Pakistan, often referred to as the Land of the Pure, is a diverse nation with 250 million citizens. Their conviction in their faith has allowed the...
As a member of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry presidents’ delegation to the International Trade Center and the World Trade...
Women in business has become a distinct priority of women empowerment and gender equality. Women have usually been concentrating on sectors such as...
Investor-state dispute settlement is — as the term implies — a system of conflict resolution between foreign investors and the state that hosts...
Men predominantly lead Pakistan’s trade unions, although they do have women as rank-and-file members and also in their executive committees....
The International Labor Organization recently presented the draft Sindh Labour Code to the Sindh chief minister. The draft was also circulated to...
The three constituents of the ILO -- the Employers Federation of Pakistan, the Pakistan Workers Federation, and the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis...
Regional economic integration occurs when countries come together to form free trade areas or customs unions, offering members preferential trade...
The Employers Federation of Pakistan routinely receives resumes of graduates and even older persons who need employment in progressive companies....
Parliamentarians need to take the initiative to ratify three crucial International Labor Organization conventions that are essential for industrial...
I was a student in Midwest, USA, during 1969-73, a period that was a decisive time in the twenty years of the Vietnam War. Most of my American...
It was an electrifying moment. It was the last hour before the International Labor Organization International Labor Conference 2019 would end. 2019...
Three remarkable news recently emanating out of Bangladesh have been highlighted in the media and on Whatsapp Groups. The first announcement came...
Minimum wage has always been a contentious and much debatable issue in industrial relations. The dispute has oscillated between employers, workers,...
There seems to be a shift in the career goals of new graduates. There was a time when most of the MBA graduates hoped to land a position in a bank...
Business-as-usual is no more an option for Pakistan. Years of dabbling with the economy without a formidable, sustainable, and innovative strategy,...
Economic diversification is the process of shifting an economy away from a single income source toward multiple sources from a growing range of...
All around the mulberry bush /the monkey chased the weasel /the monkey thought it was all in good fun /pop goes the weasel.
Pakistan has a global image problem and this has to be accepted by the government as well as the citizens. Official spin doctors do attempt to craft...
According to the resolution concerning the International Classification of Status in Employment , adopted by the Fifteenth International Conference...
The pandemic crisis brought pain, grief, and a new way of living for citizens around the globe. As months went by and infection and fatalities rates...
Lockdown. Soft, smart, full. Unlike Wuhan, China or Italy, the lockdown in Pakistan has been a subject of political, social, and public controversy....
TRADE Pakistan's track record as a member of regional trade and cooperation blocs has been dismal and unfavourable. The country has not benefitted...
ACCOUNTABILITY Pakistan became the 74th Member of the Open Government Partnership recently in Paris when Finance Minister Ishaq Dar signed the...
DEVELOPMENT Pakistan has been blessed with many resources that could thrust the nation into the ranks of major developing nations, reduce...
TRADE The Strategic Trade Policy Framework 2012-15 was formulated after a reasonable evaluation and analysis of previous STPF of 2009-12....
OPINION The definition of an army is that it is “a large organised body of armed personnel trained for war, especially on land”. The...
FOCUS Pakistan is an acclaimed agricultural country. It is gifted with the potential of having major cash crops such as rice, wheat, cotton, and...
FOCUS Karachi is blessed with two major Ports, Karachi Port and Port Qasim, that are operating at full capacity. A modern port is designed to...
OPINION Pakistan and Sri Lanka have a strong bilateral relationship, which is broad based and focused on many aspects such as trade, investment,...
Human beings have been using palm oil since 3000 BC and, in fact, everyone consumes products that have palm oil component. Palm oil is considered...
Pakistan is primarily an agriculture country.
There is an imperative need to bring about amendments in certain State Bank of Pakistan
