Economic Review articles from May 1995

Economic Review archives from May 1995

Seismic monitoring facility at Chakwal. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Seismic monitoring facility to be set up by Americans at Chakwal has become a controversial project. The main objective of establishing a seismic facility is to collect data from the seismic arrays spread over an area of four square miles,...

Democracy will flourish in Pakistan - Syed Abdullah Shah.(Interview)
May 1, 1995... The Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Abdullah Shah highlights government development programmes and priorities. He believes in dialogue with the saner and rational elements of MQM to solve political issues and seeks peoples' participation to improve...

PM's visit of USA. (Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto)
May 1, 1995... Pakistan is a very old and faithful ally of USA - since the days of our first prime minister Liaquat Ali Khan. There is a general impression in Pakistan that nobody can rule the country unless he is in the good book of USA, even though the...

Hydro power potentials. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... The Government of Pakistan has received a good response from private American investors in the form of offers to set up hydel power projects of 3600 MW capacity in the NWFP at the Investment Conference which was held in New York on April 7, 1995....

Investment in infrastructure - the new policy. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... We are looking today at a Pakistan where past is another country. Politically a confident, stable, modern democracy; and economically a promising free market full of opportunities for the enterprising to seize, already ranking among the world's...

An overview of energy scenario in Pakistan.
May 1, 1995... In the fall of last decade, the government launched a structural adjustment initiative with twin objectives of overcoming macroeconomic imbalances and improving the country's growth prospects. The energy sector is the key to the achievement of...

KESC packs punch in PM's Karachi package. (Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Ltd.)
May 1, 1995... Having played a pioneering role in the Development of Karachi's Industrial and Commercial potential for the last four decades, Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has quickly and efficiently responded to the significant requirements of...

Coal and coal-based power projects. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Precisely, country's power generation structure includes; WAPDA 9471 (hydel 4725 MW and thermal 4746 MW), KESC (all thermal) and KANUPP 137 MW (nuclear). As per official data, WAPDA regularly loses around 2000 MW or more than 23 per cent of its...

Coal fields and power generation in Sindh. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... More than 200 billion tons of estimated coal reserves have been located in entire Sindh, of which 78 billion tons have been discovered in Thar desert alone, some 350 kilometers from Karachi. The coal field area in Thar span over 10,000 square...

New power projects. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... HUBCO POWER PROJECT This power project is fast moving towards completion. The first of the station's four units is expected to be in commercial operation in the summer of 1996 and the plant is to be fully completed in the Spring of 1997....

New power projects for Karachi. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... The Private Power Board has issued Letters of Interest (Lol) to as many as 11 companies for installing power generating units of cumulative 2884 MW in various parts of the city. COSCOP Powergen Project Lol has been issued for a 107 unit to...

Role of dams in economic development. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Pakistan's irrigation system is one of the largest irrigation systems in the world. It consists of two storage reservoirs, Damcum-Barrage, 15 barrages and a complex network of canals. God has gifted Pakistan with large perennial rivers, these...

Development and performance of hydel power stations in Pakistan. (hydroelectric)
May 1, 1995... At the time of Independence of Pakistan there was very meagre generating capacity available in the country. Jabban (9.6 MW) and Renala (1.1 MW) were the only hydel power stations in operation. Then with the passage of time rapid hydel development...

Uch Power Project. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... The ground-breaking ceremony of this project was performed by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on April 26th, 1995 costing US$ 600 million, the Uch Power Project will be 586 MW, combined-cycle power plant near Dera Murad Jamali, 48 kilometers north...

Wakgas: energy - a blessing for human existence. (liquefied petroleum gas; Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Energy is primary to human existence. Different kinds of energies including electricity, water and gas keep the life going and their uninterrupted supply ensures industrial and agricultural growth. Pakistan is a country, rich with natural...

Privatization of Kot Addu. (Pakistani power project)
May 1, 1995... Unfortunately planning has largely been counterproductive in our country which reflects lack of political commitment on vital issues of national importance. The case of Kot Addu privatisation bears ample testimony to this fact. The case in point...

Descon in the power sector. (Descon Engineering Ltd.; Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Business Development Considering Pakistan's strategic importance due to it's geographical placement, Pakistan could play the role of a leading exporter of goods and services to the recently liberated Central Asian states. It is because of this...

Afghan transit trade - its implications for Pakistan's economy.
May 1, 1995... There was a news item recently in an English daily that Pak-Afghan talks on the transit trade agreement remained deadlocked as both sides stuck to their positions. This article seeks to highlight the implications of Afghan transit trade for...

SAARC summit and SAPTA. (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation; SAARC Preferential Trading Agreement)
May 1, 1995... It augurs well that seven member states - Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - of SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) in a summit meeting in New Delhi between May 2 to 4 have agreed on preferential...

How to develop mining and minerals industry. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... During the 20th century much attention was paid to the development and exploitation of metallic and fuel minerals throughout the world. Non-metallic mineral deposits and industrial rocks were neglected being non-glamorous and cheap. In recent...

The satellite revolution - implications for marketing and media research. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Currently the world is experiencing four revolutionary changes. In world politics the cold war era has ended and new forms of international relationship are shaping. In economy, globalization is making rapid penetration. In culture, the global...

Environment overtaken. (Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Words cannot fully encompass the misery and the fatal implications every one of us has been exposed to because of a deteriorating environment deadly overcast with the clouds of smoke and dust. The irrational, ill-planned and, perhaps, the most...

Why access of credit to the poor? (agricultural credit in Pakistan)
May 1, 1995... Access of credit is regarded as one of the pre-requisites of rural development and a tool for eradicating poverty. In recent years efforts have been concentrated on a number of innovative methods to include the small farmers and the landless...

Pakistan's sugarcane production and yield.
May 1, 1995... Pakistan produces enough sugarcane to feed a sizeable sugar industry. Table X gives the area production and yield per hectares of sugarcane in the last 9 years. The production target of sugarcane is 46 million tonnes in 1994-95 showing a rise...

World sugar production.
May 1, 1995... World sugar production for 1994-95 is forecast at 116.30 million tonnes against consumption of 116.09 million tonnes. In 1993-94 production was 112.60 million tonnes. Among the world's leading cane sugar producers, improved out-turns are expected...

Hoechst Pakistan Limited.(Company Profile)
May 1, 1995... The company, a Pakistan - German Joint Venture was incorporated on 8th December, 1967 as a private limited company. It was subsequently converted into a public limited company on 12th May, 1972. The company started commercial production of...

Downward trend halted. (Pakistan stock market)
May 1, 1995... The downward trend in the stock market continued without resistance. The highest point of State Bank General Index was at 210.79 on April 6 and the lowest at 195.22 on April 20. The aggregate market capitalization stood at Rs. 307.961 billion...