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Improving water courses with farmers’ support
WE all know the importance of water, more so because it is becoming scarce with our ever-growing needs.
River water…
Response positive
THE domestic market responded quickly and positively to government’s decision to reopen land supply routes for Nato forces in Afghanistan.…
Economy to get a breather
THE expected reimbursement of the held up coalition support funds of $1.2bn by the US in the wake of reopening…
Irrational water pricing
A RECENT report by the Planning Commission of Pakistan on the country’s irrigation systems delivers a stentorian warning, calling it…
Switching priorities in gas supply
THE decision by the Economic Coordination Committee last week to give priority to the power sector over fertiliser and other…
Surge in guar prices
DESPITE being a desert with limited rains, Tharparkar sig-nificantly contributes to the local and national economy by providing agro-forestry produces…
State of farming in Swat
SWAT’S agricultural potential still remains unutilised for want of supporting infrastructure facilities.
Agriculture in general and the horticulture sector in…
Fluctuation in urea prices
WIDE fluctuation in the prices of urea has become a matter of daily routine resulting in marked drop in fertiliser…
Conserving electric power
THE second energy conference held in April stressed once again on electricity conservation through a five-day workweek and early market…
World economies
Sri Lanka: THE Sri Lankan economy recorded a real growth of 8.3 per cent in 2011 economic, the highest ever…
Move for fresh property survey
THE Excise and Taxation Department has asked the Sindh government to carry out a fresh survey of property units in…
Narrowing tax revenue gap
DESPERATION gripped the Federal Board of Revenue high-ups after the Tax Reform Core Group rang alarm bells about the difficulties…
Popularising ATM usage
THOUGH automated teller machines have been in use in India for several years, many bank customers — especially older people…
The politics of foreign capital flows
A country that faces a difficult economic situation as Pakistan does today, has only a limited room for manoeuvre in…
Record unemployment
THREE days after European Union leaders agreed at their summit in Brussels to intensify austerity drive across the continent, unemployment…
Devices to achieve tax targets
DESPITE a sluggish economic growth last fiscal year, the Federal Board of Revenue collected Rs1905 billion in 2011-12 against the…
Agile investors
MANY investors are eying stocks and mutual funds while showing less enthusiasm for gold as return on bank deposits declines…
Pakistan’s fashion wear lures Indians
A TRUCKLOAD of Pakistan’s famous cotton suits for women, imported by an Indian trader, arrived in Amritsar through Attari border…
Legal obstacles worsen energy crisis
IT is ironic that a sizeable power generation capacity is stated to be sitting idle with the private sector while…
Disciplining listed public companies
THE regulators have started to tighten the noose around the neck of ‘ostensibly dishonest’ listed companies.
While releasing a list…
