Monitoring Major Economic Indicators of Pakistan
Entries Tagged as ‘Statistics & Indicators’
1 February, 2009
Data: Board of Investment
Foreign Investment:
2001-02: $475 million
2002-03: $820 million
2003-04: $922 million
2004-05: $ 1.677 billion
2005-06: $ 3.872 billion
2006-07: $ 8.417 billion
2007-08: $ 5.193 billion
Exports – Imports = Trade deficit/surplus
2001-02: $ 9.13 bn — $10.34 bn = $1.2 billion
2002-03: $11.16 bn — $12.22 bn = $1.06 billion
2003-04: $12.31 bn — $15.59 bn = $3.28 billion
2004-05: $14.39 bn [...]
1 February, 2009
Foreign Investment
Pakistan is now the most investment-friendly nation in South Asia. Business regulations have been profoundly overhauled along liberal lines, especially since 1999. Most barriers to the flow of capital and international direct investment have been removed. Foreign investors do not face any restrictions on the inflow of capital, and investment of up to 100% of [...]
1 February, 2009
Federal Bureau of Statistics 2000 to 2005
The Federal Bureau of Statistics valued Marble Production sector at Rs.211,851 million in 2005 thus registering over 99% growth since 2000.
The Federal Bureau of Statistics valued Large-scale Manufacturing at Rs.981,518 million in 2005 thus registering over 138% growth since 2000 while Small-scale manufacturing was valued at Rs.356,835 million in 2005 thus registering over 80% growth [...]
1 February, 2009
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 [...]
26 January, 2009
Banks and Financial Institutions of Pakistan
Banks State & Private
1. State Bank of Pakistan
2. First Women Bank Limited
3. National Bank of Pakistan
4. Allied Bank of Pakistan, Karachi
5. Arif Habib Bank Limited, Karachi -
6. Askari Bank, Rawalpindi
26 January, 2009
List of Insurance Companies in Pakistan
I. Public sector
1. National Insurance Corporation
2. Pakistan Reinsurance Company Ltd.
3. Postal Life Insurance
4. State Life Insurance Corporation Ltd.
25 January, 2009
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 [...]
24 January, 2009
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, [...]
