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A point to be noted is that local urea manufacturers have an installed capacity of 7 million tons per annum…
Aviation Industry The aerospace industry is searching for innovative results to boost its business in a sector that operates in a cut-throat…
Globally, travel and tourism are the significant contributors to a leading sector for job creation, socio-economic and cultural development worldwide.…
Aviation industry is one of the most distinctive industry which is termed as “Global”, connecting people, facilitating businesses and pursuing/encouraging…
The Prime Minister Imran Khan after came in government showed his ideology regarding Naya Pakistan among them the foremost important…
Original agenda of Paris meeting of 2015 relating to seventeen highlighted Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved by 2030 had…
Thirty years back, when China starts its transition phase we observe inexplicable growth of China where they are beating the…
The swift development of effective vaccines against COVID-19 was an unprecedented scientific achievement. But production challenges, vaccine nationalism, and variants…
Power generation from renewable sources such as solar and wind offers numerous benefits to the country but poses multiple challenges.…
In this article, sector specific and international trade hurdles will be discussed in detail: 2- Sector specific hurdles a) Agricultural…
Lack of consensus among urea producers, policy planners A tug of war has been going on between the elements adamant…
The poor living conditions in Katchi Abadis (KAs) and the challenges faced by the vulnerable children residing there, particularly the…
With the rampant rise in E-commerce and explosion of mobile commerce, the economic playing field for women in Pakistan is…
Pakistan is in its 75th year of independence, in all these years, Pakistan initially progressed very well and had somewhat…
The economy of Pakistan, like any other economy is of two types: 1) documented or formal economy and 2) undocumented…
[box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Updated status on revival of Chenab Limited Recently, Chenab Group has announced revival of its business…
The pandemic and lockdowns around the globe have raised importance for many sectors and industries that perhaps previously were overlooked.…
The COVID-19 pandemic had disrupted both supply and demand sides of an interconnected world economy. Lockdowns, travel and trade restrictions…
On 11 October, 1947, while addressing the Civil, Military and Air Force Officers, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah said, “God has…
After an unexpected increase in cut-off yields in last T-Bill auction on December0 1, 2021, money market yields have been…
GFS Builders and Developers appreciate all employees and treat them like family. GFS builders and Developers every year encourage, appreciate…
Education is a particularly challenging issue in the context of the pandemic. The global disruption to education caused by the…
The increasing energy prices and poor planning in energy sector have put the public in real pressure. During the previous…
Fortify Education Foundation is doing admirable job for the underprivileged. PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST got first-hand information about the activities of…
As best-selling author and management consultant Peter Drucker once said: “The best way to predict the future is to create…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decided to raise the policy rate by 100 basis…
*Fertilizer Policy 2022 to enable move to WACOG and leverage excess urea capacity in the country through exports* Pakistan, being…
Power to influence others is an essential and common trait of inter-state diplomacy which can be classified in the domains…
The current year as well as the preceding years has seen a series of crisis that will mark the modern…
China, officially the People’s Republic of China, is the second largest economy in the world and the fastest growing trillion-dollar…
Electricity generation from renewable sources such as solar and wind offers numerous benefits to the country, but their intermittent and…
Need of the Institution of Waqf The institution of Waqf may bring a robust socio-economic development in the society as…
Joint Ventures (JVs) have historically seen both success and failures. However, it has become clear to many companies globally that…
Nature has a beautiful way of maintaining balance through food chain, ensuing in a stable ecosystem. A non-native organism, that…
Need to push negotiate to get Iranian market opened, says Waheed Ahmed With significant increase in the sea freight cost…
The two dedicated cold chain warehousing & distribution (W&D) facilities will cater to B2B and B2C requirements of the pharmaceutical…
The China Study Centre (CSC) at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi hosted a day-long summit titled, ‘CPEC: Emerging…
The process of Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Interloop Limited at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), Book Building was completed…
Cham Wings Airline, a private carrier of Syria, will start its scheduled operations to Karachi from December 15th, 2021. This…
Leaders all across the globe reach a consent to make immediate action against climate change and to keep global warming…
Overseas Pakistanis have sent the highest-ever US$8 billion remittances during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, registering an…
End-to-end supply chain visibility and accountability with multiple stakeholders will form the backbone of Maersk’s SCM solution. Pak Elektron Limited…
Wins best Islamic Stock Exchange Award 2021 In a significant development on a global level, especially in the Islamic world,…
