The revival and development of two refinery projects, proposed one at Gwadar and other at Hub, in coastal Balochistan have…
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The company was formed in January 1995 as a public listed company. It started its first oil refinery with a…
Out of the five challenges that the incumbent government will have to face after elections, population growth is the biggest,…
Out of 7.5 billion population of the entire world, around one billion people lack access to electricity across the world.…
Germany’s model will help Pakistan get clean, affordable and sustainable power supply Pakistan and Germany signed a Memorandum of understanding…
By the time you get an opportunity to read this article the situation would have become much clear as regards…
Although not yet widely used, tidal energy has potential for future electricity generation. Tidal energy is an environment-friendly and more…
Imran Khan, the would-be premier of Pakistan, in his maiden speech on July 26, 2018 after his outright victory in…
Education With the 10th largest labor force in the world, Pakistan has important strategic endowments and development potential. One of…
Pakistan withstands the burden of one of the most illiterate countries of Asia. About half of the male population is…
Population growth rate in Pakistan is extremely high due to high fertility rate with a large proportion of young adults…
The upcoming government-led by Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who has taken absolute majority after July 25…
ADB approves $275 million loan to increase agricultural production and improve food security in Punjab To ensure progressive food security…
There is little strength in health care delivery system in Pakistan like making health policies, participating in UN’s Sustainable Development…
Pakistan and Gulf Economist travelled to Tando Ebrahim Bawany, Shaikh Bhirkio, District Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh to get the first-hand information…
Bangladesh is better than India and Pakistan in health facilities Good health is important to live a healthy, peaceful and…
Pvt Ltd is introducing their services in Pakistan post accomplishing a successful and remarkable decade in United Arab Emirates. It…
For obtaining health capital in Balochistan, there is a dire need to resolve basic and pressing issues related to the…
The Department of Cardiology at Tabba Heart Institute, Karachi provides comprehensive Diagnostic and Therapeutic services to adult patients with cardiovascular…
In today’s age, advancements in medical and health science are occurring at an unprecedented pace making possible what once was…
Poverty stricken people in Pakistan who cannot afford to pay private hospitals bill opt for government hospitals for their treatment…
Cement scrips have historically remained darling of the day traders as well as short-term investors. Long term investors also invest…
Over half a million people are estimated to be carrying tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan according to the report the World…
Since 2012 Ali Hajvery Free Drug Bank has restored 700,000 lives by providing free of cost medicines to deserving patients.…
Poverty cannot be tackled without having credible data and figures related to poverty incidence in Pakistan. Poverty reduction has been…
According to Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), 8.2 million die of cancer per year worldwide, while 14 million new…
There is increasing number of ‘extensively-drug resistant’ (XDR) typhoid cases being reported in the Karachi city and public has been…
Someone once said, ‘The ship of the future will be a floating computer’. It actually is going to be true,…
Gwadar Port is located in southwestern Pakistan near the Iranian border. It is situated on the shores of the Arabian…
The Maritime Training Institute, an awards winning Institution duly approved by the Govt. of Pakistan, affiliated with University of Karachi…
Pakistan’s 1,200 kilometers lengthy coastline with the Arabian Sea is a god gifted area with natural harbors. It is a…
Gwadar Port is set to bring least developed Balochistan into the economic mainstream of Pakistan and the whole Asian region.…
It is dichotomous to compare Chabahar port of Iran with Gwadar deep-sea port of Pakistan. Iran, India, Afghanistan as well…
The Port of Karachi is one of South Asia’s largest and busiest deep-water seaports handling about 60 percent cargo dealings…
As the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce Monetary Policy on Saturday, this week, it is anticipated…
It was a long time dream of Pakistan authorities to make Gwadar port — a small but strategically located fishing…
NGO Shipbreaking Platform in its annual report 2017 says that pollutant and dangerous scrapping has been a key area of…
Forestry is an important sector, which has been the victim of sheer negligence of economic planners in Balochistan. No serious…
Bangladesh is one the world’s top four ship recycling countries by capacity. Bangladesh, China, India and Pakistan account for 94.9…
Does Pakistan need 5G/5thGeneration Mobile? Can we afford this technology? Would it replace the existing so-called 4G in Pakistan? Are…
Prospects It is a fact that after the tremendous growth in mobile internet, artificial intelligence will soon become the largest…
The growth rate of Pakistan’s telecommunication sector has been significant during the last four years. Information Technology and Telecommunication has…
The past few years have been difficult for telecom companies across the world and Pakistan is no exception. Overall revenues…
Pvt Ltd is introducing their services in Pakistan post accomplishing a successful and remarkable decade in United Arab Emirates. It…
Electronic commerce or e-commerce is no more restricted to only buying and selling online rather it is now mobile commerce,…
