10 January 2005	Monday	28 Ziqa'ad 1425

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Shenanigans in oil pricing Domestic prices of petroleum and petroleum products play a decisive role in making or breaking the economy of a country. Since most of this commodity is imported in Pakistan ...		Measuring inflation accurately Measuring inflation accurately is vital to policymakers. The SBP designs monetary policy in accordance with the expected inflation rates along with other determinants. ...
District governments in an incubator In a high-level meeting held on December 28 last, President Pervez Musharraf decided to continue with the non-party based electoral format for the local government elections. ...		Keeping the rupee stable What is the future of the Pakistan rupee, which lost 3.5 per cent against the sliding dollar and closed at 59.43 to a dollar at the end of the year? As last year began it was Rs57.49 to a dollar after a short period of relative stability. ...
Puzzling hike in price of surplus sugar Some three and a half decades back, a nominal raise in the price of sugar triggered a public agitation. This is still in the living memory of many citizens. ...		Trade and not aid Pakistan enters the year 2005 with an over $2.5 billion trade deficit and exports sliding every month since September. Amidst this dismal situation, both the export planners in the government and the actual players - the exporters - appear to be in a state of flux. ...
US free trade deals include few Muslim countries The war on terrorism was high on the mind of US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick as he signed a free-trade agreement with the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain in mid-September. ...		Energy security in Saarc region The Chairman of Saarc Energy Working Group (SEWG) at the concluding session of the two-day meeting at Islamabad December last emphasized that cooperation among South Asian countries of energy would lead to opening up a number of opportunities ...
The dollar crisis The Great Depression in the 1930s led to the collapse of the gold standard. The primary goal of afflicted nations at the time was the restoration of prosperity as domestic output and employment fell. ...		Basics of social development Pakistan's underdevelopment can be attributed to her low confidence in the social capital. It is caught in the wrong western philosophies of development models, such as trickled-down and neo-classical development paradigm. ...
Human resource management For business to grow and thrive in today's competitive environment, organizations must deal with several challenges. First of all, they must provide "value". ...		Multiple labour contracts Industrial and commercial outfits are making increasing use of the contract labour system instead of offering direct employment for various jobs. ...
Neelum-Jhelum hydel project Neelum River (Indian Kishan Ganga) enters Azad Kashmir from the occupied Kashmir at a distance of about 200 kilo metres east of Muzaffarabad and travels in a general westward direction. ...		Wheat crisis and statistics The continuing wheat crisis can be traced, among other things, to lack of authentic estimates of production, and inaccurate determination of requirements. ...
Boll worm problem in Sindh In Sindh the wheat production target of 2.256 million tons has been fixed for 2004-2005. The projected 45 to 50 per cent water shortage and the delayed removal of cotton crop from fields have given rise to apprehensions ...		Agri-business needs more steps The government, realizing the importance of privatization of various public functions, has now picked up its string with due vigour. Banking has been the first to feel its impact. ...
KSE index maintains upward thrust for 4 weeks in a row The stocks remained bullish in the preceding week as leading banks and financial institutions continued to build their positions up at inflated levels amid reports of higher corporate earnings, notably in the textile sector. ...		Rupee parity with dollar stays weak The rupee/dollar parity continued to show its weakness, amid fluctuations. When trading resumed after two-day break on account of weekly and bank holiday, the rupee was seen trading in a narrow band on opening day. ...