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Industrial employment jumped 112pc to 2.34m in 10 years from 2005: survey

By Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in Dawn, October 22, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The number of employed persons in the country’s industrial sector posted an increase of 112.7 per cent to 2.340 million in 2015-16 compared to 1.11m in 2005-06, a survey report of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said. The Census of Large-Scale Manufacturing Industries — conducted […]

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Crisis looming

By Khurram Husain Published in Dawn, October 21, 2021 RARELY have I seen a ruler so oblivious to the tsunami heading his way. While the prime minister is busy preaching family values to the country on a daily basis, the spiral of inflation that is heading in our direction once the combined impact of the petrol and[…]

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Oct

Markets and disinformation

By Ishrat Husain Published in Dawn, October 21, 2021 MARKETS can allocate resources efficiently when there is competition among sellers and buyers. In order to have competitive markets certain conditions have to be met. Among others, there have to be multiple buyers and sellers who have the relevant information to make rational decisions and firms should have[…]

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