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  “Now won’t you give some bread to get the starving fed? We’ve got to relieve Bangladesh. Relieve the people of Bangladesh. We’ve got to relieve Bangladesh.” On August 01, 1971, ex-Beatle George Harrison alongwith legendary Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar organized two Concerts for Bangladesh at the Madison Square Garden in New York City where Harrison sang for the first time his hymn titled Bangladesh. This lamentation galvanized the world …

  Pakistan is presently going through process of rapid economic development, which includes privatization of major government corporations, aimed at attracting foreign investment and lessening budget deficit. In 2014, foreign currency reserves crossed $15 billion mark, which has led to steady lookout on the long-term rating. External debt in Pakistan remained unchanged at $64,338 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. External debt in Pakistan averaged $49,246.37 million from 2002 …

  Government must establish more textile cities Textile sector is the backbone of Pakistan export economy. Comprises of 391 textile mills, Pakistan is the world’s fourth largest producer of cotton and third largest consumer. It contributes 8.5 percent of GDP and employs 38 percent of the workforce in the manufacturing sector. But Pakistan textile industry is mainly beset with the major problems like energy crisis, lack of value addition and …

  Sialkot sports industry has been producing sporting goods for over a decade and is one of the industries through which Pakistan has gained global recognition. The industry initially commenced with production of sporting goods involving wood e.g. cricket bats, hockey sticks, tennis, badminton rackets etc. Over the years and influx of modern equipment, the Sialkot sports industry is now able to manufacture any product and in any material. The …

  Pakistan has achieved self-sufficiency in bike production and it can become a major bike exporter to at least developing countries for its low cost production. What is actually needed is the official patronage of local producers in terms of incentives and facilities in order to boost bike exports from Pakistan. In 2010, a record 1.8 million motorcycles were manufactured in the country. Its production is still on the rise. …

  Pakistan and Tajikistan have been strongly working in many fields that counting trade and investment. The both brotherly states have got giant trade potential in many sectors such as agriculture, textile, food industry, and surgical equipments. Tajikistan’s total volume of export to Pakistan reached at around $100 million previous year. The ongoing bilateral trade volume did not commensurate with the actual potential of two brotherly states. Tajikistan will be …

  Almost 40 percent of the world oil supply and price is controlled by the largest cartel in the world i.e. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries). Being an export commodity, GDP of exporting nations is defined through the price of oil, subsequently budgets and expeditions are finalized. It is in vested interest of OPEC nations to keep oil prices high. There have been numerous instances where OPEC has …

  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, …

  Over the passage of time, the pharmaceutical industry has developed a strong base in Pakistan and has the capacity to add value to our export earnings considerably, however, friendly policies are essentially needed to achieve that goal besides enabling the industry to run on its capacity, which is unfortunately not being properly utilized due to various reasons. To enhance export of pharmaceutical products, most of the companies needed international …

  While the country possesses huge export potential in furniture, Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC)’s three-day 6th Interiors Pakistan exhibition has been opened at Lahore Expo Centre on Friday. The essence of the mega furniture exhibition was to promote furniture and associated products at local and international level. Members of diplomatic corps, leading businessmen, foreign delegations from China, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Hong Kong, Thailand and, Bangkok are participating in the …