Economic Review articles from February 2000

Economic Review archives from February 2000

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
February 1, 2000... Food Autarky Attention of the present government to the economic dimensions of agriculture in support of speedy economic revival as enunciated by the Chief Executive is fundamental to the health of national economy. Increase in wheat...

The Democratic General.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... The Chief Executive of Pakistan is looking for the complete change in the systems, restructuring micro-macro management and monitoring of state and society from top to bottom. The regime of the democratic General Musharraf may be declared as a...

Implications of Lower interest Rates.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... The State Bank of Pakistan has reduced its Repo rates by 2 per cent, which has led five major banks to cut their lending rates by 1.6 per cent to 2 per cent to all categories of borrowers. This has brought lending rates down from 18 per cent to...

Pakistan in the Third Millennium.
February 1, 2000... Every Government functionay needs to ornament himself/herself with modern management concepts and introduce these to achieve three Es namely Efficiency, Effectiveness and Economy. Bureaucracy must be thrilled with the Max Webber's concept and...

Food and Agriculture Sector in Pakistan.
February 1, 2000... The overall situation of Food during the year 1998-99 was satisfactory. In order to provide relief to the consumers, the government has taken various measures to control the inflation in food items. The agriculture sector, which is the largest...

Food Potential in Pakistan.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... MILK At present moment Pakistan is producing approximately 177 billion rupees worth of milk annually for domestic consumption. This makes milk the largest agricultural product. By comparison, wheat, Pakistan's largest crop. has an annual...

Gloomy Export of Fruits, Vegetables.
February 1, 2000... One of the ubiquitous features of Pakistan is the dilapidated state of roads. Urban populations constantly complain about their poor conditions. But they have little idea of what fate be falls the rural Pakistan. There may be thousands of miles...

CANOLA: - Because Health Matters.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... The life, vitality and well being of people depend to a great extent on their diet. What you eat, and how you eat it, will ultimately determine the quality of your life. The search for better and healthier diets has now become a matter of...

FOOD AUTARKY: - An Elusive Goal.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Food autarky has been the primary goal of policy makers since the mid- 1950's but unfortunately has been missed with the result that the country spends over $1.6 billion annually on the import of wheat, edible oil, milk, tea, etc. The situation...

Causes of Sugar Industry's Sickness.
February 1, 2000... Sugar Industry is an agro-based industry which provides employment to the landless rural population and has a great impact on the economy of the country The three principal buy-products of a sugar industry are bagasses, molasses and press cake...

Role of Livestock Production in Economy.(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Livestock, as a sub-sector of agriculture, contributes significantly to the health and economy of rural communities and the nation as a whole. During 199899, livestock sector contributed 9 per cent to the GDP and 37 per cent to the agriculture...

Rice Production.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Rice crop is of great economic importance for Pakistan, as it is second staple food after wheat, and is second to cotton as foreign exchange earner In 1997-98, Pakistan exported rice worth over US$550 million and there is a great potential of...

Prospects of Manufacturing Halal Sausages in Cans.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Though Pakistan Manufacturing Sheep casings for exporting to many countries, particularly to European Countries. Official sources said that out of total 43 sheep casings unit set up in Pakistan, now 30 units have been registered recently by...

Max Foods International.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2000... Manufacturers of Biscuits, Wafers and Sweets Max Foods International was established in 1994 with the sole aim of manufacturing enhanced quality products so as to meet the International Standards and the challenges of the century ahead. It...

Quality and Ice Cream.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2000... Quality has emerged as a managerial imperative of the recent decades. Quality is harmony between the inputs and outputs which go through the production system of an organization whether it a tangible product or a service. Output must be worked...

KALIA GROUP - A Profile.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
February 1, 2000... KALIA GROUP is one of the fast emerging group of Pakistan with diversified business activities in the fields of Finance, (Prize Bonds & Foreign Exchange), Trading, Imports, Exports, (especially of food items) Security Vaults, Computer Software...

New Economic Policy.(Pakistan)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... AGRICULTURE It is good news that cotton production in the year 99-2000 would yield 10.6 million bales. Meanwhile wheat support prices has been raised from R.240 per 40 kg to R.265 per 40 kg. This price for the farmers was not sufficient....

Pakistan's Exports Performance.(includes table)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2000... Pakistan is an exporter of essentially labour intensive and agricultural raw material based manufactures. Highly concentrated on few items namely cotton group, leather group, rice, synthetic textiles and sports goods. The five categories of...

ECONOMY OF PAKISTAN.(Review)
February 1, 2000... 1999-2000 Edition The book : ECONOMY OF PAKISTAN Pages : 701 Price : Rs. 250 Author : Prof. Dr. Khawaja Amjad Saeed, FCMA, FCA Published by. : The institute of Business Management P.O. Box 1164, Lahore, Pakistan ...