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| November 06, 2006 | Monday | Shawwal 13, 1427 |
Textile industry eyeing bail out
 Rather than rolling up the sleeves to take head on the coming challenges, the textile industry now looks baffled over reports of a 10 per cent fall in textile exports during July- September 2006....
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Missing the big picture
 At a time when Pakistan’s sprawling textile industry was confidently expecting large-scale increase in its exports, following the end of the textile quota, the foreign sales have come down by over...
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Voluntary donations and tax compliance
 Bakhtawar Bibi (literally the lucky one),34, sat alert as if guarding her possessions. She looked dirty and tired sitting on the roadside of Khayaban-e- Hafiz, a main road in posh Defence Housing Society in Karachi....
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Constraints on apricot marketing
 The Northern Areas (NAs) are blessed with ideal climatic conditions for cultivation of fruits like apricot. The availability of snow-melt fresh water, light textured soil, full-day sunshine, cool nights, and pest and disease-free conditions make this region ideal for fruit growing....
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Biotechnology for sustainable agriculture
 Agriculture provides raw material to industry which generates employment and strengthens economic self-reliance. Unfortunately, contemporary agriculture is confronted with multifarious problems which have shattered the concept of sustainable agriculture....
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Improving garlic production
 Garlic (Allium sativum, Linn.), a perennial herb belonging to the family Alliaceae, is related to onion (Allium cepa, Linn) which is another bulbous condiment and both are widely used in various dishes....
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The menace of farm rats
 Rodents are a particular type of mammals. Those about six inches long are called rats. Many rodents are larger than rats like porcupine and some smaller called mice....
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Indigenisation of fertiliser machinery and equipment
 Pakistan’s fertiliser industry is well established and based on advanced technology with an investment of Rs87 billion, providing employment to about 7,600 persons....
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Upgrading skills for knowledge-based economy
Technological developments in the last century have transformed a majority of wealth-creating activities which are now more “knowledge-based” and not so much physical-based....
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Absence of HR policy in textiles
 Human factor, a vital element in manufacturing, is one of the key factors which drives business towards profitability and growth. In order to ensure maximum output of the manpower involved in...
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Monetary policy: worries about inflation
 THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI), like many other central banks around the globe, is constantly worried about inflationary pressures on the economy....
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Interest-free banking in the United States
From visits to interest-free banks and financial institutions and subsequent meetings with those involved gives one the impression that interest-free banking is gaining market share in the United States....
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Economics, peace and micro credit
 The Nobel awards in the first half of October each year arouse considerable excitement, sometimes even controversy, both among the academic community and other well-informed people, who treat them as pointers of excellence in various fields of learning and human endeavour....
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‘Goldilocks’ comes to the UK
 The British economy is in a state of resurgence at a time when inflation is visibly subdued. It is neither too hot nor too cold. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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CDNS’s efforts to access the money market
 An additional Rs200 billion will be raised over the next 2-4 years by attracting institutional investment in national saving schemes, according to an estimate by the Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS)....
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Why developing countries subsidise the developed world?
 Theory and practice prescribe that capital flows from developed, rich and capital-surplus countries to developing poor and capital scarce countries. This has been the pattern of capital flows since the integration...
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Bourses fail to recover losses despite rally
 The stock market could not recover its initial losses despite witnessing a strong weekend rally aided by heavy buying in response to the postponement of new risk management system....
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Rupee resists decline
 The week commenced on a quiet note as the supply of dollars was sufficient to meet the demand. The rupee-dollar parity rates remained stable in the inter-bank market changing hands at its weekend levels of Rs60.62...
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Forex reserves rise
 According to the Statement of Affairs of the State Bank of Pakistan for the week ended July 2October 21, 2006, both notes in circulation and issued increased....
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Commodities move both ways
 THE Karachi wholesale commodity market, during the post Eid-holiday week, experienced major either-way price fluctuations on some essential counters as the pent-up demand made bigger showing on the industrial raw material sectors....
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