Economic Review articles from January 1996

Economic Review archives from January 1996

A successful visit to Japan. (Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto)
January 1, 1996... * Japan is the largest aid donor providing $600 million worth of economic assistance. It is also the second largest trading partner of Pakistan. * Japan has now signed an aid package worth $800 million - the biggest ever assistance from Japan....

Devaluation - before and after. (Pakistani rupee)
January 1, 1996... Devaluation is like "lollipop" or "aspro" for short-term relief. In the long run, reliance on large exportable surplus, higher productivity, superior quality, design and make and aggressive overseas marketing are some of the goals worth...

Downswing in stock market is not speculative. (interview with Arif Habib, president of Karachi Stock Exchange Ltd.)(Interview)
January 1, 1996... Mr. Arif Habib (43), President Karachi Stock Exchange holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and attended a course on Development of Capital Markets at Washington in 1992. He was also elected as President of KSE for the term 1992-93. Presently...

Economic performance during 1995-96. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1996... The management of the economy during the year 1995 can be summed up in this way. Often due to mishandling or naivety, while untying a knot you compound it and the knot becomes still more complicated. Exactly this situation has appeared on the...

Economic outlook for 1996. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1996... In the Free Trade Scenario countries like Pakistan will have to face the challenge of not becoming a consumer market for other developed countries. From Pakistan's point of view, the most significant outcome of WTO would be abolition of the...

Economic forecast 1997-98. (Pakistan)(Special Feature)
January 1, 1996... Better crop situation has brightened the economic outlook The economic outlook for 1996 appears to be promising with better crop situation and upturn in industrial activity. The stock market has already taken an upswing and expected to perform...

Food industry in Pakistan.(Cover Story)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... INTRODUCTION According to the Census of Manufacturing Industries there were 822 units engaged in the manufacture of Food and Beverages. According to the UNIDO it is the largest manufacturing industries of the country. Value of production stood...

Shezan International Limited.(Company Profile)
January 1, 1996... Shezan International Limited has completed its 30 years of operations. The company is operating from its manufacturing units in Lahore, Karachi and Hattar (NWFP) and product a large variety of fruit/vegetable based products - juice in bottles and...

Chocolate and confectionery. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... Chocolate and Confectionery industry has shown a satisfactory progress in recent years. The industry flourished under tariff protection and it has not only saved foreign exchange which would otherwise have been spent on the imports of such...

Sugar production trends. (Pakistan) (Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... Sugar production, on Pakistan basis, shows upward trend since 1986-87 till the last season i.e. 1994-95 shown below, when production reached an all time high record of 1.93 million tonnes compared to last season's production of 1.86 million...

Ice cream industry in Pakistan.(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... Ice cream is a frozen product made from a combination of milk products and eggs, sugar dextrose corn syrup etc. It was once considered a sophisticated item of food is now becoming increasingly popular among the people. There are small, medium and...

Tea industry. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... Tea is the most popular beverage in many countries. More than 2.60 billion kgs. of tea are produced annually in the world. There are three main kinds of tea, i.e. black, green and colong. But generally black tea is favourite and all tea producing...

Exporting fresh fruits and vegetables. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... The market for fruits and vegetables have great potential and has offered a good scope to explore new and additional avenues of business relations. The major markets fall into three broad groups: (i) The Middle East, (ii) The Far East and,...

Fruit processors demand change in income year. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1996... As per amendment made in Section 2(26) and 62 B of the Income Tax Ordinance by Finance Bill 1995 Calendar year as an income year has been abolished and all assessees who did not have a special Income Year are now required to adopt the financial...

Pakistan second largest importer of Malaysian palm oil.(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... The palm oil industry has developed into a very vital agriculture-based industry in Malaysia. Malaysia is the largest producing and exporting country of palm oil of the world. The growth of palm oil industry in Malaysia spreads over four decades....

Optimism is now visible. (Pakistani stock market)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1996... An upturn in stock prices was noticed during the month under review. The General Index of share prices compiled by State Bank of Pakistan stood at 190.46 on January 18, 1996 as compared to 185.72 on December 21, 1995 showing a rise of 4.74...

Prospects of peace in Bosnia.
January 1, 1996... * This accord, which was duly endorsed by the Muslim-Croat Parliament, could not have taken shape unless Clinton had staked his success in the forthcoming election on it, though about 50% of the members of the Congress and the Senate of United...

Modern Urdu Poets.
January 1, 1996... Modern Urdu Poets by Yunus Ahmar, Published by Royal Book Company, Rehman Centre, P.O. Box No. 7737, Saddar, Karachi-74400, Pakistan, Price Rs. 250/- 'Modern Urdu Poets' a critical appraisal of some of the prominent Urdu poets of the current...