Tag: Economic

Planning and economic growth

Mr Tarin has outlined an extremely pressing issue. Over the years, disparities between the rich and the poor have sharply increased, with the rich...

Dissecting economic paradigms

With the global economic recession taking a toll on developed countries there is a growing sense of uncertainty that is gripping the majority in...

Leveraging indigenous economic potential

According to the State bank of Pakistan, SME refers to an entity, ideally not a public limited company, which does not employ more than...

Conference to strengthen regional economic connectivity

Ministers from 10 countries spanning the Caucuses, and Central, East and South Asia will gather to mark a decade of achievement, including $17 billion...

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...

An economic watershed; if done wisely

We live and survive in a need based economy; one of the roles of the government in any economy has been to manage resources...

SME union calls for remedial steps to save country from economic...

The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME), has invited the attention of Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to economic challenges faced by...

A just economic order

Social deprivation amongst a majority of the world’s inhabitant has led to a divide that is now threatening to wipe out the status quo....

Retrieving Europe’s dead

The article made a good analysis of the dilemma being faced by Europe. The economic growth of Europe is slowing down terribly and it...

Country’s soaring population poses serious economic threat

As the world population reaches seven billion, what do we see as our own population realities and our own future? Living in 2011 we...

ICT and economic progress

Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950) coined a paradoxical term in 1942 “Creative Destruction” to explain the process of progress, continuity and development that follows the obliteration,...

Pakistan’s path of denial

Pakistan’s future seems uncertain, especially in these volatile times when the threat of an economic wipeout is looming on the horizon. The most worrying...

Solving the economic puzzle – step one

The economic force is absolutely fascinating to watch. It’s like a big monster that makes the world turn on its axis and nobody quite...

Oil importing countries to face economic pressures in 2012

The International Monetary Fund’s Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia, projects mild growth for oil-exporting countries while predicting a dramatic...

Economic emancipation of women

Should a women work? This has been a topic of discourse ever since our society has evolved to become more secular and moderate in...

Engineering economic growth

Giving MFN status to India is a good sign for Pakistani economy, Pakistan having almost same culture and natural resources should learn from other...

A core economic issue

Information and communications technology (ICT) has seamlessly combined major human activities like communication, sharing, social networking and commerce. Use of ICTs is a creative...