Our paper examines the origins, growth, and the development of accounting practices and disclosures in Pakistan and the … as national standards in 1985 did not lead to improvement in the quality of financial reporting. Pakistan, though … enforcement mechanisms are more critical factors than are cultural factors in explaining the state of accounting in Pakistan. We …

La Porta et al. (1998) assign Pakistan, a common-law country, the maximum score of 5 for their anti-director rights … index. Pakistan should therefore be a country with good investor protection attracting large amounts of investments. However …, the reality could not be more different. Pakistan has been lagging behind other, comparable Asian economies in terms of …

paper reviews and evaluates the regulation of mutual funds in Pakistan in the light of the above propositions. The Role of … Mutual Funds and Non-Banking Financial Companies in Corporate Governance in Pakistan. …

in Pakistan. However, not all elements of governance are important. The board composition and ownership and shareholdings …

in Pakistan and a comparison of similar developments in two other regional economies, namely, India and Bangladesh. In …

This study examines business groups and their impact on corporate governance in Pakistan. We use non-financial firms … listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange of Pakistan for 1998-2002 periods in order to select group and non-group samples. Our … comparative financial performance results suggest that business groups in Pakistan are efficient economic arrangements that …

) framework and its enforcement and application in Pakistan in order to understand the dynamics of public decisionmaking and …