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Budget & tax policy
Opinion

Budget & tax policy

‘The impact of economic growth on the lives of people is partly a matter of income distribution, but it also depends... Updated 31 May, 2024 07:29am
Big financing risks
2024-05-28-02-08

Big financing risks

The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an... Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am
External-internal conundrums
2024-05-28-02-08

External-internal conundrums

Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has demanded in a press conference that the Afghan Taliban government arrest,... Updated 28 May, 2024 06:01am
Budget 2024-25: expectations
2024-05-28-12-28

Budget 2024-25: expectations

A budget is not merely a document of aggregated information on revenues, capital, and external receipts and on the... Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am
Budget projections for FY25
2024-05-27-01-05

Budget projections for FY25

There is overwhelming evidence that approval of the budget for next fiscal year, reportedly to be presented to... Updated 27 May, 2024 06:33am
Safeguard industrial efficiency
2024-05-27-01-05

Safeguard industrial efficiency

The government’s recent contemplation of cutting off gas supply to industrial captive power plants (CPPs) while... Updated 27 May, 2024 07:00am
An essential facility
2024-05-25-01-16

An essential facility

A Sindh High Court (SHC) bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Mohammad Abdur Rahman has directed... Updated 25 May, 2024 07:01am
Budgets 2024: thinking afresh
2024-05-24-01-41

Budgets 2024: thinking afresh

“Simplify taxes, reduce the cost of excessive documentation, open the economy for higher growth and employment,... Updated 24 May, 2024 05:49am
Our Constitution: A sacred document
2024-05-24-01-41

Our Constitution: A sacred document

Confusion prevails over the definition of state (Riasat). Perhaps Pakistan is the only country in the world that was... Published 24 May, 2024 05:58am
Yes-man democracy
2024-05-23-01-09

Yes-man democracy

Why all the fuss about dragging Ayub Khan out of his grave just to get at Omar Ayub Khan? The man has every right to... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:49am