 17-22, 2004 . ...
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WTO: growing concerns for environment
One of the greatest challenges facing mankind at the inception of the 21 st century is how to accommodate a growing population and material aspiration in the developing countries without compromising the nature, resources and environment. ...
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Bourses flutter to welcome their choice of Premier
Heavy buying at the end of week put bourses back on the rails. Analysts predict that it could be a beginning of a big turnaround to welcome the new prime minister in coming sessions. ...
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Rs103 billion raised from the sale of PIBs
According to the State Bank figures, the government raised Rs103 billion in FY04, from the domestic market through sale of the Pakistan Investment Bonds. This year the government borrowings may not reach such a high level for it would need a big rise in the yield of the PIBs. ...
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