The cash crunch and inter-corporate debt continues to haunt the government.

Net foreign investment fell 15.4 per cent to $1.05b compared with $1.24b in the same period last year.

Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis soar to $5,291m million in the first half of current fiscal year.

Opportunities of large-scale investment: energy, corporate farming, information technology, telecommunications etc.

Condition does not apply to bank employees.

The government and industry have started working together in order to compete in the international market.

The government continues to borrow from the central bank in the face of soaring expenditures.

Acute gas shortages have started taking a heavy toll on industry in Punjab with no immediate solution in sight.

Microfinance services are an important tool to improve livelihood of poor and marginalised segments of the population.

Ambassador Cameron Munter sees great investment potential in energy sector.