The strategy I propose aligns with a National Export Vision, echoing the principles of a sovereign, progressive, and efficient welfare state. The short to medium-term mission statements encompass prioritizing export-led…
Pakistan’s IT export sector has been in the news a lot lately. The reason is because after so many years of fairly flat or nominal growth, IT exports started growing…
Subsidies such as those relating to power tariffs have been the lifelines of our export industry, notably the textile sector. Both of these lifelines are now more or less cut…
Ever since the rupee-dollar parity was allowed to be determined by market forces the Rupee depreciated dramatically and in consequence we became competitive in our exports and they began to…
Pakistan's textile exports have declined in the last four years because of the high cost of doing business. This is the considered opinion of a large and growing segment of…
Trade and technological advancements provide the fundamental impetus for sustainable economic growth. Nations that are more open to international trade and more advanced in technology have proactively achieved high levels…
Pakistan’s total public debt rose to Rs36.3 trillion, which is equivalent to 87 per cent of the GDP, by the end of the previous fiscal year, and is anticipated to…
Another source of productivity and efficiency is attracting Foreign Direct Investment in export manufacturing and service industries. Pakistan’s FDI flows, although quite negligible relative to neighbouring countries, have been largely…
No power can compensate or equal economic strength. Whether it is an individual, society or a country, economic strength is a power tool for getting things done quickly. Well, most…
The business case for investing in a trained, healthy, motivated and satisfied workforce to raise productivity is quite obvious as enunciated earlier. A PIDE study has estimated that increasing productivity…
