Body curbed industrial progress rather than enhancing it

Security-centric foreign policies withhold potential of overcoming poverty

PM should consider bringing BoI under commerce ministry to let the two agencies work closely.

Anti-competitive practices may reduce consumer welfare, disrupt consumption patterns

Launch of the furniture giant will see local companies protest, threaten job losses

Pakistan Textile City Limited closed down before commercial operations; Xinjiang Textile Park is still operational

Three months on, rates have increased but vary across the country

More bailouts of SOEs may be seen, which may derail sell-off programme

Package fails to address real issues of exports: low productivity, poor quality

Critics fail to understand government’s choice