Miscellaneous Transparency wanting in INGO policy For past seven years, the INGO and developmental assistance sector has become a casualty of state’s frustration over the Published 07 Jan, 2019 06:16am
Miscellaneous Smog, pollution and breakdowns Power breakdowns are back in the northern parts of the country for the past two days. Most of Punjab and Islamabad are e Published 04 Jan, 2019 06:39am
Miscellaneous Petroleum sales in 2018 The petroleum product sales by the oil marketing segment, which are also widely referred to as oil sales, lost their vig Published 04 Jan, 2019 06:30am
Miscellaneous Wanted: sunflower cultivation Sunflower acreage has declined steadily over the last decade and has become stagnant in recent years. The main reason fo Published 04 Jan, 2019 06:27am
Miscellaneous Tobaccos: the year ahead The year 2018 was a turnaround year for the two major tobacco multinationals operating in the formal fold. That’s the ye Published 04 Jan, 2019 06:26am
Miscellaneous Dealing with taxation ills The biggest economic problem in Pakistan is persistently high fiscal deficit and within it the narrow tax base and low t Published 03 Jan, 2019 06:50am
Miscellaneous The second ship-breaking yard The establishment of a ship breaking yard at Gwadar has been approved by the government. Balochistan already has one of Published 03 Jan, 2019 06:32am
Miscellaneous Inflation waiting for electricity shock Consumer inflation measured by CPI for December 2018 clocked in at 6.17 percent. This is lower than market expectations Published 03 Jan, 2019 06:26am
Miscellaneous Can trade diplomacy really deliver? Pakistani governments have been trying to boost exports for a long time. Various ‘export packages’ have been experimente Published 02 Jan, 2019 05:19am
Miscellaneous EU’s palm oil ban in Pakistan’s favour In December 2015, Denmark, France, UK, Germany, Netherlands, and Norway signed the Amsterdam Declaration declaring thems Published 02 Jan, 2019 05:09am
Miscellaneous Envoys conference: trade mission reforms Yesterday’s piece on envoy conference concluded by flagging that no formal mechanism of coordination currently exists be Published 01 Jan, 2019 06:59am
Miscellaneous Learning the ropes The year 2018 started with concerns for Pakistan’s political stability. After much ado, the New Year dawns with an eerie Published 01 Jan, 2019 06:49am
Miscellaneous Envoys conference: a lost opportunity? Islamabad held a two-day envoys’ conference late last week. The agenda was to deliberate ways and means to grow foreign Published 31 Dec, 2018 06:15am
Miscellaneous Taxes: third time may not be a charm With yet another mini budget expected next month amid steeply falling short of revenue collection target - and before th Published 31 Dec, 2018 06:13am
Miscellaneous Muscle or machine After experiencing nearly 30 percent growth in sales in FY18, the tractor industry is now invariably prepared for a slow Updated 28 Dec, 2018 10:48am
Miscellaneous Wooing Chinese private sector The PTI is in an unenviable position. Of the many things the ruling party has to do to fix the country’s external imbala Published 27 Dec, 2018 06:40am
Miscellaneous Gender balancing If global rankings are taken as a gauge, gender inequality can’t get worse than where the latest World Economic Forum’s Published 27 Dec, 2018 06:33am
Miscellaneous CPEC: 8th JCC The 8th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting was held late last week, but sentiments among business and policy comm Published 26 Dec, 2018 06:41am
Miscellaneous Moving towards soda tax It has been over three weeks since the federal government announced its intent to impose a ‘sin tax’ on cigarettes and b Published 26 Dec, 2018 06:36am
Miscellaneous US pullout: more uncertainty The US President started 2018 with a biting tweet lashing out at Pakistan and is ending the year with a fine New-year pr Published 26 Dec, 2018 06:35am
Miscellaneous Oilseed cultivation – a win on all sides China plans to remove import and export tariffs on a range of goods at the start of January next year. For most part, Pa Published 26 Dec, 2018 06:29am
Miscellaneous 5MFY19 – Exports round up Exports and imports both have stagnated at around 1 percent growth YoY. Though the cooling down of imports has decreased Published 24 Dec, 2018 05:39am
Miscellaneous The Afghan question Peace in Afghanistan remains hostage to an on-again, off-again dialogue among more than half a dozen stakeholders. Almos Published 20 Dec, 2018 05:50am
Miscellaneous Balochistan issues: accept and address Every time Balochistan expresses concerns over zero or weak progress on the development of CPEC’s western corridor, ther Published 19 Dec, 2018 06:31am
Miscellaneous A boost for REITs? The real estate sector has come under the government’s scrutiny, which is trying to formalise the sector with ongoing mo Published 19 Dec, 2018 06:25am
Miscellaneous PBC & Pakistan For those who are still unsure, the battle of Islamabad has been won by big corporates. That was the single biggest take Published 18 Dec, 2018 06:20am
Miscellaneous The non-NFC agenda! A host of recent media reports say that Balochistan is deeply concerned about its share of CPEC projects. Given the clou Published 13 Dec, 2018 06:25am
Miscellaneous Trade data: no reason to rejoice Imports in November 2018 stood at $4.6 billion – fifth consecutive month for imports under $5 billion. That is about the Published 13 Dec, 2018 06:16am
Miscellaneous Economics of sports Given the current economic crisis at hand, some out-of-the-box theories have been presented to address the situation. Fr Published 13 Dec, 2018 06:13am
Miscellaneous Fighting climate risks Coal power generation is one ‘dirty’ business in this age of rising environmental concerns, and Pakistan is going to get Published 13 Dec, 2018 06:10am