Opinion Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—V All the arguments and contentions made by the Sindh High Court in the aforesaid order which have been emphasised are... Published 17 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Opinion Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—IV For the sake of clarity we reproduce the gist of the Order passed by the Sindh High Court as under. This fundamental... Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am
Opinion Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—III Even if the Elahi Cotton Mills Limited is considered to be final on this subject there is a fundamental difference... Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am
Opinion Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot of land incorrect—II Notwithstanding the fact that this author is not in agreement with the judgement and considers this order identical... Published 14 Apr, 2024 03:33am
Opinion Deemed income tax on ownership of vacant plot incorrect–I The Finance Act, 2022 introduced a novel tax under Section (7E) of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. This is deemed... Updated 13 Apr, 2024 04:11am
Opinion Criticality of regional economic cooperation-III Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline is still a live project. As per author’s information, the work on... Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am
Opinion Criticality of regional economic cooperation-II However, it is now necessary to revisit the case and every sensible person will agree that two neighbours cannot... Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am
Opinion Criticality of regional economic cooperation-I The size of Pakistan’s GDP was around USD 180 billion in 2010, which was around USD 400 billion in 2023. This is... Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:22am
Opinion Subject of taxation on farm income This article discusses the issue of availability of food for the poor at affordable prices, economics of agriculture... Updated 22 Nov, 2023 06:13am
Opinion Why our exports still struggle to get meaningful boost?—II Dynamics of documented and organised sector, The organised sector is mostly represented by listed and unlisted... Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am
Opinion Why our exports still struggle to get meaningful boost?—I Many of us wonder why the Pakistani rupee is trading at 284 against one USD. A number of reasons are presented for... Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am
Opinion USD to PKR forecast for 2024 — III In the earlier article on this subject, this writer discussed the projections for PkR exchange rate for 2024. In the... Updated 03 Nov, 2023 07:17am
Opinion USD to PKR forecast for 2024 — II However, in this circle, there is one loose end, which is the availability of $ in Dubai with the importer as the... Updated 01 Nov, 2023 06:33am
Opinion USD to PKR forecast for 2024 — I Studies, analyses, projections and estimations of exchange rates for any currency constitute the job of economists.... Published 31 Oct, 2023 05:26am
Opinion A detailed anatomy of Afghan imports That Afghanistan has been an economic-foreign affairs issue for Pakistan since 1947 is a fact. In the past,... Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:54am
Opinion How far ahead of Pakistan is India?—II The Indian diaspora is quite highly placed in developed economies where a number of Indians are also part of ... Updated 23 Sep, 2023 06:38am
Opinion How far ahead of Pakistan is India?—I The G20 Summit in New Delhi on September 9-10 should have been an eye-opener for Pakistan. However, it does not seem... Updated 19 Sep, 2023 07:38am
Opinion Petrol prices in India and Pakistan: the differential The price of petrol is regulated in both India and Pakistan. It is sold at a price fixed by the governments of the... Updated 24 Aug, 2023 10:31am
Opinion Budget Rupee Account: FY2023-24 to FY2027-2028 In the earlier two articles the focus was on the foreign (external) currency account of Pakistan. In this article ... Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am
Opinion A commentary about AML Act AML Authority law, The Parliament legislated on July 3, 2023, the National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter... Updated 10 Aug, 2023 07:13am