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Monday December 09, 2024
Mansoor Ahmad

  • December 10, 2024

    Tackling milk adulteration

    A representational image of a glass of milk. — drink-milk.com/FileLAHORE: Milk adulteration remains a significant issue in Pakistan, which...

  • December 08, 2024

    Manufacturing sector’s struggle for revival

    Partly finished vehicles are seen at a manufacturing plant in this undated file photo. — APP/FileLAHORE: The decline in Pakistan’s manufacturing...

  • December 07, 2024

    Pakistan’s policy rate dilemma

    People are buying groceries from makeshift stalls at the weekly "Sunday Market" in Lahore on April 2, 2023. — OnlineLAHORE: With inflation...

  • December 04, 2024

    Loss-making PSEs: barrier to economic growth

    A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 comes into land at Heathrow airport in west London. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Loss-making public-sector...

  • December 03, 2024

    Unlocking circular economy potential

    Representational image shows people searching for and collecting recycled items from a heap of garbage in Faisalabad on March 27, 2024. —...

  • December 01, 2024

    The ripple effect of disruptive innovation

    Pakistan's corporate landscape remains stagnant dye to insufficient venture capital, low investment in research etc

  • November 30, 2024

    How to attract capital

    An employee counts US dollar bills at a money exchange in central Cairo, Egypt, March 20, 2019. — ReutersLAHORE: Capital thrives in environments...

  • November 29, 2024

    Addressing the challenges of tax audits

    A representative image for tax. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: The inability to establish a credible fear of audits is a significant shortcoming in...

  • November 26, 2024

    Elite domination

    A representational image for tax. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Despite various reforms, Pakistan continues to exhibit traits of an elitist economy,...

  • November 24, 2024

    Economic reality

    People throng a market area in Lahore. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The survival of Pakistan despite decades of corruption, incompetence and poor governance...

  • November 23, 2024

    Our tax doctrine

    A labourer bends over as he carries packs of textile fabric on his back to deliver to a nearby shop in a market in Karachi, Pakistan June 24, 2022....

  • November 22, 2024

    Addressing trade policy challenges

    Shipping containers are unloaded from ships at a container terminal at the Port of Long Beach-Port of Los Angeles complex in Los Angeles,...

  • November 21, 2024

    Industrial shutdown in Daroghawala sparks economic and environmental debate

    A representational image of an industry. — AFP/fileLAHORE: The Punjab environmental department’s decision to shut down 200 to 250 industries in...

  • November 20, 2024

    Labour laws in Pakistan

    A child labourer is busy preparing raw bricks at a local kiln. — APP/FileLAHORE: The exploitation of workers in Pakistan is largely driven by weak...

  • November 17, 2024

    A generation lost to skill deficiency

    A representational image of a depressed man. — Pixabay/fileLAHORE: Pakistan has lost an entire generation due to a lack of relevant, demand-driven...

  • November 16, 2024

    The challenges of family businesses

    People are buying groceries from makeshift stalls at the weekly "Sunday Market" in Lahore on April 2, 2023. — OnlineLAHORE: Family businesses form...

  • November 15, 2024

    Pakistan’s youthful workforce: asset for global growth

    A representational image of youth sittig in a classroom. — Facebook@DistrictYouthAffairsShangla/FileLAHORE: Aging populations in developed...

  • November 14, 2024

    Tech-driven workforce efficiency

    Employees work on their terminals inside an office. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Industries across Pakistan are grappling with workforce challenges amid...

  • November 13, 2024

    Pakistan seeks IMF flexibility on tax shortfall

    Under current programme, Islamabad is committed to increasing tax-to-GDP ratio from 9-10% to at least 13%

  • November 12, 2024

    Unlocking the potential of women farm workers

    This picture shows labourers picking cotton in a field. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Rural women in Pakistan play a crucial role in agriculture, yet they...

  • November 09, 2024

    HR management in Pakistan

    A representational image of two professionals during in career counselling session. — Unsplash/FileLAHORE: Human resource management is...

  • November 08, 2024

    Missed opportunities

    Chinese ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong and Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof. Ahsan Iqbal can be seen...

  • November 07, 2024

    Pakistan’s high financial exclusion rates

    A man walks with sacks of supplies on his shoulder to deliver to a nearby shop at a market in Karachi on June 11, 2024. — ReutersLAHORE: Despite...

