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May 28, 2007 Monday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 11, 1428 Issues in tax management In 10 months of this fiscal year, the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has collected Rs656.5 billion against the target of Rs645 billion. The CBR officials believe that the full year collection would also exceed the annual target of Rs835 billion.... Erratic wheat policy In a knee jerk response, the government abruptly suspended wheat export on Wednesday while acknowledging that the open market price of the grain has shot up by seven per cent in...   Undermining data integrity Data has a critical place in policymaking. It is on the basis of analysis of data that policymakers are enabled to identify emerging problems, the source and nature of such problems, and adopt appropriate remedial measures.... Intercropping technology to raise food production THE rate of increase in food production is too slow to cope with the rapidly increasing population and with that the rising demand for food. The need of the hour is to increase food production.... Production of quality milk The production of quality milk is an important part of any dairy operation. It increases farmer''s profitability and has many benefits. Research has found the importance of lowering the somatic cell count (SCC) in a herd.... Seed priming: reducing salinity impacts on crop productivity THE total geographical area of our country is 80 million hectares or 197 million acres, with a very good canal irrigated system of about 62,400 km long and mainly confined to the Indus plain covering an area of 19.43... Conflict over rights on natural resources While presiding over a meeting on the Petroleum Policy-2007 the prime minister has said that local bodies functioning in the oil-producing areas should also get 2.5... World economies According to the Asian Development Bank, the GDP growth in Central Asian economies was boosted by a favorable external environment as oil and non-oil commodity prices rose.... Political economy of religious extremism If religious guidelines were to be followed in spirit, Pakistan’s would have been a developed economy by now. When the King decided to elevate the status of Hazrat Yousuf (AS), Hazrat... Booking railway tickets from cybercafes THE buoyant Indian telecommunications sector is growing at a frenzied pace, but lack of ‘spectrum’ is likely to slowdown growth in the coming years. Many of the telecommunication service providers, who... Resettlement policy: ignoring the displaced The Central Development Working Party of the Planning Commission has recommended to the executive committee of the National Executive Council the Resettlement Action Plan for Mirani Dam worth of Rs1.84... Bank depositors and the monetary policy Bank depositors have never received a fair treatment from banks. In the past, it was not even considered worth a serious discussion.... Are we squandering home remittances? ARE we squandering the increasing home remittances of overseas Pakistanis which will exceed $5 billion in the financial year ending June 30.... White paper on UK energy needs Britain has come up with a comprehensive White Paper (WP) on its future energy requirements and how to tackle the multiple challenges posed by the prospects of rising world wide demand... Initiatives for public private partnership The government has introduced a new concept of public private partnership by providing investors up to 50 per cent of the capital required in joint ventures.... State of the economy The rupee remained stable in the inter-bank market during the week under review. It gained five paisas, rising to 60.74 per dollar on May 25 from 60.79 on May 18.... KSE 100 index breaches psychological barriers to settle at 12,700 THE Karachi Stock Exchange 100-share index breached three psychological barriers during the last week as a judicious blend of both local and foreign buying drove bears out of the market at least for the near-term.... No change in rupee value in interbank market Mixed sentiments were witnessed in this week in the local currency market, where the rupee/dollar parity moved both ways during the week in review.... Sharp rise in prices of rice varieties AN unprecedented price flare-up on the rice counter highlighted last week’s trading on the Karachi wholesale markets as pressure on local supplies triggered panic buying by general consumers.... Notes in circulation rise by Rs12.193m At the Treasury bill auction on May 23, the State Bank of Pakistan picked up Rs47.875 million for six month, cut off yield of 8.9017 per cent....

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