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Social sector in Balochistan suffered from neglect for years. Investments in education and health sectors mean formation of human capital that can tap the province’s natural endowment. The underdeveloped education and health sectors contributed largely to the prevailing backwardness in …

The Kachhi Canal project, almost an abandoned project, brought back on track this month after active support of the federal government and excellent work by Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) engineers. The project was re-energized and is likely to …

The burgeoning population and rapid urbanization calls for more and affordable housing schemes in Pakistan. Constituting 2 percent of the country’s GDP, the real estate sector can still grow and account for 5 percent of GDP. Efforts should be made …

Balochistan has enormous potential to emerge as Pakistan’s new economic frontier. Unfortunately, it still remains the least developed and poorest among the four provinces. Agriculture is the mainstay of provincial economy, as over 75 percent of the population lives in …

Insurance business generally grows on risk perception in a society. Larger the risk level, higher the growth of insurance industry. The risk perception — risks to life, assets and public and private properties — has been higher and widely prevalent …

Balochistan has a literacy rate of 39 percent, which is much lower than the national rate. It also lags behind all the three provinces in the Net Enrolment Rate (NER). There is a strong correlation between household income and school …

The PML-(Nawaz)-led Balochistan coalition government unveiled the provincial budget for fiscal year 2017-18 with a total outlay of Rs328 billion. The new budget envisages development program of Rs86 billion including Rs6.01 billion under foreign project assistance (FPA) and current expenditure …

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. It is also known as corporate conscience, corporate citizenship, sustainable responsible business (SRB), or corporate social performance. It is actually about how companies manage the …

The concept of Islamic finance firmly and wholly required in Balochistan for the promotion of Islamic banking and insurance industry. This resource-rich province has enormous investment opportunities and despite longtime overlook and uncertainty in the province the present development in …

The projects under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) involves huge development of trade among the regional and international countries after construction of highways, railways and energy pipelines connecting western China with Pakistan and the Persian Gulf. We are firmly of the …