Economic Review articles from February 1995

Economic Review archives from February 1995

Karachi inferno.
February 1, 1995... The re-emergence of violence in Karachi has assumed unprecedented heights. At least 150 persons were killed during sectarian, factional and criminal violence in February alone. Dacoities, hold-ups and car snatching incidents average 10-12 per...

Economy during 1994-95: problems and prospects.
February 1, 1995... In the light of the forthcoming budget and recent talks of Pakistani officials with IMF at Washington, it is time to recapitulate the performance of the economy during the current financial year. 1994-95 is the full year of Benazir Government...

Personal & corporate security in the current environment.
February 1, 1995... Personal or, for that matter, Corporate Security is largely a matter of common sense particularly, in the backdrop of a local socio-economic and political environment. The role of the Law Enforcement Agencies, the District Administration and, in...

Oil and gas exploration in Pakistan. (Cover Story)
February 1, 1995... Oil contributes more than 42 per cent to the total energy supply. Discoveries of the new oil fields in different parts of the country have raised the local production to 57,880 barrels per day (bpd) thus meeting about 23 per cent of our total...

Oil refining. (Pakistan)
February 1, 1995... Oil refining capacity has stagnated around 140,000 barrels/day for quite long because of the ill conceived policy of the government. Expansion and modernisation of the refining sector is imperative to meet the current demand of 250,000...

Oil exploration. (Pakistan)
February 1, 1995... Exploration Activities in Sindh The history of oil and gas exploration in Sindh dates back to 1893 when first well Sukkur-1 was drilled by the Government of Bombay. However, it was not until 1957 when first gas discovery was made at Khairpur...

Gas exploration. (Pakistan)
February 1, 1995... Exploratory drilling in Pakistan is one of the lowest in the world. The sedimentary basins of Pakistan (Balochistan and Sindh Basins) extend over 830,000 square kilometers. In developing economies, similar to Pakistan, an average of seven...

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
February 1, 1995... The potential of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is attracting increasing attention from developing countries with abundant oil and gas resources. As demand for LPG continues to grow, Qatar, Indonesia, Iraq and Iran among nations which have spotted...

The Karachi hydrocracker project. (Pakistan)
February 1, 1995... Hydrocracking is one of the most recently developed refining processes. A wide range of different fractions of petroleum products are produced by processing heavy residual oils in the Hydrocracker thereby maximising the yield of middle and light...

Pakistan State Oil Company Limited - financial results for 1993-1994.
February 1, 1995... The financial results for the year 1993-94 indicate yet another successful year for PSO, both in terms of increase in it's profitability as well as dividends. Profit after tax of Rs. 696.0 million was 62.8% higher than last year's profit of Rs....

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation - new era in the history of Kuwait's oil industry.
February 1, 1995... Establishment of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, through an Amiri decree in 1980, heralded the beginning of a new era in the history of Kuwait's oil industry. By virtue of this decree, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) was set up in January 1980...

Rice: production and export.
February 1, 1995... Rice is the second most important food crop and a major foreign exchange earner for the country. Its contribution in major agricultural crops is 13 per cent and in foreign exchange earning is 4 to 6 per cent. Its wastes and by-products are straw,...

Hope for revival. (stock market)
February 1, 1995... The stock market remained bearish throughout the month under review. The State Bank index of general share prices made a downturn to touch the low at 218.03 on January 26. The aggregate market capitalisation, also declined from Rs. 382.808...

BASF Pakistan and the tanning industry.
February 1, 1995... BASF Pakistan is the pioneer in local production of finishing chemicals used by tanning industry. Over the years there has been a continuous extension in product line, introducing latest products in the market. This has resulted in transfer of...