THE
LAHORE
JOURNAL
OF ECONOMICS
Economic and Social Determinants of Child Labour: A Case Study of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
M. Aslam Chaudhary and Farzana Naheed Khan 15
Private Schooling-A Quality Puzzle
Karamat Ali and Rana Ejaz Ali Khan 41
Performance of Commercial Banks in Pakistan: A Study in Risk Analysis
Salman Ahmad 65On the Estimation of an Absolute Poverty Line: An Empirical Appraisal
Haroon Jamal 77
An Analysis of Male Internal Migration and Its Correlation to Employment Status: Evidence from the PunjabMuhammad Akram, Lubna Shahnaz and Surayya 93
Review Essay:
The IMF and the Argentine Meltdown - What Went Wrong and the Lessons LearntShalendra D. Sharma 109
The Future in Perspective
Qais Aslam 119
Trade, Technology and International Competitiveness
Rukhsana Shah 127