From presidential palace to KFC: Bolsonaro’s peculiar exile in US
He used to preside over Latin America’s largest country and its 214 million people. Now Brazil’s former far-right leader lives in a small Florida town and eats alone in a…
High FCAs can be eliminated if there is political will
Sector experts are of the view that if power plants in the country were prioritized to be the recipients of natural gas ahead of all other sectors, as per the…
Consensus NFC award divisive after 10 years
The federal budget 2020-21 envisages a provincial surplus of 242 billion rupees, an amount credited to its receipts to reach the projected budget deficit for next fiscal year of 7…
Anatomy of the Seventh NFC
The National Finance Commission is locked in a stalemate. Constitutionally mandated to give an Award for distribution of federal tax revenues, it has succeeded only sporadically. The last successful NFC…
7th NFC award remains suspended
The seventh National Finance Commission (NFC) award was announced in 2010 amidst much fanfare with Shaukat Tarin, the then Finance Minister, widely praised for successfully convincing Punjab to allow multiple…
US House Democrats urge FCC to avoid potential air safety wireless danger
Two key US House Democrats on Friday urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take action to prevent potential air safety risks from the planned use of C-Band spectrum for…
From FCR to ADR
Since Independence, the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) were governed through the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation, 1905. Until repealed in 2018, the FCR was not only quoted as ‘incompatible…
Fata: the NFC correction
The 25th Constitutional Amendment, unanimously passed by public representatives from all the four provinces of the country shifted a federal responsibility to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It was unprecedented in…
Ex-Fata and the NFC
The National Finance Commission is a great Pakistani institution and a highly robust constitutional mechanism. It is similar to other federations in place worldwide but in its decision-making mechanism is…
NFC controversy
THE 18th Amendment is considered to be the personification of the federal form of government as it stands today in Pakistan. In much the same way, the National Finance Commission…
