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Economic Survey of Pakistan 2009-2010 – Download

June 3, 2010

Over the years Economic Survey has become an important document. It covers all the important sectors of the economy including growth, investment, manufacturing, mining , agriculture, services, fiscal development , inflation, debt, capital markets, money and credit. Besides, performance of health and education , poverty , transport and communication , employment etc are highlighted. It [...]

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Budget 2010-2011 of Pakistan

May 6, 2010

Pakistan Government uveils its new budget for the financial year 2010-11. As expected there is an increase in the employees salaries, while defence Budget is increased by 17%. Here are some of the main points of this budget. The National budget allocated is Rs.3.259 trillion for fiscal year 2010-11 beginning July 1. Rs.442 billion is [...]

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Pakistan Human Development Index 2010

March 11, 2010

UNDP statistics released the ‘2010 Asia-Pacific Human Development Report: Power Voice and Rights: A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific Asia’. According to this report Pakistan’s Human Development Index (HDI) showed a slight improvement of 1.28% and reached 0.572. However my dear country Pakistan is still ranked at 141 out of [...]

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Karachi Creek Industrial Park (KCIP) – First of its kind in Pakistan

March 11, 2010

An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. Living in UK, I have come across many such Industrial Parks in almost all the cities. The major ones are in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Also one of the biggest and famous ones is in Dubai known as Jebel Ali Industrial [...]

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FBR increases tax collection by 4percent in last six months

January 7, 2010

Even though other govt. institutions are under performing but surprisingly FBR has remained efficient in past six months. Well, lets pray that they remain efficient for next half of the year as well. The Federal Board of Revenue has collected Rs577.337 billion during July-Dec, 2009-10 as against Rs553.833 billion collected during the same period last [...]

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CPI, WPI and SPI for Pakistan

December 1, 2009

One of our reader needed some help from us and here is her comment: i need information of beurue of statistics of pakistan. that by which method they calculating price indexes pf market basket plz reply me fast i need this info urgently i shall b very thankful to you people So i decided to [...]

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NFC – National Finance Commission Award in Pakistan – Facts & Analysis

August 25, 2009

In Pakistan, inter province politics is a hot topic among people from different walks of life and belonging to different provinces. For the overall good of our fellow citizens, we will try to present a detail article about the National Finance Commission (NFC) award in Pakistan and how it is functioning. The purpose here is [...]

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Pakistan Sugar Crisis: A Farce?

August 24, 2009

Photo Courtesy- Chowrangi.com- Original Photo By Jang Cartoonist The ritual price hike before Ramadan starts, is quite normal and expected. Every year a massive price hike is seen in Food items and various goods just before the start of Ramadan. Quite interestingly, this is justified as a ‘business tactic’ to get maximum profit at the [...]

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Pak Steel Scam: $2.2 Billion MoU Signed without Bidding?

August 18, 2009

Having a Corporate Contracting background, I found this news really bemusing, and disturbing that Pakisan Steel has signed a secret memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) for $2.2 billion expansion programme to raise its current production capacity of 1.1 million tons to five million tons without any bidding or tendering. [...]

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Balochistan Economic Importance And BLA Role as Mercenary

August 16, 2009

Continued from Day 1 And Day 2 on BLA Day 3: The Economic Importance of Baluchistan and the Mercenary Role played by Balochistan Liberation Army In my two articles published earlier, i tried to give an idea about the background of BLA and how it is operating for the past few decades. Not only this, [...]

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Economic Survey of Pakistan 2008-2009 – Download

June 11, 2009

Economic Survey 2008-09 has been released by Finance Ministry of Pakistan and it seems our economy didn’t perform as expected. Below is the small summary while the complete Pakistan Economic Survey 2008-2009 can be downloaded by clicking here. Its in a pdf Format. Despite inhospitable domestic and international environment, Pakistan’s economy grew by 2 percent [...]

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Top 100 Brands of 2008/2009 (Google Leads in Dollar Value)

February 19, 2009

Brandz 2008 report has unvelied the The top 100 most powerful brands in the world. As per the report google has strengthened its position, whereby its dollar value increased significantly 30% over the last year. Another Brand that has jumped places is the ever reliable Apple, approximately increased by 123% to 7th Rank, just below [...]

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Allen Stanford Arrested Charged With Massive Fraud By SEC (Billionaire Supporting Cricket in WI)

February 17, 2009

Report By Cricinfo.com Antigua-based billionaire Allen Stanford has been arrested and charged with fraud by US authorities. The Securities and Exchange Commission said that they were “alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude”. The ECB reacted to the news with a statement saying it and the West Indies board had “suspended negotiations with Stanford and his [...]

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British Pound falls to record low against Euro

December 11, 2008

‘Britain’s pound fell to a record low against the euro on Wednesday as fears about the strength of the British economy grew.The British currency dipped just under euro1.14, the weakest it has ever been against Europe’s shared currency since the euro was launched in 1999. The record low comes on the same day that the [...]

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