Islamabad chamber urges govt to tackle declining FDI
There is a negative growth in the Foreign Direct Investment which is adversely affecting Pakistan. The decline in FDI is not the only factor...
MFN not to harm local industry
Pakistan decision to grant India the Most favoured Nation (MFN) is not something that the country’s trade bodies and business associations should fear about....
Nashpa well two
I cannot believe that despite being so rich in oil reserves, we have to borrow nearly everything from foreign countries. Nashpa well two’s discovery...
PC briefed on secondary public offering of PPL
All of the mentioned entities in the article and all the remaining entities including, Pakistan Steel, Pakistan Railways, PIA etc must be privatised as...
Road to Islamic banking
The article no doubt proposes an enlightening suggestion; now the world needs Islamic economic system and not just banking system. But by resorting to...
Biogas, an answer to Pakistan’s energy crisis
Bio-gas, no doubt, is an answer to the energy crises if implemented in right earnest. It is sad to say that many such projects...
On inflation and income
It is troubling, though not entirely surprising, to note that inflation has outpaced income growth over the last few years, meaning dipping real incomes...
PIA management decides to decrease flight frequency
If we take it on face value, the introduction of Indus Air, which is the newest, cheapest and upcoming domestic airline in Pakistan; is...
OGDC and Nashpa well two
OGDC and Nashpa well two
The latest discovery of oil in the Nashpa zone is a major boost to a nation that is being hit...
Berlusconi and Italian debt
It is clear that Europe is in a mess. The financial crisis is spanning from the eastern front to the western front and is...
Government to buy uncertified sugar from PSM
It is said that the government is going to buy uncertified and substandard sugar, since none of the local sugar producers and millers who...
Debt, Berlusconi and pepperoni
The Italian crisis is a huge problem for not only Italy or Europe, but indeed for the entire world. The Europeans were already fighting...
Strengthening yen haunts local car assemblers
The continuous weakening of the rupee against Japanese yen and US dollar will surely decrease the gross profitability of Indus Motors this year. As...
Quality education
The article raises a number of very important issues. Unfortunately, the education system of Pakistan is such, that rote learning is patronised instead of...
Let economic forces work
Pakistan and India are traversing through their worst energy crisis. It is time to resolve them. The TAPI project provides best opportunity besides the...
The MFN debate
Every government strives to pursue the policies best suited to their own interests; is a phenomenon true regardless of time and space. Granting of...
Indian dichotomy and MFN
MFN status was given to India as a gesture which was indeed in response to India's waiver of objections to the preferential trade agreement....