  • November 06, 2024

    The rate cut saga

    In this image a person can be seen holding Rs1,000 currency notes. — AFP/fileLAHORE: Determining the policy rate is a critical responsibility of...

  • November 05, 2024

    Bridging Pakistan’s skills gap

    A representational image of young people working in a company. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The ability of our economy to compete globally depends on a...

  • November 03, 2024

    How governance hurdles impact growth

    An undated image of the National Assembly hall. — APP/FileLAHORE: Effective governance is essential for economic stability and business growth....

  • November 02, 2024

    Pakistan’s reform dilemma

    A representational image showing people at a busy market in Pakistan. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Achieving sustainable economic growth is challenging when...

  • November 01, 2024

    Overcoming negative perceptions

    This representational image taken on January 11, 2023, shows a general view of Karachi Port Trust , in Pakistan. — AFPLAHORE: A country’s...

  • October 30, 2024

    Online shopping in Pakistan

    A representational image of a person doing online shopping.— Reuters/file Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular in Pakistan, offering...

  • October 29, 2024

    Pakistan’s chronic hunger crisis

    A representational image of a vendor is seen busy making traditional bread at a tandoor. — APP/FileLAHORE: Chronic hunger is a more severe form...

  • October 27, 2024

    Why not to exclude women from Pakistan’s economy

    This representational image shows employees working in an office in Karachi. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Excluding women from Pakistan’s economic...

  • October 25, 2024

    The economic power of mega cities

    This photograph shows commuters driving on a busy street in Karachi. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Major global industrial cities like London, Tokyo, New...

  • October 24, 2024

    A call for urgent reform

    A representational image showing school students attending a class. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Education, health, and research and development are three...

  • October 23, 2024

    How lack of social compliance hinders growth

    Labourers load coal onto a supply truck on April 6, 2017.— Reuters/fileLAHORE: Social compliance in Pakistan is gaining traction in...

  • October 22, 2024

    Talent shortage: Pakistan’s competitive disadvantage

    A representational image showing employees of a private company working in a office in Karachi. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Pakistan’s economic growth is...

  • October 20, 2024

    Should economic ministers be technocrats?

    The collage shows former finance ministers — Hafeez Sheikh, Shaukat Aziz and Dr Mahbubul Haq. — APP/FilesLAHORE: Appointing economic experts...

  • October 19, 2024

    Recovery amid high energy costs

    A representational image of a transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Despite rising energy tariffs,...

  • October 18, 2024

    Corruption and tax evasion: a deepening crisis

    A person can be seen holding notes of Pakistani currency Rupee in his hands. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Large-scale corruption often thrives through the...

  • October 17, 2024

    Addressing the rights of domestic workers

    A representational image of a domestic worker busy in household chores. — APP/file LAHORE: The informal nature of domestic work in Pakistan...

  • October 16, 2024

    The struggles of small retailers

    People shop at a market in Lahore, Pakistan on April 30, 2022. — AFPLAHORE: The rapid rise of shopping malls in Pakistan presents a major...

  • October 15, 2024

    Political stability: Key driver of economic growth

    A shopkeeper waits for customers while selling spices and groceries items at the retail market in Karachi. — Reuters/File LAHORE: Stable...

  • October 13, 2024

    Customs dilemma

    The image shows a vehicles of the Pakistan Customs. — APP/File  LAHORE: Incidents of corruption in the customs department may trigger a...

  • October 12, 2024

    Equitable growth over trickle-down economics

    A labourer bends over as he carries packs of textile fabric on his back to deliver to a nearby shop in a market in Karachi on June 24, 2022. —...

  • October 11, 2024

    How to document traders

    Customers shop for bangles at a market in Islamabad. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Documenting traders is the Achilles’ heel of our economy, as successive...

  • October 10, 2024

    Balancing trade openness and forex reserves

    In this file photo taken on April 22, 2022 US dollar coins and banknotes are seen displayed on a table, in London. — AFPLAHORE: Pakistan’s trade...

  • October 09, 2024

    Food insecurity in Pakistan: causes and solutions

    Internally displaced people gather to receive free food near their makeshift camp in the flood-hit Chachro of Sindh province. — AFP/FileLAHORE:...

  • October 08, 2024

    Cultivating thought leadership

    A representational image of the world "leadership" highlighted in a piece of text. — Canva/FileLAHORE: In Pakistan, thought leadership has not yet...