By Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in DAWN on December 22, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved the revised Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2020-25 with a string of policy measures to promote annual export target to $57 billion by end of 2024-25. This is the fourth strategic framework announced since 2009 by the government which […]
By Zubeida Mustafa Published in DAWN on December 17, 2021 OUR society seems to have been obsessed for long with the idea of matrimony. Mercifully, the growing trend towards female education has to an extent weakened this obsession — but not in communities still deprived of the benefits of education and enlightenment. In these underprivileged classes, which[…]
By Riaz Riazuddin Published in DAWN on December 17, 2021 OUR average monthly wage has risen from Rs6,612 in 2007-08 to Rs21,326 in 2018-19, according to the Labour Force Survey 2018-19 (LFS). In between these 11 years, the average wage increase was 11.2 per cent per annum, somewhat higher than the average yearly inflation rate of 8.9pc.[…]