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The culture of over billing
While the narrative around power crisis has been revolving round shortages — non-recovery of dues, circular debt and inefficiencies —…
Barons in education business
Education has evolved into a lucrative business in Pakistan while a variety of factors influence the quality and pace of…
Rights of the marginalised
THE successful implementation by the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority of a UNDP-supported initiative is expected to help protect…
Changing wheat sowing regime
WITH the introduction of new cotton varieties, the wheat sowing regime in Punjab is undergoing a
major shift, with mounting…
major shift, with mounting…
Shifts in global farm economy
AS US cornfields withered under drought conditions last summer, Brazil’s once-empty Cerrado region produced a bumper crop, helping feed livestock…
Water banks for irrigated agriculture
IN their recent book George H. Hargreaves and Gary P. Merkley have defined what may be termed
as scientific irrigation…
as scientific irrigation…
A plethora of cotton varieties
A recent study by researchers of Agriculture University, Faisalabad, shows farmers in Punjab are growing 52 transgenic Bt cotton varieties.…
Young entrepreneurs at work
ONE of the reasons behind increasing rate of unemployment among the youth is their low entrepreneurial inclination and the prevailing…
Why foreign investors are reluctant
MANY foreign investors and lenders would like to establish and maintain cordial business relations with Pakistan, seen as a large,…
World economies
Sweden
Continued financial turmoil and a weak international economic trend will dampen the growth of the Swedish economy in 2012…
Dip in manufacturing growth
The slowdown in the pace of growth of large-scale manufacturing in the first quarter FY13 must be a cause of…
Home owners get relief
The biggest US banks provided more than $26 billion in relief to struggling home owners between March 1 and September…
Towards snag-free trade
AS the December 31 deadline for implementing major agreed decisions on boosting trade between Pakistan and India draws near, one…
American dream, social nightmare
NEARLY 50 million people are living in poverty in the United States. This was the shocking news delivered eight days…
Economy shows resilience
FOR the policymakers, the external sector worries appear now to be a bit less than last year. Exports are…
Litigation cases in international tribunals
The Turkish ship-based power firm Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim seems determined to seek relief from an international arbitration court after…
Shortfall in tax revenue
A shortfall of more than Rs51 billion in the targeted federal tax collection in the first four months may represent…
No new licences for drug brands
THE pharmaceutical sector in India is going through anxious moments on two major counts, both of which are likely to…
Stocks close higher
SHARES at the Karachi Stock Exchange saw a week of cautious trade, though the KSE-100 index managed to add 0.33…
Wheat, tea prices up
THE government decision to increase wheat support price to Rs1200 per 40kg was expected by commodity traders but it fell…
