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0- World Financial Crisis (latest)
1- JF-17 Thunder (latest)
2- Discuss Budget 2009-10 (for discussions)
3- Economic way forward for Pakistan – written by ex- PM Shaukat Aziz
4- Communication Industry (latest)
5- CNG Industry (latest)
6- Textile Industry
7- Pakistan’s Financial Services Sector
8- Automobile Industry (updated)
9- Pakistan’s Hydroelectric Power Development
10- Pakistan’s Defense Industry goes UAV
11- Cement Industry
12- Musharraf [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Economy’
15 February, 2009
Updates
1 February, 2009
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 [...]
1 February, 2009
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 [...]
1 February, 2009
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. [...]
1 February, 2009
Textile Industry
Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B
Historically, Pakistan’s textile industry and clothing sector has always been a major contributor to the foreign exchange earner and still contributes about 55% to the total export proceeds.
The Economist reports that Pakistan is the 4th largest producer of cotton in the world and the 6th largest importer of raw cotton, the [...]
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 [...]
1 February, 2009
Economic way forward for Pakistan
Written By: Honorable Shaukat Aziz, ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan
2009: When I was asked to write a piece on the economic way forward, I hesitated at first because I felt that with a new government in place it is better that we leave the way forward to the new economic managers, rather than play the role [...]
1 February, 2009
Assessing Shaukat Aziz’s Economic Stewardship
Shaukat Aziz is a banker by training and extensive experience in New York. He is not an academic.
26 January, 2009
Pakistan’s Motorways, Highways and Roads
List of Pakistan’s Motorways, Highways and Roads
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, [...]
