Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) strengthens its history of corporate social responsibility by launching a new farmer's support program called FACE which is contributing towards the lives of farmers.

Effective economic policies lead to a surge in foreign capital into countries. China is home to many SEZs from decades which have boosted the economic performance of the country, giving rise to its GDP.

Pakistan SEZ law has many lacunae: from having an incentive structure that was initially proposed in 2012 and has not been updated to incorporate incentives for new SEZs now being set up in 2020, not giving businesses speedy resolution, to BOI’s bureaucratic impediments to SEZs to taking off.

PM Imran Khan is prioritizing SEZs as a catalyst for industrial development and the route to fast economic growth and job creation across Pakistan. He has approved over 13 SEZs, in 2020 alone.

Pakistan needs a thriving economy to convert its enormous pool of unskilled young labor into employable skilled labor with jobs on its road towards fast industrial development.

PIEDMC starting in 2002 has emerged as the best model of public-private partnership not only in Punjab but perhaps all over Pakistan. PIEDMC that is now launching QBP, Sheikhupura, has thus become “sine qua non” for industrial success.

What are the main frequently asked questions on the minds of the potential investors when they think of investing in a new SEZ? Why and how QABP meets most business requirements. We offer a quick glance on its most relevant features from a businessman’s perspective.

QABP, a state-of-the-art industrial park, connected with M2 near Sheikhupura, is being developed by Punjab Industrial Estates Development & Management Company (PIEDMC) that, since 2002, has successfully developed Industrial Estates at Sundar (near Lahore) Multan, Bhalwal, Rahim Yar Khan and Vehari. Despite changes in concept (initially conceived as an Apparel Park for textile products) and impact of the corona pandemic, investments in the new industrial park have already surpassed one billion mark – after its soft launch by PM Imran Khan on July 18th this year.

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing governments to spend on an unprecedented scale to sustain businesses and households, there has never been a better time to restore the state to its proper role as a rudder for the broader economy. The market alone is simply no match for the challenges of the twenty-first century.' – ‘Toward a new fiscal constitution’ by Mariana Mazzucato and Robert Skidelsky

The concept of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) calls for access to quality health for everyone without financial hardship. When it comes to health care in Pakistan, 92% of the rural population and 100% of the urban population has access to health services, however, out of pocket expenditures account for almost 70% of total health expenditures and often is the tipping force that pushes families into poverty.

Poliovirus presents itself as a health security for Pakistan, undermining the country’s national security paradigm. Its current uptick, after Corona, makes the country an international risk for spreading it to the world. In August 2020, the African region was finally declared free from the wild poliovirus. Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) began in Pakistan in 1994 and has been a huge success in bringing down polio cases from 20,000 to the present below 100. However, Pakistan along with Afghanistan is one of the two endemic countries putting the rest of the world at risk and the government needs to work with all stakeholders to bring the virus to an end.

In an exclusive interview with GVS, Taimur Khan Jhagra talks about the monumental Sehat Card Program and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s road towards universal health coverage.