Economic Review articles from January 1998

Economic Review archives from January 1998

Alliance is cracking. (political parties in Pakistan)
January 1, 1998... Lull continues on political front except the differences that were imminent to surface within ruling coalition after the ouster of Benazir Bhutto. The motivating factor behind 1997 election alliance was basically to defeat Benazir. PML(N), ANP...

The tripartite business summit at Dhaka.
January 1, 1998... The greatest bottleneck in the talks between India and Pakistan was the long pending dispute of Kashmir between India and Pakistan. When Sharif raised the question of continued aggression in occupied Kashmir, and repeated violation of the Line of...

Dhaka summit - an appraisal. (business summit)
January 1, 1998... The heads of governments of Bangladesh, india and Pakistan, attending the business summit on January 15, 1998 at Dhaka reiterated their commitment to liberalization of trade in the region, reaffirming the goal of achievement of a Free Trade Area...

Pakistan has the ninth president. (Rafiq Tarar)
January 1, 1998... The 9th President of Pakistan has been elected. Mr. Rafiq Tarar the candidate of the government party as announced by the CEC, Abdul Qadeer Chaudhry has won with big margin getting 374 votes out of 457 or almost 82% polled in the National...

Managing resources. (resource management practices)
January 1, 1998... Resource management practices invariably reflect the management's perceptions on objectivity in approach. In other words, it means how solutionoriented the outlook and strategies are. The critical resource management decision problem is that of...

Dr. Yaqub and banking sector reforms. (State Bank of Pakistan Gov. Dr. Muhammad Yaqub)
January 1, 1998... The privatisation of public sector banks and financial institutions has been omitted by Dr. Yaqub as it is vital for any financial sector reform. An amount of $250 million has been advanced by World Bank for this purpose. The privatisation...

Pakistan's food potentials - a survey.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... - a survey The present cereal production is around 26.3 million tonnes. A production target of 54 million tonnes of cereal production would be sufficient to meet Pakistan's entire food needs and also to enable it to be the major exporter of...

Fruit and vegetable processing industry in Pakistan.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... Nature has bestowed upon Pakistan a land and climate conducive to the growth of a wide spectrum of fruits and vegetables. The southern parts of Pakistan provide excellent conditions for the growth of mangoes, bananas, citrus and other tropical...

How to increase milk production.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... The problem of Pakistan has been strong bureaucracy in the past, it is now a weak one. Neither is an answer. The bureaucracy has to be reasonable one. Capable of taking decisions. Insidious and conceit never do. A non-descript decision-maker is a...

Canola, a breakthrough in oilseed sector.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... For the past 25 years there has been so much said, in innumerable reports and hundreds of fora organised and ensembled to discuss production shortages of edible oil in the country, that it would appear repetitive to say that production of...

Quality assurance programmes for food industries.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... The creation of a Quality Assurance Operation is very significant step, taken by many Food Manufacturers during the past several years. English Biscuit Manufacturers (Pvt) Limited and Coronet Foods (Pvt) Limited leading Biscuit and Wafer...

Chocolate and confectionery. (Pakistan)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... 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...

Ice cream industry in Pakistan.(Cover Story)(Industry Overview)
January 1, 1998... 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...

Sunflower cultivation needs help and encouragement.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... The gap between production and consumption of edible oil in Pakistan has been widening at an alarming pace due to various reasons for the last so many years. The gravity of the situation was realised by the Government of Pakistan many years ago....

Delayed tea cultivation affects overall progress.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... The government is in the process of establishment of a national tea board under the Ministry of Commerce and also setting up of tea development society with the participation of local farmers. Lever Brothers is running a tea research station and...

Quality control of shrimps for international markets.(Cover Story)
January 1, 1998... That National Assembly passes "Fish Inspection and Quality Bill 1997 which seeks to regulate Quality & Promotion Export, of Fish and Fishery products from the country. Minister for Food, Agriculture moved the bill which was passed by the house....

Shezan International Limited.(Company Profile)
January 1, 1998... 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 produces a large variety of fruit/vegetable based products - juice in bottles...

The Artal Group.(Company Profile)
January 1, 1998... Artal is a privately held, diversified Belgian food company, with global operations; current turnover is approximately $5 billion. * Artal is a private investment vehicle based in Luxembourg and controlled by a group of prominent Belgian...

Foreign food franchises. (Pakistan)
January 1, 1998... There is an upsurge of foreign food franchise in Pakistan lately. A franchise according to the International Franchise Association is a continuing relationship in which a franchise provides a licensed privilege to do business plus assistance in...

Far Eastern currency turmoil.
January 1, 1998... The decline in the stock market was unabated. The general index of share prices slided downward from 1735.14 on December 29, 1997 to 1609.16 on January 26, 1998, showing a fall of 126.98 points. Aggregate market capitalisation also showed a fall...