Economic Review articles from January 1997

Economic Review archives from January 1997

Council for Defence and National Security. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1997... The Council for Defence and National Security (CDNS) formed by the President under Articles 90 and 99 of the Constitution appears to be a veiled martial law. The idea was first conceived by late President General Ziaul Haq, who had formed a...

CDNS - beginning of guided democracy. (Pakistan's Council of Defense and National Security)
January 1, 1997... The newly constituted 10-member Council for Defence and National Security (CDNS) that also includes the chiefs of armed services has raised a hue ad cry across the country. Independent print media and politicians of almost all shades except...

Economic forecast 1997-1998. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1997... Agricultural Production targets to remain wide off the mark Growth targets are not likely to be met POPULATION The population census is long overdue. The new government of Mr. Nawaz Sharif should take up this matter immediately. In fact...

New measures wil augur well for banking industry. (interview with Abu Saeed A. Islahi, president of National Bank of Pakistan)(Interview)
January 1, 1997... Mr. Abu Saeed A. Islahi, President. National Bank of Pakistan first did his MBA from Karachi University in 1963 and later as Fullbright Scholarship from Kent State University, USA in 1965. He hails from a well-known family of the sub-continent...

Current account deficit rises to the peak. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1997... Pakistan's trade deficit widened to all time high level during fiscal year 1995-96 and the country had to suffer a huge current account deficit of $4.244 million. There is acute need to increase exports and decrease imports to have balance of...

Food industry in Pakistan - a survey.(Cover Story)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION According to the Census of Manufacturing Industries there were 924 units engaged in the manufacture of Food and Beverages. According to the UNIDO it is the largest manufacturing industry of the country. Value of production stood...

Unilever Polka merger. (Unilever Pakistan; Polka Group of Companies)
January 1, 1997... Unilever has acquired the shares of Ambrosia International Ltd., Mehran International Ltd., and Pakistan Industrial Promoters Ltd., which form what is often called the Polka group of ice-cream companies. Polka is one of the oldest and well-known...

Reorganizing the sugar industry. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... Starting with two spent out, every small partially closed units in 1947, Pakistan is now blessed with a gigantic flourishing Sugar Industry capable to produce over 3.25 million tons of sugar in its 65 modern Sugar Mills. With that rapid expansion...

Edible oil industry. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... During the 1980s, the country experienced a high rate of growth in vegetable oil consumption attributed to population growth, decreasing real price of vegetable ghee and increase in per capita income. During the decade ending 1984-85, per capita...

Expanding use of palm oil in Pakistan.(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... The Pakistani Society has traditionally been consuming butter fat "Desi Ghee" prepared from cow/buffalo butter by heating, as a cooking medium of choice. However, this product has been in short supply now for a long time and for numerous reasons:...

Some aspects of meat packing and processing industry and its nutritative value. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... Pakistan is an Agricultural country and more than 75% people depend on it. It is estimated that presently the population of Pakistan is approximately 130 million and has been steadily increasing. But on the other hand the Agricultural and...

Comparative economics of domestic and imported pre-basic potato seed. (Pakistan)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... INTRODUCTION There is a need to increase and ensure food availability for the future in the face of population growth of over 3 percent per annum. Potato is an important food crop and has the potential to supplement the production of cereals....

Chocolate and confectionery.(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1997... 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...

Food & allied companies on KSE. (Karachi Stock Exchange)
January 1, 1997... There are 22 companies on the list of Karachi Stock Exchange in the Food & Allied sector in 1996. Of which we have analyzed reports of 13 companies. The total Paid-up Capital of these 13 companies stood at Rs.1775.12 million and Free Reserves and...

The Economic Development of Pakistan.
January 1, 1997... Another book of 'Mr. S.M. Huda under the above caption has come out. Mr. S.M. Huda is a graduate from Oxford, joined the bureaucracy of the British Indian government. But he worked with the British government only for three or four years, because...

Girdab Ki Shenawari.
January 1, 1997... The book under review is a collection of some autobiographical sketches of Zahra Dawoodi. She has summed up some of her lively experiments and throbbing experiences. This is actually a reminiscence of the significant events of more than seventy...

Revival in the stock market. (Karachi Stock Exchange)
January 1, 1997... Revival in the stock market is visible. Aggregate market value of shares showed a rise of Rs.14.457 billion increasing from Rs.432.612 billion on December 1996 to Rs.447.069 billion on January 23, 1997. General Index of share prices also showed a...