Economy

The balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of the country’s export and import over a certain period. If a country exports a greater value than its imports, it has a trade surplus, and conversely, if a …

Balochistan contributes 34% national production of apple and 70% of dates. Nature has bestowed the province with so many natural resources and its favorable climate and various plateau of land further enhanced its importance by producing dates, cherries, apricot, pomegranate, …

Pakistan’s economy has largely impacted by the 9/11 and its consequences, especially the US the war against terror back in 2011. Being the basic ally of US, Pakistan and Pakistan’s economy faced major losses. Financial and economical losses exceed $123 …

Pakistan would miss the export target of $35 billion this year by June 2018 set in the three-year Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2016-18, but after failing to meet the target the government will try to achieve the target in the …

The country remained unsuccessful to overcome challenges on the external front where import figure continued moving upward where as the exports stayed behind as calculation in the six months of this fiscal year shows that Pakistan’s trade deficit rose to …

The caption may sound a little outrageous to readers, but it is a harsh reality. Over the years the country has failed in exporting value added goods. At presented whatever is clubbed under ‘value added’ items remains a commodity. The …

Natural gas is one of the principal sources of energy in our economy. The past decade has witnessed substantial changes in the policy use of natural gas. Out of the box, unproductive and inefficient usage of natural gas has nearly …

The government has failed to adopt what is normally termed ‘any marketing strategy’ to boost manpower exports with a view to enhance declining home remittances. On the other hand, India is on a rampant path to take over Pakistani manpower …

The more than US$60 billion loan from the People’s Republic of China in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is set to change the face of Pakistan’s economy. The CPEC initiative is beneficiary for the economy of both the countries. The …

Despite all out efforts of developing countries to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and now sustaining what has been achieved so far through strategy spelled out by world communities assembled in New York in 2016, poverty continue to persist and …