EDITOR’S NOTE

Mr. Muhammad Ijaz

Editor in Chief

TIME IS RIPE

"The political leadership sitting in Islamabad is also showing extreme maturity and seriousness. They have proved that they have complete and comprehensive awareness about national, regional and global political scenarios especially in terms of Pakistan’s role."

Leadership

Leading the way Forward

- Shaping Military Excellence with Global Insight

- A Visionary Leader’s Journey

- Breaking New Ground

- A Legacy of Corporate Excellence

- A Diplomatic Journey Across Continents

Shaping Military Excellence with Global Insight

Lt. General Syed Wajid Hussain

"Institutions and organizations like HIT require a leader who has belief and quest to continuously enhance the quality of the products"

A Visionary Leader’s Journey

Aamir Niazi

“Historically, between the periods of 1950-2012, Pakistan’s GDP growth was 4.83%, it did not experience a single recession and it never defaulted on a sovereign obligation.”

Breaking New Ground

Mubashir Jalili

"Food security is becoming a major challenge for the world and there will be more food crises in coming years."

A Legacy of Corporate Excellence

Kamal Mahmood Amjad Mian

"Many existing procedures and practices can be modified and reformed with minimal effort. The resulting time saving and increase in productivity will give a boost to Pakistan’s economy."

A Diplomatic Journey Across Continents

Her Excellency Dr. Brigitta Blaha

"The establishment of a Trade Attaché representing the Chambers of Commerce of Pakistan in Vienna could facilitate promoting these opportunities."

WISDOM TALK

Learning Your Hearts Out

"True wisdom lies not only in knowing, but in understanding and applying with compassion."

Gen-Set Economy

Generator led economy of Pakistan

“The LSM sector has also been badly affected during the last four years, owing to high cost of credit and higher interest rate regime in Pakistan.”

The Scope Of Renewable Energy The Scope Of In Pakistan

"Pakistan has a huge potential for harnessing renewable energy. Around 38% of the total Pakistani population remains without access to electricity."

Oil & Gas Exploration In Pakistan

The Crescendo Age

"The Indus offshore has experienced only limited exploration and provides another opportunity for big discoveries which can be realized through employing state of the start seismic and drilling techniques."

What Is Total Customer Experience & What Impact It Can Have On Pakistani Brand’s Profitability In 2016?

"The Brands in Pakistan that are True to their ideas of Good Service as the new Battleground and are Successful in building that Emotional Connection, are going to be the successful brands win 2016 to enjoy the Cult-like Followers that all other brands will struggle to achieve"

Hire The Brain Not The Brand

Higher Education in Pakistan

"The majority of Pakistani PhD scholars become lazy in their research and studies, preferring to spend their precious time and consume the available resources, enjoying the various facilities of the advanced world."

Chemical Industry Of Pakistan

The Invisible Fabric of Growth

"Chemical industry’s development can produce high value-added products and is essential if Pakistan is to take its rightful place in international trade, remain competitive, reduce its trade deficit and establish a sustained record of economic expansion."

Austria

Austria at a Glance

"Austria has a population of around 8 million and covers an area of 83,871 km². The capital city of the parliamentary republic is Vienna; the official language is German. Austria uses the metric system and is on Central European Time."

Revival Of Pakistan Russia Economic Ties

Russia may finance seven mega energy sector projects

"Russia’s largest investment in Pakistan is through Inter-Government Agreement on North South Gas pipeline on October 16, 2015. Pakistan wants to complete the $2-billion North South Gas pipeline project by December 2017"

KPK - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Snapshot Of 2015

KP-BOIT is all set to take lead by planning a dynamic role

"As a part of continuous efforts KP-BOIT has organized the first ever Investment Road Show (IRS) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Armani Hotel Dubai on 25th February, 2015."

Display Centre At Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO)

"To optimize the potential of public and private sectors in the defence export and to proudly showcase Pakistani indigenous defence capability and military prowess to all the foreign military delegations visiting Pakistan, DEPO instituted a state of the art Display Centre at Defence Complex Islamabad (DCI)."

Seminar By DEPO

A unique initiative of Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO)

"The seminar focused on a wide range of themes relevant to public - private partnership in defence  like global / regional military outlook, trends and challenges for Pakistan’s defence industry, prospects of defence industry in national development including public-private partnership."

Defence Central Library (DCL)

"The renovated and upgraded library building is a symbol of enlightened progress in an atmosphere greatly dictated by intolerance and fanaticism."

NEWS ROUND-UP

News from Around the World

- EU, Vietnam Sign Free Trade Deal

- US Wants to Promote Private Investment in Pakistan

- Turkey to Relaunch EU Membership Bid with Economic Talks

- Two Asian Banks to Give Rs.29bn to Pakistan for M-4 Project

- Austrian Trade Mission to Pakistan

- EU leaders sign €315 billion investment plan

- Pakistan Ratifies WTO Pact to Facilitate Border Trade

- Italy to Reopen Trade Office in Karachi

- Industrial Infrastructure

- Pak-China Knowledge Corridor

- Pak-China Vocational Training Initiative