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Excise duty: FED challenges growth and development objectives
Makes air travel very expensive, restricts the process of documentation
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Search for ‘science’ in industrial policies
Governments mostly invite economists and international development professionals for devising policies
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A GDP number isn’t enough to measure true development
Many alternative measurements have not enjoyed the same acclaim
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Cutlery industry needs spice, and the govt should give it
Pakistan suffers from low exports as entrepreneurs face quality, skill-oriented issues
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Transforming Punjab’s economy
Reports should be published annually to capture rapidly changing policy and economic environment
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How to govern public-sector companies?
Governance issues simply imply multiplicity, vagueness and ineffectiveness of current accountability mechanisms
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Pakistani cities perform poorly in global competitiveness rankings
Poor management spoils the potential of urbanisation in
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Transforming the downtown of the capital
The downtown area is generally the most happening place in any city, that is not the case in Islamabad
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Looking to make the next Silicon Valley in Pakistan
Interdisciplinary interactions lead to innovation, knowledge spillovers
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Time to establish ministry of private sector facilitation
It will help coordinate efforts, drive up exports and private sector investment