Economic Indicators 1999-2009

Monitoring Major Economic Indicators of Pakistan

JF-17 Thunder

November 23, 2009
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday formally joined the international community of fighter aircraft manufacturers as JF 17 Thunder, the first ever multi role state of the art rolled out of Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra and was included to the fleet of Pakistan Air Force. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani was the chief [...]

Communication Industry

Compiled by: Mirza Rohail B
Pakistan is on the verge of Telecom revolution. Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) in 2004 introduced  two types of license for ISPs – regional and nationwide, and also exempted them from Central Excise Duty. Since liberalization, over the past four years, the Pakistani telecom sector has attracted more than $9 billion in [...]

Cement Industry

Compiled by: Mirza Rohail B 
History & Introduction
 Growth of cement industry is rightly considered a barometer for economic activity. In 1947, Pakistan had inherited 4 cement plants with a total capacity of 0.5 million tons. Some expansion took place in 1956-66 but could not keep pace with the economic development and the country had to [...]

CNG Industry

Compiled by: Mirza Rohail B
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a substitute for gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel. It is considered to be an   environmentally “clean” alternative to those fuels. It is made by compressing methane (CH4) extracted from natural gas. Argentina and Brazil are the two countries with the largest fleets of CNG vehicles. [...]

Automobile Industry

Compiled by: Mirza Rohail B 
Pakistan is an emerging market for automobiles and automotive parts offers immense business and investment  opportunities. The total contribution of Auto industry to GDP in 2007 is 2.8% which is likely to increase up to 5.6% in the next 5 years. Total gross sales of automobiles in Pakistan were Rs.214 billion [...]

Large Scale Manufacturing

Compiled by: Mirza Rohail B
The manufacturing sector grew at an average rate of 8 percent from the sixties to the eighties, but fell to 3.9 percent  during the nineties. This was mainly caused by reduction in investment levels due to lack of continuity and consistency in policies. Political instability law and order position in the [...]

Pakistan’s Motorways, Highways and Roads

List of Pakistan’s Motorways, Highways and Roads

Musharraf Era: Pakistan Flourishes

Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B
©Our leader – Musharraf
All this is all the more amazing when one considers that just six years ago, Pakistan was on the verge of bankruptcy, with only a little more than $1bn in foreign exchange reserves and its stock market teetering at 1,000 points (worth $5 billion only) and foreign debt [...]

Musharraf Era: Ushers in Multi-National Corporations

Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B
 
The right Manager manages his company with whatever resources he has, and manages to set it towards an unprecedented growth and prosperity, utilizing all internal and external factors. Musharraf proved to be the right Manager for Pakistan! MNC’s also provide excellent job opportunities; and with them bring in the required Capital, [...]

Electricity: Solutions and Ongoing Projects

History
 After the construction of the Hydro-Electric Tarbela Dam and the Mangla Dam, by General Ayub Khan and General 
Yahya Khan in the 1960’s, our governments failed to conceive and initiate major electricity projects.
 The inept governments of PML-N and PPP, that still consider themselves vital to democratic dialogue within the provinces, failed to create dialogue within [...]

Pakistan’s Hydroelectric Power Development

Courtesy: South Asia Investor Review
Pakistan and Germany have initiated serious discussions of German funding of eight ongoing and new hydropower  projects worth billions of dollars. These talks are taking place in Islamabad between visiting German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development Ms. Heidemaire Wiegoreak Zeul and Pakistani Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Mr. Shaukat Tarin, [...]