Muslims will make up more than a quarter of the world’s population by 2030. The global Islamic market was worth over $3.6 trillion in 2013, and the market is projected to be worth over $5 trillion by 2020, according to …
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Pakistan agriculture needs a change of culture
Agricultural sector plays a strategic role in economic development of a country. Better agricultural output and productivity contributes substantially to an overall economic development. In short agriculture is the backbone of an economy which provides bread to mankind and raw …
Read More »Rational thinking – key to economic analyses
We daily come across people making over-generalizations as to various economic factors. You daily encounter people saying that Pakistan’s economy is in doldrums and is about to sink or Pakistan’s economy is blooming like anything. Someone, sometimes, might have considered …
Read More »Upcoming rice crops likely to push Pakistan’s export to EU countries
Basmati exporting countries to EU to bring down MRL level for Tricyclazole to 0.01 mg per kg from Jan 1, 2018 Pakistan can enhance its rice export to EU from 150,000 ton to 350,000 ton Pakistan’s rice exports witnessed a …
Read More »Reversing fortune of fertilizer sector
The cultivable land in Pakistan suffers from an acute shortage of nutrient contents, which is evident from poor yield. In an attempt to improve yield fertilizer manufacturers have been playing an active role. Their endeavors have been supported by the …
Read More »Hurdles in achieving food and nutritional security
The country’s agricultural sector has three major roles in the national economy: provides food to consumers and fibre to the industry, earns foreign exchange, and provides a market for industrial goods/machinery. However, the share of agriculture in gross domestic product …
Read More »Tapping huge potential in Balochistan fisheries sector
Govt must devise a pro-active strategy for capturing more market share of shrimp business in the global market Fisheries is an important sector but it contributes only 0.3 percent to the overall GDP of Pakistan and 1.3 percent to the …
Read More »Education industry: low-risk, high-return
Dr. Abdul Basit, pioneer of private university, stressed on the need and challenges of private-public partnership in education Public-private partnership (PPP) has become a buzzword in new development strategies. It is being publicized as a ground-breaking idea to encourage the …
Read More »Changing eating habits of residents of Karachi rising
According to certain estimates population of Karachi now exceeds 20 million that also enjoys ethnic diversity. As the influx of people from other provinces continues, all sorts of food outlets are mushrooming. While the demand for different food varieties is …
Read More »Time to reduce Pakistan’s rising wheat rate
Millers claim that wheat is Rs400 costly in Pakistan than the world market. The wheat price has registered a sharp increase of more than 300 percent in last ten years from Rs400 per 40kg to Rs1300 per 40kg, registering a …
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