More tax on luxury goods lauded KARACHI: Imposing of 25% sales tax on the import and local supply Of luxury items is a wonderful step to discourage... Updated 13 Mar, 2023 06:44pm
Business & Finance Minister stresses need for consensus on economic revival LAHORE: Emphasising the need for stability, unity and focus for an economic turnaround, Federal Minister for... Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am
Opinion Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:43am
Opinion A reality-check desperately required The damning indictment of Pakistan’s economic policies continues with the latest attack by Managing Director... Published 27 Feb, 2023 06:17am
Opinion The Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023: a comment General: The Finance Minister has laid Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 on the floor of the Parliament. (National... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Print First six months: Fiscal deficit swells to 2pc of GDP ISLAMABAD: Fiscal deficit has been recorded at two per cent of the GDP or Rs1,683 billion during the first six ... Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:41am
Opinion Strategy for resource mobilisation The technical discussions in Islamabad on the ninth review of the IMF programme between the IMF staff and the... Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:39am
Business & Finance Pakistan: Economic Management Support: ADB’s IED rates tech assistance as successful, relevant ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated technical... Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am
BR Research Petroleum Levy: Target still out of reach As Pakistan eagerly awaits the delayed IMF review, it is almost certain that it won’t come without the authorities... Published 10 Jan, 2023 08:42am
Editorials Expenditure must be curtailed EDITORIAL: The government is in the throes of an acute dollar and rupee shortage (attributable to lack of fiscal... Updated 10 Jan, 2023 06:42am
Opinion ‘Shortfall in revenues’ That noted economist Dr Hafiz A Pasha could turn any dry and drab talk into an erudite discussion is a fact. His... Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:58am
Business & Finance Canada posts C$1.72 billion surplus over six months OTTAWA: Canada recorded a C$1.72 billion ($1.29 billion) budget surplus for the first six months of the 2022/23... Published 26 Nov, 2022 04:13am
Opinion The IMF report Ever since the incumbent government came to power some four months ago, all roads lead to the IMF (International... Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:14am
Opinion Stop ‘subsidising’ banks and others There are several indices that are used across the free world that rank individual countries on measures of economic... Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am
Opinion Domestic debt trap: an accountant’s perspective I’m no economist per se. As an accountant, however, I’m deeply concerned at the steep hike of 150 basis points... Updated 25 Nov, 2021 11:02am
Editorials Harsh winter ahead? EDITORIAL: Pakistan appears to be moving inexorably towards yet another winter of discontent with dimensions... Updated 27 Oct, 2021 10:50am
BR Research Talks with IMF: tick-tock? No agreement has been reached with the IMF yet on resumption of the programme. The technical level discussions... Published 18 Oct, 2021 07:25am
Opinion Japan may sell more bonds to fund next PM Kishida's stimulus package Japan's next Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have little choice but to sell more government bonds to fund his... Published 02 Oct, 2021 04:45am
Business FBR forms committee for tax base expansion LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has formed a committee for tax base expansion throughout integration of... Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:45am
Print PM commends FBR for historic tax collection ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has commended the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for achieving tax ... Published 03 Jul, 2021 03:19am
Opinion Macro stresses begin to surface Signs of building macro stress have started to show, especially in the external account. Rising global commodity... Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am
Opinion Fixing the dairy value chain Pakistan produces more than 59.7 billion tons of milk annually, implying an annual market size of more than US$ 34... Published 20 May, 2021 04:26am
Opinion Revenue, health benefits of raising tobacco taxes Raising tax revenues during the third wave of Covid-19 is a daunting task for the policymakers in Pakistan. There ... Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am
Opinion Budgetary framework in IMF programme The IMF Programme which remained suspended for almost one year has become operational once again. Effectively the... Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am
Business & Finance Govt pledges to bring GST, PIT reforms in next budget ISLAMABAD: Tax revenues, net of refunds, grew 12 percent on year to year while the government has pledged to the... Updated 09 Apr, 2021 09:19am
Editorials Freeing capital flows EDITORIAL: One important element behind attracting investment is the ease with which capital enters and exits a... Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am
BR Research Spectrum auction: it’s about the price To meet FY21 tax target of Rs5 trillion in tax revenues, the federal government needs to collect roughly Rs2.8... Published 20 Jan, 2021 07:25am