There’s need for effective, harmonised ADR mechanism
The taxation of income and revenue is a complex subject with voluminous laws promulgated to attend to its regulation and implementation. It therefore comes as no surprise that tax matters…
Effective reforms advocated to tap potential of Islamic finance
Insisting that Islam's social protection system corresponds to the multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals and serves as an excellent tool to build resilience across social and economic spheres, experts during…
Inefficient land use
Domestic commerce historically has been ignored by both policymakers and researchers in Pakistan to date. This is reflected in the dearth of existing research on domestic commerce and its potential…
Speakers For Collective Efforts To Solve Muslim World’s Contemporary Problems
Speakers at an international conference on 'Islam and Interpretation' emphasized the need for collective academic efforts to solve contemporary problems of the Muslim world. The conference was held at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU)…
GH: A new opportunity to effectively deal with energy challenges?
Hydrogen is not something new. It is being used for more than a century. It is Green Hydrogen (GH) that is new. Hydrogen is an energy resource, a clean one…
Energy efficiency
Pakistan faces the worst repercussions of the climate crisis despite its small carbon footprint. The country is geographically connected to the roof of the world with the highest mountain ranges,…
Oil prices and efficient buying
The government has increased petroleum prices by Rs30 per litre. The increase is uniform against all products. There was much talk about some subsidy mechanism for the poor (motorcycles and…
‘Effective’ energy allocation for export growth
Pakistan’s immense economic potential will remain elusive as long as the most productive sectors that enable export-led growth are deprived of energy availability and consistency. Despite the textile exporting sector’s…
Say hello to the bullwhip effect
Wall Street knows better than to look the other way when Michael Burry, of the “Big Short” fame, casts doubts on the health of the economy and questions the Fed’s…
Textile sector: removing structural inefficiencies
The textile sector continues to steer Pakistan’s economy through difficult conditions, consistently outperforming other sectors and adding value. Textile and garment exports increased by 23 percent year on year to…
