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| October 29, 2007 | Monday | Shawwal 16, 1428 |
Credit linked crop insurance
Fear of risks in doing business with the powerful landed gentry is inhibiting private insurance companies to go in a big way for crop insurance. Nonetheless, the public sector National Insurance...
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The long wait for market access
Pakistan, it seems, will have to patiently wait for another six months before its economic diplomacy bears fruits and a breakthrough in terms of greater market access for its exportable merchandise in the western markets is achieved....
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The last Ecnec
The meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) held on October 22 has been declared in news reports as the last meeting under the present dispensation....
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Support price to set size of wheat crop
THE federal government is yet to announce wheat support price for the next season. The Punjab government has recommended Rs515 per 40 kg and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) has proposed Rs500 per 40 kg....
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Creating ‘edible oil zone’ in Potohar plateau
ABOUT two-thirds of the domestic requirements of edible oil are met through imports. Its import increased from 1.197 million tones in 2001-02 to 1.695 million tones during 2005-06....
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Perwal: a vegetable for cultivation in Sindh
TRICHOSANTHES diocica is a vegetable known as ‘perwal’ in Urdu and Hindi and ‘patol’ in Bangladesh. The plant -- a trailing vine-- belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae....
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Rural dairy farming and alleviation of poverty
THERE are about 125 million livestock in the country, of which 50 per cent are large ruminants (cattle and buffaloes) and 50 per cent small ruminants (sheep and goats) which is growing at a rate of 3–5 per cent annually....
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The widening gap between industry and academia
THE gulf between industry and academia is not a new phenomenon by any means. To be frank, it is a yawning gap that separates what industry needs from what the universities offer....
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Shrinking consumer financing
After 9/11, banks overflowed with liquidity and started to discourage deposits by reducing rate of return, fixing minimum deposit limit and imposing various fines if the balance dropped below certain level....
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EOIs for national coal policy
Recently, the expression of interest for consultancy services were invited by the ministry of petroleum and natural resources for formulating national coal policy. Included in selected consultative firms are proposals for...
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Export ban on premium grade rice lifted partially
FURIOUS opposition from farmers in rice-growing states of India forced the government last week to partially withdraw the ban it had imposed on the export of non-basmati rice....
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Making economy competitive
Improving competitiveness for economic sustainability in the Islamic world by following, what was termed, a ‘Pakistani model’ in the shape of the Competitive Support Fund (CSF), was deliberated upon in a conference held at Portland Oregon, United States recently....
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Pakistan-India trade from porters to trucks
Pakistan and India have entered into mutual arrangement for cross-border movement of trucks transporting import and export cargo through Wagha. First Indian truck carrying import cargo crossed the border on October 1, 2007 under this arrangement....
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Inflation: risk to Chinese economy
‘Too many coins purchase too few goods’ situation has again arisen in China and inflation has become the centre of countrywide debate. However, Chinese economy has not always been inflation prone....
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Pessimism over credit crunch
The financial world is still not certain how the credit crunch will play out eventually. Some of the analyses sound more like the whistling of a terrorised person passing through a thick forest at night....
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Public expenditure — issues and reforms
Strong investment, both in private and public sectors, is critical for sustaining growth and reducing poverty. While private investment is the key driver of economic activity, public investment for human resource...
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Time for crop insurance
THE World Food Day came and went quietly in a country which has officially admitted that 40 million of its population is living below the poverty line....
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The partnership approach in mega projects
To undertake construction of mega dams, the government plans to set up companies and the required money is to be raised from the local and international markets....
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Karachi stocks shed Rs115bn on record oil price
THE strong weekend rally allowed the stock market to wipe out some of the initial declines, and analysts said it could well prove a launching pad for the KSE index’s march to its new coveted target of 15,000 points....
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Rupee trades both ways versus dollar
In the local currency market, the rupee moved both ways in narrow band versus the dollar this week. It commenced the week on a negative note as it fell slightly against...
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Notes in circulation up by Rs162.8 billion
According to the Statement of Affairs of the State Bank of Pakistan, for the week ended July 2October 13, 2007, both notes in circulation and those issued increased in the week....
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Wheat prices ease, oilseed rates rise
NORMAL trading activities resumed on the Karachi wholesale markets during the post-Eid holiday trading week, but physical off take was on the lower side amid reports of steady arrivals from upcountry trading centres....
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