Economic Review articles from April 2008

Economic Review archives from April 2008

Pakistan: economic sustainability.
April 1, 2008... Pakistan has withstood series of endogenous events, including political uncertainty as a lead up to election, and the unprecedented exogenous shocks that have ranged from financial markets turmoil to climbing global commodity prices. On...

The looming energy crisis.(Energy shortages)(Report)
April 1, 2008... From 2004 onwards, the price of oil started soaring in the international market, and for the first time in October 2004, oil prices crossed the benchmark of $50 per barrel. The price continued to fluctuate but kept moving up each year and in...

Performance of Top 100 Companies on KSE during 2006.(COVER STORY)
April 1, 2008... The present study includes five tables on Top 100 Companies according to (1) Sales, (2) Net-Worth (3) Ratio of Pretax Profit to Net-Worth, (4) Break-up Value and (5) Earning per Share. Pakistan State Oil Company commands the top position in our...

PSO tops in sales.(TOP HUNDRED COMPANIES ACCORDING TO SALES-2006)(Financial report)
April 1, 2008... There were 42 companies which showed fall in sales in 2006. These included 02 companies from Power (Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, Kot Addu Power Co.), 01 from Telecom (Pakistan Telecommunication Co. Ltd.), 03 companies from Chemical...

PTCL captured once again top position.(TOP HUNDRED COMPANIES ACCORDING TO NET-WORTH-2006)(Engro Chemical Pakistan Ltd.)(National Bank of Pakistan (Karachi, Pakistan))(Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.)(Financial report)(Company rankings)
April 1, 2008... In the table of Top-100 companies according to Net-Worth shows that 35 companies registered increased in the Net-worth over the previous year. There is 01 company in Pharmaceuticalsector (Glaxo SmithKline Pakistan Limited), 02 companies...

Fateh Textile again captured top position.(TOP HUNDRED COMPANIES ACCORDING TO BREAK-UP VALUE-2006)(Company rankings)
April 1, 2008... Fateh Textile Mills Ltd. captured 1st position in the table of Break-up value with the ratio of 1,173.17% while the company had same position in the table of Breakup value in the preceding year. IGI Insurance Ltd. earned 2nd position in the...

Pakistan Internation Airline captured top position.(TOP HUNDRED COMPANIES ACCORDING TO PRETAX PROFIT TO NET-WORTH - 2006)(Company rankings)
April 1, 2008... Pakistan International Airlines captured 1st position in the table of Pretax Profit to Networth with the ratio of 1676.98% while the company had 59th position in the table of Pretax Profit to Net-worth in preceding year. Kohinoor Weaving...

Who's who in top-100 companies - 2006; The following pages include life sketches of chairmen, managing directors and executives responsible for managing the affairs of top rated companies in Pakistan.
April 1, 2008... Mr. Muhammad Abdul Aleem is the Managing Director of Pakistan State Oil Company Limited. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (Gold Medalist) and a Fellow Cost and Management Accountant by profession. Mr. Aleem has attended numerous professional...

IGI Insurance Co. Ltd. captured top position.(TOP HUNDRED COMPANIES ACCORDING TO EARNING PER SHARE - 2006)(Company rankings)
April 1, 2008... IGI Insurance Ltd. captured 1st position in the table of Earning per share with the ratio of 367.92% while the company had 41 position in the table of Earning per share in the preceding year. Wyeth Pakistan Ltd. slipped on 2nd position in...

Pakistan state Oil; Corporate leadership par excellence.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Pakistan is a country of approximately 160 million people, who speak different languages, follow vastly diverse cultures and live in incredibly varied terrains. In such a heterogeneous society, delivering oil products to the farthest corners of...

Shell Pakistan Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Shell is a superior brand name with a 100-year history in this region. Shell in Pakistan has played a leading role in abridging the growing energy demand gap in Pakistan and is represented in all aspects of the upstream and downstream oil...

Sui Southern Gas Company Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) is Pakistan's blue chip gas utility with ISO-14001 and OHSAS-18001 certifications. The Company operates 3,000 km high-pressure transmission network and a 27,000 km distribution network extending across the two...

Attock Refinery Limited; Great heritage greater vision.(COMPANY PROFILE)
April 1, 2008... Introduction Attock Refinery Limited (ARL) is a member of the Attock Group of Companies, the only fully integrated group covering all segments of oil and gas industry from exploration, production and refining to marketing of petroleum...

Pakistan Cables Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Pakistan Cables Limited, the country's oldest and most reputable cable manufacturer, was established over 5 decades ago in 1953 under the sponsorship of BICC of UK and the Chinoy family. In the subsequent five decades, Pakistan Cables has...

International Industries Limited; Celebrating 60 years of commitment.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... International Industries Limited, IIL, has been pursuing relentlessly; its goal of being an internationally recognized, accepted and preferred steel processing industry. It has demonstrated its commitment of being an ethical and quality...

Agriauto Industries Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Agriauto Industries Limited is a public limited company incorporated in 1981 and quoted on the stock exchange. The company is a world class manufacturer & supplier of high entry Barrier automotive components in the private sector and the first...

Excellence in engineering ... Millat Tractors Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... In the history of Pakistan's Engineering Sector, Millat Tractors Limited (MTL) holds a distinctive and unique position. This has been the result of the Company's un-wavered commitment and determination spanning over a period of over 40 years...

Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... MLCFL was set up in 1956, in Daudkhel in Northern Pakistan, as a joint collaboration between West Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (WPIDC) and Government of Canada. The initial production capacity was 120,000 tons per annum (tpa) of...

World automobile limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... History In 1914, Late Haji Abu-bakar Trunkwala established a trunk factory named 'HAJI ABUBAKER HAJI ILYAS & SONS' at Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon Building, North Napier Road, Karachi, a business that his family was into as early as his...

Dadex Eternit Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... At Dadex Eternit Limited, we strive to meet versatile needs of our ever growing customer base. With over 45 years of extensive experience in offering solutions for architecture, telecommunication, infrastructure, housing & construction,...

Bank Alfalah Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... Trust - Commitment - Responsibility Caring is impulsive, spontaneous, natural, unpretentious. Caring is not a role; it is an intangible expression of responsibility. It is a nourishing process, deeply needed by all. At Bank Alfalah, we...

The Bank of Punjab.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)
April 1, 2008... The Bank of Punjab, established under The Bank of Punjab Act, 1989, was given status of scheduled bank on September 19, 1994. The Bank is listed on Lahore, Karachi & Islamabad Stock Exchanges. The Government of Punjab is the major shareholder....

Fazal Group Limited.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Company overview)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Fazal Group has been operating in manufacturing and, trading business in Pakistan since 1936. In the textile section, the Group owns operates four Rings Spinning plant comprising 125,796 spindles, two Weaving plants comprising 224 Air jet Looms...

The United Insurance Company of Pakistan Ltd.(COMPANY PROFILE)(Conference news)(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... While addressing the 48th Annual General Meeting of the United Insurance Company Limited., on March 28, 2008, at Lahore, the Chairman and Chief Executive, Mian M. A. Shahid, high-lighted the salient features of the unprecedented growth of the...

News Flash.(National Bank of Pakistan profit increases)(steel products prices increases)
April 1, 2008... NBP profit increases to Rs.19.39 billion. The profit after tax of National Bank of Pakistan has increased to Rs.19.393 billion in the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to Rs.17.254 billion in the corresponding period in 2006. The...