International compliance laws are becoming challenging for companies in supply chain including importers, exporters and indenters. Foreign companies are increasingly complying with international laws including Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, Brazilian Clean Company Act etc. and significantly penalising the counter-parts for non-compliance.
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Pakistan is amongst one of the few countries where trade organisations are regulated by the government.
In order to regulate these organisations, Trade Organisation Act was introduced in 1961. This act was later amended in the shape of trade organisations act 2013, with the main objective to frame rules and regulations for trade organizations. One of the main purposes of this act is to ensure appropriate representation of all businesses at all levels in business organisations. The act also focuses on defining the purpose, role, responsibilities and appropriate framework including code of corporate governance for trade organisations. The Director General Trade Organisations (DGTO) was established in 2007 as a regulatory body to implement the provisions of the aforesaid ordinance.
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Facilitation versus Intervention – An analysis of trade organizations act 2013
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Pakistan’s share in world exports has stayed stagnant at 0.14 percent from 2010 to 2014. In contrast, developing countries exports registered fastest growth of 5.9 percent for major commodity groups followed by 2.9 percent for developed countries in 2014. The share of Indian exports increased from 1.4 percent in 2010 to 1.7 percent in 2014.
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Champions and Under-Achievers An analysis of exports performance in Pak
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One cannot doubt the emotional attachment of the majority of Pakistanis with China. Generations of Pakistanis are bred on the belief of all-weather friendship with China. And China did prove its worth over the decades of supporting Pakistan and standing by it in hours of trial. On the economic front, Pakistan is the second country, with whom China has entered into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Post-FTA, China has become the largest trading partner of Pakistan, with a caveat of persistent high trade deficit suffered by Pakistan. Even without statistical evidence, one can observe presence of Chinese products ranging from high-end electronics to toiletries in large swathes of Pakistan.
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Case for more Trade Liberalization with China (2014)
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Vibrancy inherent in life will always carve for change. And market remains a potent medium for articulating and fulfilling this demand for change. Case in point is the onslaught of Turkish soap operas on local channels in recent years. Under the grab of protectionism, an unholy coalition of local production houses and channel operators was able to get the Indian channels banned on local cable. However, the smell of money from some other direction broke this tactical alliance in 2012. In that faithful year, Urdu-1, a new entertainment TV channel, launched an Urdu-dubbed Turkish series ‘Ishq-e-Mamnu’. It proved itself a marketing masterstroke for a new entrant in a cluttered channel market. From a slow start, the Turkish soap was able to grab the rating of 11.79 for its last episode, a record that remained unbroken since December 2012.
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In the modern market economy, a stock exchange will be accounted among its most visible icons. Its engagement with general populace is smooth and seamless. Entry and exit in stock trading is easy even for the first time investor. Media loves it, as it can provide daily stream of juicy stories behind high and lows of the stocks. With big money flowing, its operators enjoy strong support among sections of government and corporate sector. In this favorable environment, it is never easy to challenge the conventional wisdom of equating local stock market as the barometer of our economy. Any effort on inducing more competition or pro-market reforms in the local stock market can easily be thwarted by a nexus of state and brokers. Purpose here is not to contest the efficacy of stock market in a country’s economy, but to stress upon the rent-seeking structure of local stock exchange.
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This report reviews how often Pakistan’s economy has been discussed by our electronic
media during its prime time talk shows. Top five talk shows of news channels i.e. Capital
talk (Hamid Mir), Live with Talat (Syed Talat Hussain), Aapas Ki Baat (Muneeb Farooq & Najam Sethi), Nadeem Malik Live (Nadeem Malik) and Dunya @ 8 With Malick (Muhammad Malick), have been included.
The shows were reviewed and categorized into four groups according to their topics namely Economy/Energy, National Politics, Terrorism/Security and Social/others (Education, governance, corruption, foreign policy).
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Pakistan’s trade regime has been gradually liberalised since 1990, but the process was not smooth. For long periods since then, the liberalisation process was either kept on hold or the reform process was reversed.
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Intellectual property (IP) plays an important role towards economic growth, especially in the modern knowledge-based economies. The IP regime deals with protection of trademarks and copyrights and granting patents. Foreign companies take into consideration the IP regime of a country before setting up business.
In Pakistan, protection against violation of intellectual property is weak. Currently, International Property Rights Index (IPRI) ranks Pakistan at 117 among 129 countries. As of late, some progress has been made as USA has moved Pakistan to its watch list from priority list in 2016. However, major issues are still lagging such as the twin problems of copyright violations and enforcements of IP rights laws. If these problems persist, Pakistan will be deprived of a sizeable amount of foreign direct investment. Especially now, as Pakistan is expecting high foreign investment pouring into the country as a result of CPEC and an emerging market status, issues of intellectual property rights have become crucial to our development designs.
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To read more: Trademark of Growth – Inquiring Pakistan’s Intellectual Property Rights Regime
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The geographical significance of a country plays a pivotal role in the world politics for
that country. It marks that how critically beneficial or non-beneficial is the country to the other countries in social, economic and political respects. Pakistan is located at a very strategically important place on the globe. It is located at the juncture of energy proficient to energy deficient countries. On one side it connects with the Persian Gulf and on the other gives access of the warm water to land locked countries. The geo-strategic importance of Pakistan is also evident from the fact that it is surrounded by world’s emerging economic giants; i.e. India and China, and the countries rich in natural resources; i.e. Afghanistan and Iran.
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The land-use pattern is undergoing a transition in Pakistan. The commercial demand for real estate is increasing and is expected to be dominated by mixed-use establishments, shopping malls, retail spaces and office units in 20161. It can be anticipated that through current trends and predictions that retail-related demand will headline this new pattern of commercial land-use.
Retail demand for real estate is a derived demand based on the performance of the retail sector which has stayed robust in growth despite the economic challenges of the country. This outlook of the retail sector in Pakistan is spurred by a rising trend in population and increasing urbanization. The result is the emergence of modern retail such as superstores, hyper-stores and shopping malls mainly in the three large metropolitans of the country i.e. Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad/Rawalpindi.
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Safety net interventions in Pakistan have suffered from a conspicuous lack of evidence based policymaking. Numerous evaluations of the targeting process of programmes have identified design and implementation weaknesses. According to World Development Indicators (WDI) 2013, 60 per cent of the population in Pakistan lives below poverty line corresponding to $2 or PRs. 210/-1 per day so social protection as an area of government intervention has achieved enhanced budgetary priority in Pakistan recently with the advent of programme like BISP.
The aim of this report was to review the design of BISP, its effect on the private charity, attitudes of programme beneficiaries, focusing on collecting information regarding disbursements, procedural problems, and needs fulfilment and it examined the impact on the household standard of living.
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