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1999
Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices--Pakistan (http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/trade%5Freports/1999/pakistan.pdf)
The Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs of the U.S. Department of State
presents information on the 1999 economic policy and trade practices of Pakistan.
The information is in PDF format. The bureau highlights the key economic
indicators, the country's foreign exchange rate policy, pricing and tax
policies, debt management policies, barriers to U.S.
exports, investment barriers, protection of U.S.
intellectual property, and worker rights in Pakistan.
Asian Development Bank (http://www.adb.org/About/default.asp)
ADB is an international development finance institution whose mission is to
help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality
of life of their people.
Board of Investment, Government of
Pakistan (http://www.pakboi.gov.pk/)
The Board of Investment is the focal point of contact between potential
investors and all government agencies in Pakistan dealing with
investment proposals that provide infrastructure and other facilities. The
site contains policy links and other information relevant to doing business
in Pakistan,
overviews of economic policies and investment policies.
Business Recorder (http://www.brecorder.com/)
Presents the "Business Recorder," a daily financial newspaper
published in Karachi, Pakistan. Includes financial
news and classified ads. Links to business directories.
Islamic
Relief: Pakistan (http://www.islamic-relief.com/wherewework/CountryPage.aspx?CountryID=PK)
Islamic Relief is dedicated to alleviating the poverty and suffering of the
world’s poorest people. Islamic Relief (IR) started working in Pakistan in
1992 and registered a field office in 1994. As well as multi-sector
development projects, IR has also carried out large and small-scale
emergency responses to earthquakes and other natural disasters in Pakistan.
Daily Ibrat Hyderabad (http://www.dailyibrat.com/)
On-line version of the Sindhi-language newspaper from Pakistan contains news and
current affairs in politics, economy, business, culture, etc. Photo
features, literary news and reviews have English captions. Archived for one
week.
Export Promotion Bureau of
Pakistan (http://www.epb.gov.pk/v1/index.php)
Official source of information on trade.
FY
2001 Country Commercial Guide: Pakistan (http://www.state.gov/www/about%5Fstate/business/com%5Fguides/2001/sa/pakistan%5Fccg2001.pdf)
The U.S. Department of
State presents the full text of the "FY 2001 Country Commercial Guide:
Pakistan."
The guide covers the economic trends, political environment, leading
sectors for U.S. exports and investments, trade regulations and standards,
investment climate, business travel, and economic and trade statistics for
Pakistan for the fiscal year 2001. The document is available in PDF format
only.
Federation of Pakistan Chambers of
Commerce & Industry (http://www.fpcci.com.pk/)
Federation that promotes selected sectors of the Pakistan economy. The site
provides links to major airlines, banks, hotels, newspapers, sea ports,
stock markets. Includes a directory of foreign trade missions in Pakistan.
Google
Directory - Pakistan (http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/Pakistan)
The Google Search Engine's directory of websites related to Pakistan.
The site divides information by category, with the largest being business
and economy, provinces, and society and culture. The number of sites in
each category is listed as well.
Yellow Pages of Pakistan. (http://www.phonebook.com.pk/)
Presents a Yellow Pages directory of businesses in Pakistan.
Arranges entries by location, company name, or business category.
Lahore University of Management
Sciences (http://www.lums.edu.pk/)
Established in 1985, the university comprises the original Business School
and a new School
of Arts and Sciences.
A PhD degree program in computer science recently was added.
PakSearch.com - Database
Company (http://www.paksearch.com/)
Major database oriented towards economic and government affairs.
Pakissan.com (http://www.pakissan.com/english/index.shtml)
Information resource for farmers, agriculturalists, and the food production
industries in Pakistan.
Features extensive news, crop reports, weather updates, editorials, and
updates on water status, diseases, and biotechnology. Includes special
sections for major crops such as cotton and wheat, business directory, and
market information. Updated daily.
Pakistan Economist (http://www.pakistaneconomist.com)
Online version of a major journal on economics.
Pakistan Institute of
Management (http://www.pim.com.pk/)
Government institute that provides training and development of managers for
business and industry, and offers consultancy, and research in management.
Presents the agency's courses, research, publications, and consultancy
services. Includes "IT Report" (.doc) which discusses Pakistan's
software industry.
Pakistan News
Service (http://www.paktribune.com/index.shtml)
The Pakistan News Service (PNS) is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical news service
that provides online news related to Pakistan. PNS offers current
news, as well as information on current affairs, sports, business, politics
and more.
State Bank of Pakistan (http://www.sbp.org.pk/)
Central Bank of Pakistan founded in 1948, presents notifications, overview
of monetary policy, monthly and annual reports, exports data and other
economic statistics (also available in PDF format), history of the bank,
departments, charter, governor's speeches, press releases, and agreements
with the IMF.
State Bank of Pakistan Library (http://www.sbp.org.pk/library)
Initiated to serve the information needs of the State Bank of Pakistan,
the library is one of the most extensive in the country. Subject areas
include economics, banking, finance, management, and commerce. Also has notable holdings in the regional languages of Pakistan,
religion, history, and geography. Includes lists of periodicals (.pdf), list of selected articles from research journals,
and list of new book aquisitions.
Tradeport.org
- Pakistan (http://www.tradeport.org/countries/pakistan/01grw.html)
General information on Pakistan
including finance and economics.
The World Bank in Pakistan (www.worldbank.org/pk)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the
economic development of regions of the world and the World Bank Groups'
advice, initiatives and warnings concerning them. This page is for Pakistan.
Yahoo!
Directory on Pakistan (http://asia.dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/Pakistan/)
The Yahoo Search Engine's directory of websites related to Pakistan.
The site divides information by category, including information by region,
arts, business, computers, education, government, health, science and more.
The number of websites in the directory is listed next to each category.
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