Abbasi, Miftah & others given a clean chit in LNG case ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday gave a clean chit to former prime minister Shahid... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
Opinion Aurangzeb: legitimate expectations? Expectations are extremely high with the appointment of Muhammad Aurangzeb as finance minister on 11 March 2024 – ... Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am
Opinion ‘Large and long’? Not much of what new finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, said in his first official media interaction was new –... Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am
Pakistan Forget growth for four years, follow IMF programme in letter and spirit to fix economy: Miftah Ismail KARACHI: Pakistan has for the last two to three years approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and agreed to... Published 17 Feb, 2024 10:27pm
Pakistan Tax on ‘deemed income’: interim relief till February 19 The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has granted interim relief to petitioners seeking exemption on Section 7E (tax on... Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:05pm
Editorials Soaring govt borrowing: grim fiscal reality EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported a statistic that should send alarm bells ringing throughout the... Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am
Editorials Reaping the result of Dar’s stubbornness? EDITORIAL: In a spirited defence of his signature policy to control the external value of the rupee, former... Updated 30 Nov, 2023 04:27pm
Editorials Testing the waters? EDITORIAL: Last January three prominent politicians, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismail from the PML-N and... Published 02 Oct, 2023 06:55am
Editorials Big decline in remittances EDITORIAL: Remittance inflows declined during the first two months of the current fiscal year against the comparable... Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance FY23: Ismail Industries Limited reports profit of Rs5.89bn, 157% higher YoY Ismail Industries Limited (ISIL), manufacturer of sugar confectionery items, reported a profit after tax (PAT) of... Published 08 Sep, 2023 02:33pm
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: IMF doesn’t buy into govt data “So the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rejected government data as well as the proposal?” “Right, so there... Published 06 Sep, 2023 03:37am
Print Power sector woes: ‘Privatisation’ of Discos emerges as long-term solution ISLAMABAD: The government had the only viable option to spread electricity bills of July in the next four to five... Updated 01 Sep, 2023 11:09am
Business & Finance Power bills: Miftah says IMF not likely to give any relief ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has claimed that without seeking permission from the International... Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am
Editorials The govt debt EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has uploaded government debt figures on its website that support the view of... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:48am
Editorials Abbasi sets the record straight EDITORIAL: Former prime minister and senior PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi pulled... Updated 16 Aug, 2023 06:12am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: There is Plan A, Plan B, Plan C, Plan D, maybe even up to Plan Z “What is the difference between institutional thinking and political parties’ thinking?” “You are kidding me... Updated 11 Aug, 2023 05:53am
Pakistan LNG case against Khaqan, others transferred to court of special judge ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court on Wednesday transferred Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) case against the former... Updated 10 Aug, 2023 11:03am
Opinion Unaddressed economic challenges The debate and anxiety throughout Pakistan in the aftermath of the stalled Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme... Updated 07 Jul, 2023 05:59am
Print Former finance minister Miftah quits PML-N ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart Miftah Ismail on Saturday left... Updated 25 Jun, 2023 10:36am
Pakistan Miftah resigns as general secretary of PML-N Sindh Former finance minister says decision driven by upcoming reorganisation of the party structure Published 24 Jun, 2023 03:16pm
Editorials Dynastic democracy EDITORIAL: There is nothing similar to or as good as intra-party elections in the country’s top political parties... Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am
Opinion The Fund strikes back It didn’t take long for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to red-flag the budget, did it? Just as feared in... Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
Opinion Understanding and addressing fault lines–I The Economist in its edition of May 13-19th 2023 has pointed out that the 10-year USD-denominated sovereign bond of... Updated 15 Jun, 2023 06:39am
Pakistan Pakistan’s budget caught between IMF expectations and election Former finance minister Miftah Ismail says govt will come up with a budget that is more or less in line with IMF prescriptions Updated 07 Jun, 2023 06:18pm
Business & Finance You don’t need AI to predict Dar’s budget speech. This is how it will likely go Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to announce the budget proposals this Friday. He last announced the budget... Updated 06 Jun, 2023 11:59pm
Editorials Monthly economic update EDITORIAL: The release of the Economic Update and Outlook for the month of May, through a Whatsapp message to beat... Published 05 Jun, 2023 03:27am
Opinion The slow poisoning of economy? Some of the budget proposals circulating in the media — especially those recommended by the reforms and revenue... Updated 29 May, 2023 12:15pm
Editorials Embittered Miftah has a point EDITORIAL: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail’s idea of creating more provinces by giving each division the... Updated 23 May, 2023 07:09am
Pakistan Govt unaware of true extent of ongoing economic crisis: Miftah Ismail Pakistan has always managed to avert issues and this is why the current plight is being treated 'like any other', says former finance minister Updated 18 May, 2023 07:15pm
Opinion When and who must table FY24 budget? With the exact date for the next elections still not set, be it by order of the apex court or a consensus between ... Published 01 May, 2023 03:28am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
