Ties between Pakistan and Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) have been strong for decades. Much of Pakistan’s interaction with these GCC…
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Gwadar soon will become ‘base station’ for import and export of oil to Middle East Saudi Arabia has shown a…
Workers’ Remittances (Million US Dollars) Item Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 1 U.A.E. 308.13 419.41 350.35 351.34 352.12 335.66…
Key issue of long overstayed containers need to be addressed promptly Interview with Mr. Abdullah Farrukh — CEO, Pak Shaheen…
A delegation of Canada Pakistan Business Council (CPBC) visited Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) to open the trading session with the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christopher Foster, University of Manchester and Shamel Azmeh, University of Manchester[/box] At the heart of the…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President All Karachi Industrial Alliance (AKIA), Senior Vice Chairman of the Businessmen Panel…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ceri Parker Commissioning Editor, Agenda, World Economic Forum[/box] It’s one of the biggest threats to the…
Dwindling exports from Pakistan have been causing the jitters over preceding decade or so. Substantial trade deficit leading to the…
Oman is Pakistan’s fifth neighbor that shares maritime boundaries with Pakistan. The two countries enjoy close and cordial relations. Both…
Under the first phase of FTA, Pakistan’s trade balance with China had worsened, and it had registered $12 billion mark…
Pakistan Trades (Million US $) Period Exports (BOP) Growth Rate Imports (BOP) Growth Rate Balance of Trade Value Cumulative Value…
Textile industry gritty to double the exports in next 5 years Researchers find that the developing countries are rapidly growing…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Thomas Barnebeck Andersen, University of Southern Denmark and Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern Denmark[/box] From Winston…
Human capital development inevitable for manpower export and remittances With the contribution of human capital in total wealth growing globally,…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emil Kirchner, University of Essex[/box] Two new landmark agreements between the EU and Japan come into…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Guy Ryder Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO) Houlin Zhao Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) This…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Jan 14, 2019[/box] Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to curb the Chinese trade surplus with…
Apart from managing the twin deficits (fiscal and current) in 2019, the government will be on its toes to clear…
The industry experts revealed that the Pakistan’s textiles sector has remained stagnant over the decade because of a number of…
Pakistan’s economy in 2018 faced many challenges like trade, current account and budget deficits, high inflation, depletion in foreign currency…
For both foreign and local investors, Gwadar Port city offers enormous business opportunities. Gwadar Port has the potential to become…
It was way back in 2011 when the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held first-ever single-country exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. The…
Centuries back the location of towns and cities, at least superficially, seemed to be largely determined by the preferences of…
Experts highlight that United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a society which conjoins greater than 200 nationalities and they also added…
Pakistan’s external debt servicing (Principal + Interest) (Million US$) Description FY – 17 FY – 18 Principal Interest Total Principal…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Kitson, Cambridge Judge Business School[/box] Tensions loom over Argentina, which plays host to the 2018…
Must focus on strategy, certification and making standard in marketing and packaging Halal food is often used in reference to…
Historically, textiles and clothing sector of Pakistan has been the biggest foreign exchange earner as the successive governments have been…
The economists recorded that Pakistan’s terms of trade, which gauge the ratio of export to import prices, have not only…
It is said that whether elephants love or hate, the grass underneath their feet gets crushed. Same is the case…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Martin Armstrong, Sep 20, 2018[/box] The U.S. announced the latest round of trade tariffs to be imposed on imports…
Exports compose ample role in liberalized economies. But Pakistan export growth has performed unimpressively over the last years, following the…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government with many other challenges inherited a trade deficit. Government has to first accept challenges and identify…
Having undergone a whopping trade deficit of over $38 billion and spooky current account deficit of $18 billion, Pakistan must…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Published in collaboration with the Atlantic Council[/box] This article is part of the World Economic Forum’s Geostrategy platform…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Karen Jackson, University of Westminster and Oleksandr Shepotylo, University of Bradford[/box] If Britain leaves the European…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Published in collaboration with the Valdai Discussion Club [/box] This article is part of the World Economic…
Trade is an important tool to boost the economic progress of any country. Researchers revealed that Pakistan facing tough challenges…
Out of 7.5 billion population of the entire world, around one billion people lack access to electricity across the world.…
