Significance of Pakistan in SAARC

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established in 1985 with the intention to overcome the common problems through mutual cooperation involving south asian countries i.e, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In April 2007, Afghanistan became its 8th member on the ocassion of association's 14th summit. According to the statistics one-fifth of the world population comprises of the population of SAARC countries. Below are the videos discussing the opportunities for Pakistan, regarding current economic crisis. The expert is renonwed economist Dr. Khuwaja Amjad Saaed, moderated by Syed Azhar Bukhari and produced by Syed Nabeel Tirmazi.

Women Enterpreneurship in Pakistan

According to Staticians, 59.8% of Pakistan's population consists of 15-64 years of men and women, while having a median age of 21.2, out of which 50,807,705 are women. In other words it can be said that 28.6 % of our population is based on such women who can actively participate in country's economy either directly or indirectly. But unfortunately, Pakistani people, in the state of dilemma that whether women should actively participate in our economy or not due to many so-called taboos, as a result this segment of population remained largely inactive.

Due to recent economic recession, it is now felt hard that women should be trained in technical and financial skills through proper channels, in order to enhance their productivity regarding their conventional skills. This is the topic discussed in below videos which I produced for Apna News in program Maeshat Nama, the participants are, Dr. Shela Javed Akram,President of Central and North Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Miss Maimoona Sattar, Project Manager of Women Business Center, while the show is modrated by Syed Azhar Bukhari.

Literacy Rate and participation of Women in Pakistani Economy



Business and Financial Skill in Pakistani Women



Women entrepreneurship and International Marketing

Pak-Iran relations & Pakistani Economy

I was quite surprised to see the history of Pak-Iran gas pipeline to the fact that it was thought in 1950s by an Pakistani engineer Malik Aftab Ahmed Khan, the person died in 1999 but his idea presented progressed quite slowly facing many disturbances involving both internal and external affairs of the countries involved.

There was a strong opinion by economists that Pakistan-Iran relationships should flourish with its full potential so that it can benefit both the countries and now, when Pakistan is facing many economic crisis it is necessary to join hands with neighbors in good terms.

Initially the gas pipeline project was to be done with participation of Iran, Pakistan and India but after much discussion over 14 years, finally Pakistan and Iran signed the agreement without India. According to the agreement, Iran will provide 750 million cubic feet per day in next 25 years. What will be the impact of this project in Pakistan's economy and what will be the future of Pakistan and Iran relationship despite of the bans imposed by superpowers on Iran and Pakistan being acting submissively to them, the topic was discussed recently in my program Maeshatnama, involving renowned Economist Dr. Qais Aslam and Engr. Iftikhar-ul-Haq and hosted by Syed Azhar Bukhari.

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