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Anjum Ibrahim

Partly Facetious : The offending words
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Partly Facetious : The offending words

"Having older brothers and sisters I learnt that if I showed any emotion to what they hurled at me, and I mean words not sticks and stones, the likelihood they would stop using the offending adjective was not zero but in the negative realm."
Published 26 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The industrial package
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The industrial package

Budget for fiscal year 2019-20 envisages a major outlay for industry, particularly export oriented sectors, and is a measure of the success of Razzak Dawood, the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Industries, to convince Prime Minister Imran Kh
Published 24 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Additional thoughts on the budget
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Additional thoughts on the budget

Budget for fiscal year 2019-20 was reminiscent of measures favoured by previous finance ministers particularly Ishaq Dar: it fully met the precise prior International Monetary Fund (IMF) condition of achieving a primary deficit of 0.6 percent of Gross Dom
Published 17 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF's prior condition
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Adhering to IMF's prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup (2.89
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF''''s prior condition
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Adhering to IMF''''s prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund''''s (IMF''''s) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF's prior condition
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Adhering to IMF's prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup (2.89
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF''s prior condition
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Adhering to IMF''s prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund''s (IMF''s) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup (2.8
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The Economic Survey 2018-19
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The Economic Survey 2018-19

Lack of ownership by the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Sheikh is patently evident in the contents of the Economic Survey 2018-19 as it compares achievements with targets set not by the Khan administration but by the Shahid Khaqan Abba
Published 11 Jun, 2019 12:00am