Trade & Economy

  Karachi is the most populous city of Pakistan and holds its place as the second largest city in the world by population. The city is home to people from various ethnic backgrounds; Sindhi to Urdu speaking and from Punjabi to Pakhtoon or Balochi. It is the financial capital and 4th largest metropolitan city of the world accounts for the lion’s share of GDP and revenue. The city maintains itself …

  Interview with Khalid Tawab – Senior Vice President, FPCCI Profile Khalid Tawab, a prominent business leader and top ranking businessman, has said in an interview that Karachi is a gift of nature and need to have a world class infrastructure to take advantage of strategically located port city of Pakistan. He said it is unfortunate that infrastructure development is totally neglected, which is a setback to our GDP growth …

  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 …

  The development of small and medium-size enterprises plays a pivotal role in the growth and prosperity of nation. Although, the large-scale corporations mainly industrial concerns contribute sizably to the GDP and other economic variables of prosperity but the significance of SMEs is widely recognized around the world. In any economy, SMEs make a substantial contribution towards GDP, revenue collection in the form of taxes, fostering entrepreneurship income generation, skills …

  Development under CPEC will transfer goods and commodities worth billions of dollars every year Cement is the chief essential constituent of construction activity. The current demand-supply situation in the cement sector indicates excess cement production capacity in the country. During the past one decade, the cement manufacturing has been buoyant in Pakistan and the industry has shown tremendous growth in recent years. Owing to the increasing local and export …

  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 …

  One of the biggest problems facing the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises sector is the lack of financing available to these firms. There is no reason that why is lending restrained to the sector after it contributes 35 percent to national exports and is considered to be the backbone of the economic sector. Despite substantial contribution of SME sector in the country’s GDP, the sector is not getting its due …

  Entrepreneurship is a key to economic development of a country. Women entrepreneurs tend to be highly motivated and self directed, they also exhibit a high internal locus of control and attainment. It is a state of mind, which develops naturally, based on her surrounding and experiences, which makes her think about life and career in a given way. The growth of the proportion of women entrepreneurs in developing states …

  Profile Umber Tanya Ansari has been gaining experience in the asset management industry since 2008, and holds a Degree in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She began her career in advertising at Interflow Communications Limited, handling categories of notable brands such as Pepsi, UBL, PSO, and BMA. Thereafter, she was recruited to work with Crosby Asset Management, where she headed a number of functions, including Marketing, …

  Pakistan is keen to achieve all the objectives outlined under the UN in SDGs In nearly 100 countries of the world, women face gender-based job restrictions. There are no laws for women guaranteeing equal remuneration for work of equal value and no laws mandating non-discrimination based on gender in hiring, this was recently published in the World Bank notes Women, Business and the Law 2016. It was also observed …