Advancing climate action
The theme of ‘International Day for Preservation of Ozone 2024’, observed on September 16, was ‘Advancing climate action’. The day commemorates the signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987 to…
Help the ozone
The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated every year on September 16 to create awareness about the importance of and threats faced by the ozone…
Foreign assets outside Pakistan of Pakistani residents
Misinterpretation of law There were the Panama Leaks in 2017 followed by the Paradise Leaks and Pandora Leaks. Now there is a Swiss Leak relating to foreign assets held in…
Is there any option?: Declaration of undeclared and under-declared offshore assets
The Finance Act 2018 has become a law. Now the Foreign Assets (Declaration & Repatriation) Ordinance, 2018 and Local Assets (Declaration) Act, 2018 has become a part of the Finance…
Down but not out
THERE isn’t a great deal to be said for sprawling international conferences, at least as far as outcomes are concerned. Perhaps everyone represented gets to have their say on the…
Our house is on fire
In the summer of 1996 in the Harvard Institute of Development, a professor was recounting the great material achievements of the capitalist system before the international participants in the class.…
Offshore income and assets of Pakistanis and the Finance Bill 2018: End of tax exemption regime – II
A new regime for Pakistan Assets owned by non-resident companies Redefining Pakistan Source Income for Alienation of Assets held by Non-Resident Companies Newly inserted Section 101A has effectively prescribed a…
Climate change is serious
Because nature doesn’t always behave the same in a lab, test tube or computer programme as it does in the real world, scientists and engineers have come up with ideas…
Copyright & IPO
Copyright can protect: literary works, including novels, instruction manuals, computer programs, song lyrics, newspaper articles and some types of database dramatic works, including dance or mime musical works artistic works,…
Effective use of mobile in social media
Why is social media so important? More people are using social media through their mobile phones, computers, and tablets than talking, calling, emailing and texting. Do you find this surprising?…
