Taking trade ties with friendly countries to next level
At times when our nation is faced with an unprecedented economic crisis, efforts are being made by the business and trade circles to search for solutions to come out of this crisis and set the country on the path to economic recovery. One way t...
Afghan refugees adding to our woes
At times when the country is passing through worst economic crisis, the burden of Afghan refugees is adding to the woes of our nation. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the total number of Afghan citizens in Pakistan is...
Looking for livelihood abroad
It is very unfortunate that skilled people have been going out of Pakistan for a bright future and better employment and millions of them have settled there permanently. Due to deteriorating economic conditions of the country, increasing inflation an...
Trade imbalance and our agri sector
Pakistan's economy, suffering from trade imbalance, is currently limited to benefiting from the agricultural sector to the extent that it has to export a large part of its rice production instead of meeting its domestic needs. At present Basmat...
Killing of Canadian Sikh leader: an eye opener for world
The killing of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was a Canadian citizen, in June in Surrey, with the world pointing fingers to India's top intelligence agent over the matter, has exposed the Indian Govt cruelties. As reported the decea...
A welcome decision by SIFC
Large-scale foreign investment is essential to rid the country of its life-threatening debt burden and put it on the path to sustainable economic recovery. The previous PDM government and the military leadership established a Special Investment Facil...
Major threat to regional peace and security
Terrorist groups present on the territory of Afghanistan are a major threat to regional security, especially to Pakistan. Among these groups, the TTP, among others, is constantly engaged in terrorist activities in the border areas of Pakistan. The Un...
Bumper rice crop vs food shortage in country
The fact that one in every five people in our country go to bed on an empty stomach is a grave reminder of rife food shortage in Pakistan. But at the same time, some good news are also on the anvil, one being the bumper rice crop in the country...
Yet another disaster in the making
Due to the troubled economic situation, decline in the production of export industries and increase in trade deficit, the number of unemployed people in the country is increasing, due to which the majority of the people are expressing pessimism regar...
Pak-Turkey trade needs to be balancing
There is no denying that Turkey and Pakistan are two such countries that have an example of fraternal and friendly relations and they are presented as one soul, two bodies, or one nation, two countries. But unfortunately, the trade volume between the...
