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[23 Aug 2010 | One Comment | Amir Zia]
Vicious Circle

Inter-corporate circular debt is holding the country’s entire economy hostage. But is the government doing enough to tackle the problem?

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[24 Jul 2010 | No Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Take from the Poor and Give to the Rich

Does Pakistan’s tax system and entrenched spending priorities make the formulation of a pro-poor budget impossible?

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[8 Jun 2010 | One Comment | Talib Qizilbash]
Will the Budget Bring an Improved Standard of Living to Pakistan?

Are the initiatives laid out in the federal budget for 2010-2011 enough to help Pakistan’s poor make it through these tough times and eventually prosper?

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[8 Jun 2010 | No Comment | Online Editor]
Salient Features of the Pakistan Budget for 2010-2011

Here are the key financial points from the government of Pakistan’s proposed budget for 2010-2011 as presented by the finance minister on June 5, 2010.

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[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | Safia Aftab]
Day of the Dreamer

At age 26, Yasir Sheikh is well on the path to realising all his dreams.

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[26 Oct 2009 | No Comment | Najma Sadeque]
Giving Away the Family Silver

Foreign investors are eyeing Pakistan’s agricultural land and the government is entertaining their offers. But will Pakistani citizens benefit at all in the long-run?

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[26 Oct 2009 | One Comment | Aoun Abbas Sahi]
Taking an Informed Decision

The Punjab agriculture minister believes that leasing agricultural land to foreign investors cannot be undertaken without consulting local farmers and investors.

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[26 Oct 2009 | One Comment | Shaiq Hussain]
A Fruitful Investment

A food and agriculture ministry official argues in favour of foreign investment in Pakistan’s farmlands.

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[26 Oct 2009 | No Comment | Najma Sadeque]
The Global Land Grab

It’s not happening in Pakistan alone. Prime farmland in other developing countries is also being acquired by foreign investors, mainly from the West and the oil-rich Middle Eastern countries.

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[28 Aug 2009 | No Comment | Mariya Karimjee]
Interview: Sher Ghazi, CEO Mountain Fruits

A broken pick-up, a generator, discarded furniture, a computer and a printer, and a modest sum of two million rupees were the only resources that Sher Ghazi possessed when he decided to turn his dream of launching an improved apricot drying project to reality. Today, he is the CEO of Mountain Fruits, the only fruit-production company in Pakistan to sell organic, Fairtrade apricots.