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April 09, 2007 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 20, 1428 Political economy model, instability THE lawyers’ community has shown a remarkable unity in rising against the unprecedented actions against the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The political parties are calling it an assault on the judiciary... Trade with India rising despite hurdles THE two-way trade between Pakistan and India continues to surge, showing a four-time growth in the last five years, despite manybarriers in movement of goods and people.... Search for jobs online HIRA Pervaiz finished her BBA (Hons.) from a private university in Lahore early this year and found herself in an unfamiliar territory. “I was all set to start a career, but didn’t know how to find work.... Rice ratooning: a technology to increase production RICE occupies a conspicuous position in our agro-based economy. It has emerged as a major export commodity contributing about 13 per cent to the total foreign exchange earnings of the country, 6.1... Promoting biotechnology BIOTECHNOLOGY has emerged as a novel science-based business. It capitalises on the attributes of living things and helps us in improving our ability to streamline industrial sector on profitable and publicly acceptable lines.... Skills for producing quality mango PLANT protection is essential to enhance agriculture output and to improve quality of crop produce. The government has placed plant protection, integrated pest management and disease control on high priority.... Push-pull strategy for pest control AGRICULTURAL production is limited by many factors like soil, water, genetic potential of crops and organisms that feed on or compete with food plants. Food crops, the world over, are damaged... Project cost overruns —a common practice THE estimated cost of Diamer-Bhasha dam, according to a Wapda official, has further swelled by $2.06 billion- from $6.5 billion to $8.56 billion- due to the price escalation factor and the revised seismic design of the project.... World commodity report IN the London market, oil prices which had climbed to $63 a barrel on March 26, setting a 2007 record, on growing tension between Iran and the West over Tehran’s nuclear work and its capture of British servicemen declined by near $2 on April 3.... Real estate boom in Gwadar WITH the handing over of operating rights of the Gwadar port to the Singaporean firm and its inauguration on March 20, the land prices in Gwadar have increased manifold.... Malakand’s tourism potential THE Malakand region of the North West Frontier Province, blessed with natural beauty, has immense potential for tourism which can contribute substantially to the national exchequer, besides eliminating backwardness and poverty from the area.... Low-tech jobs and surging exports ONE of the major criticisms levelled against India’s buoyant information technology sector is that there is nothing high-tech about the work that it does. Many critics dismiss IT service providers as white-collared sweat-shops, doing routine and boring work for western clients.... Cartels: a market failure MARKET economies are based on the lassie-e-faire principle, according to which the economy works best when market forces are left to themselves, and, therefore, the government should have a minimum, if any, economic role.... Hedging of oil price risk IN an age of volatile oil prices, hedging has become a crucial part of business for most successful companies, in the oil value chain as well where the existence of hedging... Transparency and the hidden agenda SOME years back a super duper civil servant just before his retirement told me that if all the summeries that were sent up to the Economic Committee of the Cabinet (ECC)... How to tackle unfair trade practices? HOW to crack the backbone of hoarders, profiteers and black marketers in our country? Not literally, but to curb unfair trading.... Compulsory licensing of life-saving medicines THE state of a nation is determined primarily by the health of its people. To describe the state of health care in Pakistan as poor would be an understatement indeed.... Stocks post gains on renewed foreign investments THE share market seems to have pulled itself out of the last week’s psychological pressure due to the judicial crisis as tired investors, under the lead of foreign funds, resumed normal covering operations at the prevailing lower levels.... Rupee holds its value against dollar THE rupee-dollar parity rates moved both ways in the currency market this week in quiet trading. Though the demand for dollar existed, which kept slight pressure on the rupee but sufficient... Approved foreign exchange up by Rs9.7 million ACCORDING to the Statement of Affairs of the State Bank of Pakistan, for the week ended July 2March 24, 2007, both notes in circulation and those issued decreased in the week.... Prices of pulse varieties decline sharply THE local wholesale commodity markets last week ruled relatively quiet as commercial houses and brokers unlike the previous week remained conspicuous by their absence....

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