Opinion 26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am
Opinion SCO, IMF & reforms Hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Islamabad by Pakistan on October 15-16, 2024 was a ... Published 18 Oct, 2024 06:38am
Opinion IMF programme & reform priorities The long-awaited US$ 7 billion 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF), finally approved by the Executive Board of the... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:28am
Opinion FATF evaluations India’s progress in combating illicit finance was brought into focus on September 18, 2024, with the release of ... Updated 27 Sep, 2024 08:13am
Opinion Political turmoil & reset for unity As one of nine nuclear-armed states of the world, Pakistan plays a significant role in regional geopolitics. ... Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am
Opinion Renewing foreign relationships Pakistan and the United States have a multifaceted historic relationship marked by noteworthy cooperation across... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:53am
Opinion Challenges before FBR’s new chairman FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has failed to meet original tax targets for the last six fiscal years, three of the... Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:23am
Opinion Digitization key to revenue growth Pakistan has been facing the perpetual challenge of expanding its tax base without any tangible results, a situation... Published 30 Aug, 2024 07:19am
Opinion The challenge of disinformation The internet has led the world to an unprecedented revolution, fundamentally transforming how we access and share... Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:33am
Opinion Constitutionalism the only remedy “Even the most ardent purposivists must first and foremost primarily respect the actual text of a statute and should... Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am
Opinion Lessons from illusionary revolutions Amid escalating student-led protests and mounting unrest, Bangladesh’s long-serving Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina... Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am
Opinion IMF programme & challenges Pakistan’s economic journey took a momentous turn after it bid farewell to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ... Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am
Opinion OECD, Pakistan & tax evasion The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an international organization dedicated to... Updated 26 Jul, 2024 08:22am
Opinion Old wine in new bottles The incumbent government, as all earlier ones, is jubilant over securing a staff-level agreement with International... Updated 19 Jul, 2024 07:04am
Opinion Regressive taxes, neglected reforms Pakistan’s reliance on bilateral, trilateral, and friendly countries to fulfill its financial requirements not only... Published 05 Jul, 2024 03:17am
Opinion Country needs Operation Azm-e-Istehkam The ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001, on Twin Towers, tragically claimed lives of innocent Americans, who left... Published 28 Jun, 2024 06:42am
Opinion Fixing fiscal imbalances Though Pakistan’s fiscal imbalances have been persisting since its inception, yet no serious efforts are yet in ... Updated 21 Jun, 2024 07:26am
Opinion Budget: an analysis Flanked by the Deputy Prime Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar, once hailed as the PM-N’s (Pakistan Muslim... Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:56am
Opinion Budget: rationalise taxation On the eve of another ritual exercise of announcing federal budget, official date has yet to be finalised, expected... Published 07 Jun, 2024 06:24am
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