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| October 22, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 9, 1428 |
Risks to growth momentum
 Pakistan’s economy is under mounting pressures which could upset the growth projection for the current fiscal year. There are alarming reports of pest damage to the two main autumn crops —...
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Real estate: signs of recovery
 The real estate market is beginning to show signs of steady but slow recovery in Lahore and other major urban centres of Punjab although it still remains a buyers market because...
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Perceptions of the rich-poor gap
 Now that there are indications to suggest that the policy regime which is already in its eighth year has secured its continuity for the next five years at least, it is...
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Radish cultivation technology
 RADISH (Raphanus sativus) belongs to the Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) or the mustard family. The plant is widely adaptable and takes a short period from sowing to maturity....
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Drugs residue in food
 Today’s consumers’ demand that industries that make goods/products be open and accountable in their practices. Failure to do so raises concern, and fears about the processes that affect public health....
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Weed problems in farming
 Weeds pose a serious problem in crop production. Because of ignorance and financial constraints, many farmers do not remove them from their fields which adversely affect their crop yield and quality of the harvest....
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Fennel: a beneficial plant
 FENNEL (Sounf) belongs to the family Apiaceae. It was cultivated by the ancient Romans for its aromatic fruits and succulent, edible shoots. It is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves with thick, perennial root-stock....
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Losing one billion a day
 REGARDLESS of the reasons of geopolitics behind the phenomenon and equally regardless of the doubts over its long-term sustainability, the fact remains that the economy today is enjoying a sort of purple patch that is unprecedented in ways more than one....
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World commodities
World oil prices have risen to recent records, as traders tracked Middle East tensions and the weak US dollar, and warned of crude striking $100 per barrel....
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Fears about discarded technology
 A number of power projects based on indigenous coal are coming up in the private sector sponsored by local investors. Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has sanctioned four independent power...
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Time to review tourism policy
Tourism has always been a “weak, palsy-stricken, churchyard-like thing” that has strutted around the potent spell of official inefficiency. Its lack of performance warrants serious analysis because despite its diverse and...
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Record foreign fund inflows
 VOLATILE stock markets – whether heading northwards, or diving south – always cause unease in government circles in India. The last few weeks have seen indices zooming ahead on the fast lane, shattering records, and breaching new goalposts within days....
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Business sentiment marred by violence
 The tragic abrupt ending of the tumultuous homecoming reception of ex-prime minister and chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto has saddened people. There will probably be a temporary lull in...
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Economic dimensions of gender disparity
 It is now widely accepted that gender disparity is a manifestation of under-development. What is, however, not so widely accepted is that gender disparity is also a potent source of under-development....
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Unresolved problems of bourses
After witnessing a correction from its all time high of 14200 points, KSE-100 index has again made new high above 1450 points. Earlier, the political uncertainty had damaged the sentiments of market punters....
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Global efforts to curb tax evasion
 In today’s increasingly borderless world, countries are working more closely together to prevent abuses of the global financial system in a wide range of areas, including taxation....
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Need for growth-oriented, equity based tax system
 Sustaining the economy on a high growth path requires macroeconomic stability and increased public spending on social sector and infrastructure development. Balancing these objectives is a major challenge facing fiscal reform in emerging economies like Pakistan....
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Surviving $100 a barrel
Pakistan may feel the bitter fallout of $100 a barrel as world price of oil sooner than feared earlier. The reality of such a giddy price for oil is staring us in the face today....
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Adding value to export products
Over the years, the country has expanded its simple manufacturing base and raised exports. But it needs to add more value to industrial products for a rapid and sustainable growth in exports....
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Stocks maintain winning streak, gain 324 points
 Despite the carnage and heavy death toll in Thursday’s bomb blasts in the city, stocks in the country maintained their winning streak amid optimism that the homecoming of former prime minister...
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Rupee loses six paisa against dollar
 The local currency market resumed trading on October 17, after remaining closed for three days on account of Eid-ul-Fitr holidays--October 13 to October 16....
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SBP to raise Rs15bn thru’ long-term bonds
 The State Bank of Pakistan plans to raise Rs15 billion through an auction of long term government bonds later this month. The 3,5,10 15 and 20 years PIBs carry annual coupons of 9.1,9.3,9.6,10.0...
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Kernal basmati price rises sharply
 POST-Eid holiday mood prevailed on the Karachi commodity wholesale markets during the last week as both retailers and wholesalers kept to the sidelines and did not make fresh commitments even on the essential counters....
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POST-Eid holiday mood prevailed on the Karachi commodity wholesale markets during the last week as both retailers and wholesalers kept to the sidelines and did not make fresh commitments even on the essential counters....
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