Pakistan export initiative
DOES any such initiative exist in our country, or is it a figment of my imagination? For sure, there is an initiative for remittances — but not for exports. One wonders about the presence of one and the strange absence of the other. Exports are stagnating, and remittances are rising. Are exports falling because of unwise policies or despite them? Are remittances rising because of good policy initiatives or despite them? The point here is not to denigrate the remittances initiative or its continually renewed push, but to emphasise that exports should be given greater policy priority than remitt