Administration of justice
Late Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, in his famous poem 'stone' said: "there is a stone of the statute of justice too, but that can be carved only with the axe of…
Trump administration to soon end audit deal underpinning Chinese listings in US
The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between US and Chinese auditing authorities, a senior State Department official said, a move that could foreshadow a broader crackdown…
Public administration and decisions
Policymaking is an important and consequential public activity that needs to be in the limelight – and it often is. An allied public activity, also of much importance but in…
Wage administration
THOSE who work in industrial and commercial establishments usually fall under the management and non-management categories. If there is a workers’ union, the latter can be called the unionised staff.…
Cultivating integrity in a corrupt tax system and administration
Cultivating bonsai takes effort, the right tools, and time to limit the growth of what would be a massive tree so it will exist in a small container. Controlling corruption…
Administration a la jungle
The government has been seen to take haphazard actions, causing it to already lose credibility with the people. Some of these strange decisions are forcing people to start questioning the…
PIA, maladministration and the public
ecent events reminded me of Murphy’s Law (coined in 1949 by Edward A. Murphy, an officer in the US Air Force) which states that, if anything can go wrong, it…
Integrity management in tax administration
Similar to the socio-political culture of most public sector institutions in Pakistan, FBR is also in the 'integrity crises'. Given that the widespread publicity on this issue drives public opinion,…
Revenue policy and administration: Building capacity
The government expects FBR collects Rs 2.8 trillion plus taxes in the next 12 months and substantially expand its tax net. Given the challenges FBR faces during the year beginning…
