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Women entrepreneurs: Self-employment is the best way to go
‘Corporate work routine is geared towards men and their perceived roles’.
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IBA says goodbye to batch of 2011, barely out of school and landing in their first jobs
Dean Ishrat Husain says it’s been the best year of his tenure because of SAQS accreditation.
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The rising middle class: Who is part of Pakistan’s burgeoning bourgeoisie?
Some experts believe the middle class may be more than 30%.
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Hoping for revival: Textile Institute brings back former president
Financial trouble and low student admission plague the premier textile school.
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No more loans, please
America doesn’t owe us anything and the world doesn’t owe us anything. We should neither demand nor expect charity.
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Orient Mills builds new plant for $6 million
Wet processing plant expected to create 2,000 job opportunities.
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Electricity costs: To save the textile sector a few pennies, the rest of us feel the squeeze
Govt provides cheap fuel to industries, while depriving power utilities of gas.
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Subsidising agriculture: For most farmers, support price mechanism fails to deliver
Corruption by govt officials results in many unable to get promised prices.
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Comparative advantage: American buyers still prefer Pakistani apparel
Locally grown cotton, cheaper labour and developed industry bring in US business.
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‘Doing business in Pakistan is 25% cheaper than China'
Country offers lowest cost alternative despite strikes and instability.