Interview with Mr Shakil Aftab Kashmirwala — Malindo Air’s Country Manager Malindo Air a joint venture of Malaysia and Lion AIR, Indonesia has started its operation in Pakistan. Malaysian Deputy Minister of Transportation Datuk ab Aziz Kaprawi was among the first passengers of a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Lahore along with Malindo Airline Chief Executive Officer, recently. Malaysia is honored to continue the spirit and tradition of the …

  Pakistan is a country with immense potential, but unfortunately it is faced with numerous big challenges on the economic and social front. Due to an under-developed infrastructure of roads and a weak transport network, people wishing to travel domestically, from one city to another, having many difficulties in getting access to a transportation-mode that is safe, punctual and low-cost. Recognizing this need for convenient and efficient inter-city travel, Tripda …

  Education condition is despicable with literacy rate of 58pc and gender disparity With a literacy rate of 58 percent, Pakistan’s current expenditure on education is the lowest in South Asia. Pakistan has a literacy rate of 58 percent, which has improved from 35 percent in 1990-91, but still way behind the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of 88 percent, which we fail to achieve by the end of 2015. …

  Elements involve in food adulteration, spurious drugs, substandard and bogus agriculture medicines will be severely penalized The PML-N led Punjab government is spending billions of rupees to provide quality healthcare to people through a comprehensive program by activating rural and basic health centers and in this kind the first-ever international standard model drug testing laboratory of the country has been made functional in Punjab while work is underway for …

  Park will play an important role for the promotion of information technology, high quality education and research With the objective to develop and create linkages and synergy between academia and the corporate world in areas that feed into the global knowledge industry, the PML-N led Punjab government is setting up the Lahore Knowledge Park (LKP). As per vision of the Chief Minister Punjab, the Lahore Knowledge Park is envisaged …

  Country presents huge opportunities in areas of organized retail format Since the modernization of global retail industry in 1990s, the international chains are exploring opportunities in turning this most impressive economic component of modern business cycle, a key participant of retail sector. The retail industry is a sector of the economy that is comprised of individuals and companies engaged in the selling of finished products to end user consumers. …

  Low-income countries depend heavily on just few commodities for the bulk share of their export earnings while commodity price fluctuations directly affect the incidence of poverty as the vast majority of the poor depend on primary commodities for their livelihoods. The types of commodities exported by a country are another important determinant of a country’s vulnerability to exogenous economic shocks. The majority of developing countries are dependent on primary …

  Pakistan needs to overcome all odds to take the fringe business opportunities attached with the mega project China unveiled to the world its dream to revive the ancient Silk Road by undertaking massive infrastructure projects and adding value to ports around the Silk Road in 2013. The Chinese termed it One Belt One Road (OBOR) which is known as Yídàiyílù in Chinese. The idea of One Belt and One …

  Export-oriented industries should be facilitated; resourceful solutions needed to curtail energy challenge Mr. Ibrahim Qureshi is a President of the All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF), which is a vibrant business association, with representation from numerous industries and business-sectors. It promotes and protects the interests of the business community in Pakistan and also advises the government on; policy formulation, regulatory realignments, economic reforms and implementation, to ensure better quality of …

  APCMA seeks abolition of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess Interview with Mr. Muhammad Ali Tabba – Chairman, APCMA All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) is the apex body of the cement manufacturers of Pakistan. It is registered body under section 3 of the Trade Organization Ordinance 2007 wide license No. 14, dated April 26, 2008 issued by Ministry of Commence. It was incorporated on 14th of September 1992 under section …