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…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Yuka Kobayashi, SOAS, University of London[/box] China first built its famous Great Wall in the Qin…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Milan Babic, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam, and Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam[/box]…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] by Niall McCarthy, Jul 2, 2018[/box] Trade disputes arise when one government believes another government is…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Brought to you in collaboration with the International Crisis Group[/box] This article is part of the…
As the Gwadar Port has immense importance not only for trade with Central Asian Republics (CARs) but also for the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with Visual Capitalist[/box] For the first time in decades, trade barriers…
There is a prevalent assumption that currency depreciation is a trigger for the rise in exports. This historically does not…
The 18th Summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has recently concluded in the Eastern China’s coastal city of Qingdao. The…
Pakistan’s trade deficit rose to all-time high nearly $34 billion in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year.…
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…
Interview with Mr Ghazanfer Ali Khan (A Renowned Industrialist) [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Mr Ghazanfer Ali Khan is the…
Pakistan Trades (Million Us $) Period Exports (BOP) Growth Rate Imports (BOP) Growth Rate Balance of Trade Value Cumulative Value…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Richard Holden, Professor of Economics and PLuS Alliance Fellow, UNSW[/box] Vital Signs is a regular economic…
Trade and industry stakeholders have warned that an unchecked increase in dollar rate will increase the cost of production, affecting…
There is lots of interest exhibited by almost every Pakistani these days about the trade prospects with China. Even those…
Since the signing of China-Pakistan free trade agreement in 2007 and the launch of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2013,…
Trade volume between China and Pakistan, which stood at $4 billion in 2008, peaked to $15.6 billion in 2016-17. Pakistan’s…
Under-invoicing is a key source of Customs Duty leakage in imports in the absence of effective measures to restrict or…
Interview with Mr Lal Dino Mari Baloch — Honorary Investment Counsellor Board of Investment (BoI), Prime Minister’s Office Government of…
Pakistan: Major Exports Markets (Rs billion & Percentage share) Details FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 July-January FY2017 FY2018 Rs % Share Rs…
Economists believed that one major cause for a trade deficit could be that the country is growing faster than its…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Andrew Dilley, University of Aberdeen[/box] With the Commonwealth Games in Australia’s Gold Coast, public attention has…
Rice is always a cash crop but need reforms in trade plan and true govt. support Interview with Mr. Abdul…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield[/box] Economic acrimony has been bubbling between the US and China since…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Qing Shan Ding, University of Huddersfield[/box] Tensions are escalating between China and the US over trade.…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Damian Tobin, SOAS, University of London[/box] The current trade dispute between the US and China is…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Mar 15, 2018[/box] Having announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports last week,…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Mar 15, 2018[/box] Having repeatedly stated his discontent about his country’s role in…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Johnson Former UK Government trade negotiator and adviser on International Trade Policy[/box] President Donald Trump…
Mostly globalization is equated to increase in the global economic activity through international trade but actually, economy is just one…
Home remittances and money sent back by Pakistanis working abroad have financed the bulk of Pakistan’s trade deficit for the…
The balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of the country’s export and import over a certain…
In order to reduce dependency on the greenback gradually over time, Pakistan has decided to use Chinese yuan for bilateral…
Pakistan would miss the export target of $35 billion this year by June 2018 set in the three-year Strategic Trade…
PAKISTAN TRADES (Million US $) Period Exports (BOP) Growth Rate Imports (BOP) Growth Rate Balance of Trade Value Cumulative Value…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anna Bruce-Lockhart Editor, World Economic Forum This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting[/box]…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ross Chainey Digital Media Specialist, World Economic Forum This article is part of the World Economic Forum…
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor popularly known as CPEC is the talk of the town in Pakistan. Everything happening in the region,…
Once upon a time, Pakistan Muslim League headed by Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif raised the slogan of ‘breaking the begging…
New Mobile-Wallet Scheme facilitates Pakistanis abroad in swift, convenient and cost effective manner Interview with Mr Tariq Malik – President,…
Pakistan’s trade deficit widened in just four months due to increasing imports of the country putting further pressure on the…
The Pakistani rupee continues to weaken against the US dollar after the central bank withdrew its support earlier this month.…
The association of Pakistan with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) goes back to the foundation of the Emirates (a group…
Interview with Mr Khalid Tawab – Chairman, Tawab Group of Companies PAGE: Kindly tell me about yourself: KHALID TAWAB: I am…
Export From Pakistan (Value In ‘000.$) Country July-February Change July-February 2016-17 2015-16 VALUE % 2016-17 2015-16 % Share 1 U.S.AMERICA…
Pakistan’s balance of trade statistics cumulative from July-October, 2017 were recorded (-) 12,107 million in US dollars while exports during…