Holy month of Ramadan

Muslims from all over the world keep fasting from sunrise to sunset during the most blessed month in the Islamic calendar, known as Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims abstain themselves from eating, drinking, smoking, as well as participating in ill-natured or excessive type of activities. Fasting is intended to educate the Muslim in spirituality, humility and patience.Read the full story

International Field & Tab is celebrating 2nd anniversary (July 17, 2010)

Lahore, Pakistan – July 17th, 2010 – International Field & Tab, a premium service provider to the market research industry, completed a rewarding 2009-10 with impressive growth to gross revenue, cliental, image and projects.

Our motto is to provide “Quick, Affordable and Reliable” solutions to our clients and sponsors. Some deliberate efforts from our side in terms of providing very personalized services (24/7), proactive communication, assuring best quality were highly appreciated by the clients.
“We made it due to team efforts.

According to Agriculture Census Organization, Mouza census 2008, the facility of electricity, access to metalled road, source of irrigation of water, literacy and girl’s education has been increased in the past five years. With a 2/3rd population of the whole country and agriculture is the main source of income; rural areas in Pakistan are still a huge market. Read the full story

According to the latest Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) Survey 2008‐09, the overall literacy rate (age 10 years and above) is 57% (69% for male and 45% for female) compared to 56% (69% for male and 44% for female) for 2007‐08. The data shows that literacy remains higher in urban areas (74%) than in rural areas (48%), and is more prevalent for men (69%) compared to women (45%). However, it is evident from the data that overall female literacy is rising over time, but progress is uneven across the provinces.Read the full story

Economic Census is the major source of statistics on economic activities in the country. It covered 3.249 million Establishments / Households of which, 64% were in Punjab, 18% in Sindh, 15% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2% in Balochistan and 1% in Islamabad. 44% of the total Establishments were in rural areas and 56% were in urban areas. 53% of the total establishments were in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Restaurants and Hotels Sector, 20% Manufacturing Sector, 22% in Community, Social and Persona[i]l Services Sector.Read the full story

According to the latest figures released by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Mobile tele-density reached to 59.8percent in May, 2010. Trends in tele-density are depicting a slower pace due to ‘maturity of market’ where operators have now adopted a retention policy instead of making efforts for expansion of subscribers. A total of 98 million cellular subscribers have been recorded in May, 2010.Read the full story

The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) has recently released the Quantum Index Number (QIM)* which shows the performance trends of output in the Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) recorded a growth of 4.52% during July-April fiscal year 2010 (overall index 203.98) over the corresponding months of the last fiscal year (overall index 195.16 ). LSM in April 2010 was 5.59% (overall index 207.92) over the corresponding month last year (overall index 196.91). Read the full story