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Between dream and reality
WHAT seemed some years ago to be a pipedream appears to be slowly turning into a reality. For years, the…
Eid sales bonanza
AS Eid approaches, markets and shopping malls in the country come alive with eye-catching decorations and make-shift stalls for bangles,…
Total failure
THE deepening energy crisis and corruption in power companies would be a major cause for suffering voters not to forgive…
Cotton under virus attack
THE Cotton Leave Curl Virus, which attacked the crop during the last three weeks, is spreading throughout Punjab. Farmers say…
Oilseeds production on the rise
Production of oilseeds is on the rise thanks to a record cotton crop last year and increased output of sunflower…
Living in ancient culture
AFTER offering Fajr prayers in a local mosque, Mohammad Aziz comes back home, unties his cow and donkey, yokes them…
Pest attack on cotton in Sindh
THE present cotton crop is under mild pest attack mainly by mealybug and thrips in patches of cultivated area in…
Water saving rice growing
RICE is the country’s second staple and a source of major export earnings. But this season the area under rice…
Food security vulnerability
ACCORDING to the new World Bank data, in the last seven weeks, international wheat prices have risen by 50 per…
Shrinking numbers of small bank depositors
THE State Bank of Pakistan has issued a series of instructions to banks over time to facilitate small depositors but…
World commodities
Oil: ON August 8, oil fluctuated after falling for the first time in four days in New York as speculation…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 10-year hydro-power plan
THE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a 10-year hydro-power action plan under which several projects would be executed in the…
Ramazan and the escalating prices
THE advent of Ramazan spurts grocery to textiles businesses which in its wake bring a lot of profit and prosperity…
Challenges facing Indian finance minister
FACING an acute dearth of talent, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has been depending on key ministers — the…
Top priority to stable growth
LAST week, China signalled a return to fiscal stimulus because of sharply decelerating economic growth with Chinese Communist Party Politburo…
KP’s low tax base
Notwithstanding the fact that the share of provincial tax revenue of the Khyber Pukhtunkhwa is stuck around a dismal low…
Cost of quality audit
THE corporate sector is the engine of economic growth, and in spite of the problems like scarcity of funds, energy…
Building a new Pakistan the old way
AMID political mudslinging, of which it is a part, the PML-N has changed course by unveiling parts of its election…
Ranking in food security index
Pakistan has been placed at 75th position amongst the 105 countries ranked by the new Global Food Security Index 2012.…
Symbolism and substance
INDIA’S decision to lift ban on investments from individuals and companies in Pakistan — a move welcomed by the foreign…