Pakistan’s Information Technology industry has demonstrated positive growth trends for the last four years. During 2016-17, Pakistan’s IT exports were…
The telecom sector needs to be granted industrial status. Before the current fiscal year budget, a high-level representatives of telecom…
The Information Technology industry of Pakistan is expecting rapid growth under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. CPEC has already…
The elected government of PML-N completed its term, an interim setup put in place and general elections are scheduled for…
Balochistan has enormous potential to emerge as Pakistan’s new economic frontier. Unfortunately, it still remains the least developed and poorest…
TRG Pakistan Limited provides business process outsourcing solutions and services in Pakistan, it is a holding company and holds 46…
Consumer confidence is always high in the economies where there is justified wealth distribution and there is trickle-down effect of…
Reportedly Pakistan’s name has been added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ‘grey-list’. The overwhelming reaction to this move…
Pakistani society is highly consumption-oriented. This is further accentuated by the fact that consumer spending this Eid-ul-Fit’r crossed one trillion…
The month of March global consumer confidence Primary Index has risen to 50.6, tying the record high set in January…
It may or may not be true that the sentiments are the reasons for the performance of Pakistan Stock Exchange.…
A consumer is vital to any economic plan, strategy, policy and activity. The consumers may suffer if they have no…
According to the bank, to be a member of the middle class in 2015, a Pakistani adult must have a…
“Consumers, by definition, include all of us. They are the largest economic group in the economy, affecting almost every public…
There was record spending this year during the Eidul Fitr in Pakistan as consumer spending on this auspicious occasion has…
India is striving to become the world’s third-largest consumer market by 2025. Consumer spending is on the rise in India.…
As the Gwadar Port has immense importance not only for trade with Central Asian Republics (CARs) but also for the…
In Pakistan, three sectors that have witnessed tremendous growth in terms of innovation and users are Information Communications Technology (ICT),…
There is a prevalent assumption that currency depreciation is a trigger for the rise in exports. This historically does not…
With a population of around 200 million, Pakistan has the potential to become next major internet market in terms of…
The total liquid foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan increased to US$16,798 million on 14th June 2018. The positive surprise was…
For decades, conventional or branch-oriented banking has dominated the retail banking industry in Pakistan. However, the birth of the internet…
The 18th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has recently concluded in the Eastern China’s coastal city of Qingdao. The…
Pakistan may seek help from China, its closest friend in order to develop automobile industry in Gwadar. Presently, China’s vehicle…
Startups in Pakistan have created an air of buzz and excitement around them; reason being is that they are the…
Pakistan’s trade deficit rose to all-time high nearly $34 billion in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year.…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President AKIA, Senior Vice Chairman of Businessmen Panel of FPCCI and former provincial…
There is a great scope for developing tourism industry in Gilgit-Baltistan, which is home to more than fifty peaks above…
Despite strained relations, Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan reached a two-year high during the first 10 months of the current fiscal…
Historically, Gwadar has been the part of Oman. In late 1960s, Gwadar was purchased from Oman and in 1970 it…
Mango exports of Pakistan earned $94.059 million in foreign exchange during two years as 129,423 tons of mangoes were exported…
Agility brings efficiency to supply chains in some of the globe’s most challenging environments, offering unmatched personal service, a global…
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) had focus on halving poverty and improving lives of the world’s poorest by 2015. This very…
PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST went to explore how children from underprivileged family background (who cannot afford two meals a day)…
Remittances play a very important role in eliminating poverty of a nation. Remittances not only reflect the domestic labor working…
Introduction SOS Children’s Villages Pakistan is a private social welfare organization dedicated to providing homes for orphans and abandoned children.…
Balochistan is the country’s poorest province, with standards of living lagging substantially behind the rest of the country. Socio-economic indicators…
PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had exclusive conversation with Dr Farah A. Bari, Dr Samia Shuja, Dr Rehan and some patients at…
A new study reveals that Pakistan is one of the most charitable nations. It contributes more than one percent of…
We all think about giving back to the society by contributing towards a noble cause, but only those of us…
Facts And Figures Greetings on behalf of Team GCT We seek your kind approval and patronage in considering the Green…
Balochistan is blessed with strategic mineral resources. There is hardly a mineral which is not found in the province. Serious…
The general perception is that Islamic banking in Pakistan is making progress in leaps and bounds. The supporting arguments are…
According to the recent Economic Survey, Pakistan’s total number of poverty count has registered a prominent decline in last 10…
Pakistanis are one of the most charitable nations in the world. Charitable giving this year will exceed $1.5 billion. As…