Muhammad Ashraf
A recent report by the FAO says that 38pc area of Pakistan - 60pc of Balochistan, 25pc of Sindh and 15pc of Punjab - is infested by locusts
Published 27 May, 2020 06:34am
PAKISTAN’S exports, after touching a seven-year low of $20.4 billion in FY2017, are back on the recovery path....
Published 12 Feb, 2018 06:57am
Structural transformation of the export sector is unavoidable to plug the unsustainable trade deficit.
Updated 02 Dec, 2017 08:59am
Currently a meagre 3pc of mango produce is processed into value added products, which signifies the tremendous
Published 10 Jul, 2017 08:19am
A revisit of wheat production and pricing strategy is essential to address the dual problem of competitive ...
Published 17 Apr, 2017 06:59am
To be an effective instrument for regional trade integration the agreement needs to be renegotiated afresh
Published 20 Mar, 2017 07:03am
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor — with an outlay of $54bn — entails an FDI inflow that is more than the...
Updated 12 Jun, 2017 04:40pm
Around 46pc of the global basmati consumption, outside the subcontinent.
Published 02 Jan, 2017 07:03am
The current structure of Pakistan’s exports is out of sync with a global market increasingly restructured around GVCs.
Updated 14 Nov, 2016 10:12am
The share of textiles has declined from 68pc to 60pc, whereas that of the food sector has increased from 10pc to 19pc.
Updated 24 Oct, 2016 10:32am
The production base is unviable in an intensely competitive global market and is kept afloat through inefficient tariff.
Published 26 Sep, 2016 06:45am
The increase in protection to the dairy sector at par with other leading milk producing countries might be necessary.
Updated 29 Aug, 2016 08:15am
A major upsurge in exports requires major structural reforms.
Updated 15 Aug, 2016 09:01am
Optimising the potential of the agriculture sector is contingent upon a paradigm shift from supply-led production
Published 08 Aug, 2016 06:22am
The challenge to Pakistan’s cotton sector is more systemic than agronomic, holding back the sector's potential.
Updated 11 Jul, 2016 08:00am
The agriculture crisis is not only endemic but systemic as well. At the core of the predicament is the ...
Published 06 Jun, 2016 06:59am
The seed disadvantage of Kinnow can be offset by positioning it as a 'mandarin' instead of a 'table fruit' in Europe.
Published 24 Feb, 2014 07:41am
