Economic Review articles from July 1998

Economic Review archives from July 1998

What next....? (economic and political forecasts in Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... It is a considered perception that despite all demerits and imperfections the country should be governed under a democratic dispensation. That is a decent desire that democracy loving person could have. But mostly things do not move in line with...

The budget and after. (Pakistan's national budget)
July 1, 1998... The current year's budget is lacklustre unimaginative and stereotype as it fails to take cognizance of the nagging problems facing the economy notably with regard to domestic resource mobilisation and external liabilities. The budget presented on...

The trade policy for 1998-99. (Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... The total exports at the end of the first 11 months of the year totalled $7.5 billion, leaving a gap of approximately $2 billion to be filled in the month of June to achieve the target of $9.575 billion. This seems very difficult, considering the...

Health and nutrition. (Pakistan)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1998... The public sector is the main source for provision of health facilities to the urban and rural population. The health facilities in the past however remained inadequate. The expenditure in health sector remained less than one per cent of GNP due...

Revival of health care system of Pakistan.
July 1, 1998... * Counterfeit drugs, are abundantly available in the market. All these products are, ironically, also registered by the Ministry of Health. All such products must immediately be de-registered by the ministry. PPMA may provide assistance to the...

Nams Seminor - on medicines for the nation. (essential drug list in Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... Doctor, health care and regulatory authorities, but also medical college, will have to collaborate in a nation wide (or region wide) effort to transmit, establish and maintain the principles of rational use of medication, to the benefit of the...

Performance of pharmaceutical companies on KSE. (Karachi Stock Exchange)
July 1, 1998... There are at present 230 licensed drugs manufacturing companies operating in Pakistan. Census of Manufacturing Industries 1990-91 listed 146 pharmaceutical companies. The value of production of these companies stood at Rs. 14,102 million in...

Record number of young people reaching childbearing years.
July 1, 1998... A record number of young people, about 90 per cent of them in developing countries, are entering or about to enter their childbearing years, according to the 1998 World Population Data Sheet, released recently at Washington's National Press Club...

The magnitude and multitude of child labour in Pakistan.
July 1, 1998... Background and Introduction Child Labour has been a part of the world scene for centuries. Children have been working in industries and enterprises, in shops and stores, on farms and plantations, in domestic homes and habitats, on roads and...

Another name for quality. (Dr. Willmar Schwabe Gesllschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung und Co)
July 1, 1998... In 1866 world's renowned chemist and biologist Dr. Willmar Schwabe not only completed 26 years of his life, but he also laid the foundation of a pharmaceutical company in his own name (in Leipzig). It were those times in 1866 when at the most 6...

B. Braun Pakistan: worldwide commitment to health.
July 1, 1998... B. Braun Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited is a part of worldwide group of companies with its corporate headquarters at Melsungen, Germany which was established in 1839. Fifteen years ago B. Braun Medical Industries Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia, Headquarters for...

Who's who in health sector. (Pakistan's pharmaceutical companies)
July 1, 1998... Mr. A. Haseeb Khan, the brain behind Brookes Pharmaceuticals Laboratories, is rightly known as "the man of action" - got Brookes manufacturing plant completed in just 11 months time with well equipped production/Q.C./Warehouse/Research &...

Kalabagh Dam - a blessing or a curse for the nation. (Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... Kalabagh Dam will have water from rivers Sindh, Kabul and Swan. Its height will be 925 feet from the sea level. It was planned to be 245 ft from the river bottom and had a capacity of 20 ft to fight out the flood but it was reduced to 10 ft. at...

Census '98 puts Pakistan's population at 130.58m.
July 1, 1998... Finance Minister Sartaj Aziz recently announced the provisional results of National Census, 1998, putting Pakistan's total population at 130.580 million, showing an average annual growth rate of 2.61 since 1981. "I can claim it as the most...

The state of economy. (Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... According to the recently released Economic Survey for 1997-98, the performance in most of the areas was generally much better than last year and shows a visible improvement in various key economic indicators and projects the economy as pulling...

ICI Pakistan Pharmaceuticals.(Company Profile)
July 1, 1998... ICI Pakistan's Pharmaceuticals Business markets prescription drugs with a strong portfolio of innovative products from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals U.K. The business also markets Syntex (now owned by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Limited) and Ehtypharm...

Import of wheat despite bumper crop. (Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... Wheat Despite bumper wheat crop and record procurement Pakistan will import 2.2 million tonnes of wheat. The need to import wheat when stocks and produce are sufficient is hard to fathom. The only explanation is that the post-atomic explosions...

Six IPPs. (Intent of Termination issued to independent power producers)(includes related article on IPP financiers and location)
July 1, 1998... Six IPPs had been issued notices of "Intent of Termination" on the basis of corruption while two others were served notices on technical grounds. The six IPPs issued notices to explain their position in 90 days were: i. Uch Power Project (225...

Sugar industry. (glut weakens industry in Pakistan)(includes related article on the sale of a sugar mill)(Industry Overview)
July 1, 1998... Sugarglut in Pakistan has practically made the industry sick, as 40 per cent of the sugar stock of 1997-98 production is still lying with the mills with little hope of selling it locally, or exporting. The delay in the disposal of stocks has...

Reversal started. (stock market in Pakistan)
July 1, 1998... The decline in stock market was reversed in the mid-July. The general index of share prices gained 82.04 points improving from 876.90 on June 19, to 938.34 on July 27. Aggregate market capitalisation gained Rs. 17.603 billion during the same...