DAWN - Business; December 21, 2007

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December 21, 2007	Friday	Zilhaj 10, 1428

Leaders defend manifestos ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League chief Mohammad Nawaz Sharif speaks about the fundamental reforms initiated during his tenure to strengthen institutions. The following is the text of an interview with Mohammad Nawaz...		Leaders defend manifestos PAKISTAN People’s Party chairperson Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto gives answers to the following questions asked by Dawn....

Leaders defend manifestos President Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has stressed that political stability was inextricably linked to economic stability....		A pre-election ritual or more KARACHI: Blame it on ignorance, fatalism, apathy, de-politicisation, trust deficit, lethargy or wisdom derived from political history, the fact is that people of Pakistan are either indifferent or too confused to differentiate between political parties on the basis of their manifestos.....

Fail to charm business LAHORE: The election manifestos of the three major political parties -- Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) — vying for the Jan 8 polls have...		‘Old wine in new bottles’, say stock investors Karachi: “A broker’s word is his bond”, says a stock broker in answer to his thoughts on the political parties’ manifestos, and he adds, his eyes shifting for a moment from...

Rhetoric, rhetoric, rhetoric … and more of it KARACHI: Call it an exercise in haste and a mere pre-election formality, the manifestos issued by most of more than half-a-dozen political parties appear to be rhetoric, in which almost 90 per cent of the content is identical....		It is life as usual for the masses KARACHI: The common man in whose name all policies are made and, if party manifestos are anything to go by, who is apparently the only reason why politics is conducted at...

Ignores farm sector MULTAN: Farmers across the rural scene in Punjab are not happy with the way the political parties have ignored the Agricultural sector in their manifestos, and readily point out that 66...		NWFP sees no strategy to achieve targets PESHAWAR: The manifestos of all mainstream political parties do not represent the views and opinion of the business community and these highly publicised electoral programmes also lack strategy to achieve elusive targets set therein, observe businessmen in the Frontier province....

Donors worry about continuity ISLAMABAD: Major international donors are worried over the current political situation in Pakistan as they are not sure whether the next government will continue implementing the current reform agenda....		All doom and gloom in Balochistan QUETTA: The manifestos announced by the political parties have failed to inspire the business community of Balochistan which fears a new wave of price hike, mounting inflation, and rising unemployment in the days ahead....

Traders remain undecided KARACHI: There are mixed views in the city’s trading community on the sincerity or lack of it in the manifestos that have been announced by various political parties ahead of the...		Developers expect more of the same KARACHI: Realtors, builders and developers are generally very clear about what to expect once a new setup signs in: more of the same! There will be a new government, they say,...

Specific targets for industry missing KARACHI: Businessmen and industrialists, while clearly avoiding in supporting any specific political party in general elections, say that they will cast their vote for a party whose policies are aimed at boosting industrialisation and agriculture sector....		Bankers’ lobby ready for challenge KARACHI: Political parties have entered the arena of power game with slogans of betterment of the people, carrying special economic programme to improve the ever-declining economic health of the masses of this country....

Uncertainty marks life in services sector KARACHI: AS things stand right now, the all-important Services sector does not quite know which way the tide may turn in post-election Pakistan. Taking happenings of the past few months as...		Pledge affordable housing for all KARACHI: All political parties are promising to do their best to overcome the shortage of housing units after coming to power, assuring the voter that they have chalked out a plan to ensure homes for the homeless on instalments....

Rosy promises mean nothing to industry KARACHI: Though business leaders are known to take keen interest in the emerging political scenario, when it comes to manifestos issued by political parties ahead of the elections, they find it “nothing but a thing of the past”....		PML-Q quiet on inflation PRICES of milk, cooking oil, ghee, wheat, sugar, egg, meat and grains have seen a tremendous increase during the past few years — mainly because of shortages....