Pakistan’s power sector remains in news for all the wrong reasons. Circular debt is continuously increasing where private power producers…
Banking and insurance services play a vital role in the economic development of any country. International trade, commerce and industry…
There is no denying to the fact that Pakistan has to boost its exports to contain ever-growing trade deficit. Pakistani…
– Building meaningful relationships with Pakistani customers through digital onboarding Technology innovation has re-shaped the world we see today, making…
Global Integrity Education Project is a global endeavour of the Education for Justice Project under the umbrella of United Nations…
United Nations’ Members States agreed on seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on September 25, 2015 to make huge development on…
Contact center agents have fully embraced the flexibility that Work-From-Home (WFH) offers. But as the world begins to open back…
Pakistan is a fairly young country by most standards. Conflicts, complications and historical political divisions have hindered its path to…
Commonly referred to as the lifeblood of the modern economy, crude oil is a primary raw material for key economic…
ZMT is one of the largest Primary Healthcare network in Karachi. ZMT has directly benefited more than 1,500,000 patients annually…
In businesses, when projects fail, the blame comes on poor planning and Lack of communication. This is the reason why…
Trade has historically been a powerful driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation in Asia. While tariff barriers to trade…
Leadership is always considered as a driver to bring change in any society and discussed since humans started working with…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) made an unexpected move by increasing its benchmark interest rate by 150 basis points…
In Pakistan hotel and tourism industries are gaining importance over the years in the economic development of the country. The…
Following are the excerpts of the conversation of Mr Abdul Rahim Janoo, Chairman of Haji Razzak Janoo Memorial Trust, Baba…
Where should the remittances sent by the Pakistani diaspora be invested? Well, the prevalent assumption is that the major chunk…
The global economic structure has fallen headlong from the covid-19 pandemic into a challenging energy crisis. At the outset, the…
The unprecedented tale of Pakistan’s power sector has been a tale of institutional weaknesses, weak governance and a lack of…
With the rampant rise in E-commerce and explosion of mobile commerce, the economic playing field for women in Pakistan is…
It is a phenomenon rarely seen in commodity markets, natural gas prices are skyrocketing across the world, Europe and Asia…
After coming into power, the present government focused on improving the performance of national institutions. To further improve the efficiency…
Engro Energy Limited (EEL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company (STDC) and the…
Can your customers reach the services they need, when they need them? In the time of pandemic many organizations are…
In recent years, China’s annual construction waste generated by new construction projects can reach 100 million tons, and the construction…
Cisco CCNA can be said to be the basis of Cisco Certification. Maybe your goal is CCIE and you don’t…
In recent years, China’s annual construction waste generated by new construction projects can reach 100 million tons, and the construction…
Access to at least an adequate amount of nutritious food is the most basic of all human rights. However world…
Area-yield index insurance was first developed in Sweden in the early 1950s and has been enforced in India since 1979…
Halal is an Arabic word for permissible and is often used to refer to food and drink which are acceptable…
Food insecurity is one of the most-talked-about topics across the globe in the wake of pandemic, which has wreaked havoc…
In Europe, the high nutrient prices have farmers questioning whether to curb plantings. Canadian authorities cautioned that growers may cut back…
The fisheries and aquaculture sector is a vital source of livelihoods, nutritious food and economic opportunities, and has a key…
From onboarding to professional development, training materials play an essential role in human resource strategy. Well-designed training content can effectively…
Let alone the impoverished community living in downscale areas or in slums, even the so-called middle class segment of the…
Use of phosphate fertilizer is on the rise but its raw material is depleting fast The world faces an imminent…
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has recently issued its flagship annual State of Industry Report 2021 (SIR21). The purpose…
Mastercard has signed a strategic digital country partnership with the Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) in Pakistan to expand the…
When reading the subject line it sounds almost maniacal because there is almost nothing imaginable that holds the promise of…
When reading the subject line it sounds almost maniacal because there is almost nothing imaginable that holds the promise of…
An attempt to reduce distributional equity through consumer financing Affordable housing is a common concern of developing nations like Pakistan.…
Consumer finance is in inverse proportion to discount rate. There is no denying that low discount rate all over the…
Pakistan used to be one of the most often overlooked countries when it comes to fintech investments but now it…
In the first quarter of 2020, the world was faced with Covid-19 pandemic. Globally, factories were shut down, trade was…
The pandemic has brought lots of challenges especially in the contact center industry. Agents have been round the clock to…
Everyone having some interest in the economic matters must have heard economists saying that the construction industry set in motion…