Trade & Economy

  Media can have a positive effect on our children, especially if parents get involved themselves when their children are using them. It is difficult to choose the good from the bad when it comes to media. Apart from good messages there are several negative messages about media. This depends upon how viewing and interacting with it might harm children. Research shows that children can benefit from media. The benefits …

  One of the gravest social and economic problems facing the country is unemployment. It is a fact that one person out of ten is out of work in Pakistan. It is a global problem, even the most advanced and prosperous countries of the world like USA, Britain are Japan are faced with this problem. It is difficult to provide jobs to all but it can be tackled down. We …

  The tough-guy image of Putin has spelled much misery to Russian commoners than any good to the country. The US and the West have never been comfortable with this man; his actions have always been under a powerful scanner. He gave his foes a chance to be mean with his Ukrainian offensive. The sanctions came as an automated response sending the Russian economy and people into a state of …

  A Gulf Times news article opens with the following lines; ‘Sharp decline in global energy prices appear to have taken a heavy toll on Qatar, whose trade surplus shrank considerably in January this year as exports plummeted amid rising imports, according to official figures. The trade surplus of energy-major Qatar, which is fast powering its non-hydrocarbon segments as part of diversification, plummeted 48.3% year-on-year to QR18.54bn on substantially lower …

  With the recent visit of US President Barrack Obama in New Delhi on the Republic Day parade in India and with the nation wanting to align its policies similar to Washington has created unease for not only Pakistan but for China as well. However news of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping to be the chief guest at the March parade in Pakistan this year has been received quite warmly. …

  Pakistan’s major imports from China are machinery, chemicals, garments and other textile products, construction material, tiles, sanitary wares and crockery. Pakistan enjoys huge export potential to China due to its advantages in agriculture, minerals, chemical, textile and leather products. Besides Pakistan has comparative advantage of oil seeds, fruits, base metals, plastic goods and perfumery etc. A large number of Chinese companies are working in Pakistan in oil and gas, …

  In November 2014, Pakistan and China signed 19 agreements and Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to further boost the bilateral ties between the two countries in various fields, including energy and basic infrastructure sectors. Earlier a meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Chinese counterpart was held in Beijing where both the leaders discussed bilateral relations and the regional situation. The agreements signed between the two countries include solar …

  Since the last monetary decision was made in November of 2014, key macroeconomic indicators have shown improvement. CPI inflation and its expectations have continued to follow a downward trajectory and in the months of November and December 2014, the trade deficit has also declined, however, it did increase in the first half of the fiscal year 2015 in comparison to the same period of FY 2014. Additionally, inflows of …

  The rate cut will not only give boost to local investment but can also woo foreign investors Finally, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) made a drastic cut of 100 basis points in the interest rate to bring it to an eight-year low of 8.5 percent for the next two months, which people hailing from trade and industry have taken positively and said it would help stimulate private sector …

  It is often said that Pakistan suffers from ‘confidence deficit’ as the public at large doesn’t have confidence in the policies or statement released about state of the economy of the country. A lot of content pertaining to economic performance released by the Government of Pakistan (GoP) is not taken very seriously. However, the experts prefer to read opinions of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Asian …