As Violence Hurts Business, Pakistanis Debate U.S. Help

Washington Post by Joshua Partlow, Haq Nawaz Khan | Jul. 28, 2009 (News Report)

Government statistics show that large-scale manufacturing has contracted 7.6 percent across Pakistan in the past year, while a survey by the Industrialists Association of Peshawar found a 37 percent plunge in the industrial sector here. Business associations estimate that the number of industrial jobs, the main economic lifeline, has already fallen from more than 100,000 to about 25,000. Factories that ran round-the-clock now scrape by with a single shift. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, U.S., Politics
Topics: Pakistan, Global Economy, Foreign Policy, U.S. Congress
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 28, 2009 - 8:30 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Esmeralda Baptiste (review), Omer ISMAIL (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Jul 28, 2009 - 8:30 AM PDT
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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 28, 2009

An interesting story because it covers more than just policy and looks at conflict's effects on Pakistani business. Impressive sourcing.

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 by Omer ISMAIL - Jul. 28, 2009

It is indeed , but narrow spectrumed to one city Peshawar . Things are not only bad there but in the entire country , and regretfully they are sliding towards a worser sceanario.

Undoubtedly, it is true, correct, and authentic but indeed narrow. The spectrum it covers is constricted and confined to one city in NWFP area in ... More »

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Kaizar posted this story.
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