Federal Excise Duty
The money invested in the police as compared to the military is much less and thus there are fewer impressive results: Ayesha Siddiqa. –AFP Photo President Asif Zardari announced his…
An appraisal of FY25 federal budget
The Federal budget for 2024-25 has been presented in a mixed economic environment characterised by both positive and negative developments. The GDP growth rate has turned positive to 2.4% from…
Growth in federal tax revenues
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released recently the Revenue Division Year Book for 2022-23. This is a very useful publication and highlights the trends in the level and…
Administrative federalism
The term ‘federalism’, according to Encyclopedia Britannica, refers to an arrangement among various levels of government for the implementation of policies through negotiations and coordination while still maintaining central integrity.…
Growth in federal tax revenues
Federal tax revenues consist primarily of FBR revenues. In addition, they include other taxes like the gas infrastructure development cess, natural gas development surcharge and the petroleum levy. The share…
A fragile federal budget — II
We now carry out an appraisal of the measures in the budget, starting with the enumeration of the key initiatives proposed to push the economy onto a higher growth path…
A fragile federal budget — I
The Budget for 2021-22 has been presented and awaits parliamentary approval. This article is in two parts and analyzes the budgetary proposals, estimates of revenues, expenditures, overall budget deficits, and…
Federalisation versus centralisation: 2020: Year of road to prosperity
The Chairman of Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA), while addressing a conference on ‘Ease of doing business in Pakistan: a case for tax harmonisation’, organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute…
Federal Budget 2018-19 (Revised): An appraisal
The revised Federal Budget for 2018-19 has raised a number of concerns ranging from the failure of the Government to use this occasion to share its vision for the economy,…
Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms Act, 2013: For speedy relief
In Pakistan, the institution of Federal Ombudsman was established in 1983. Presently there are 12 ombudsmen working in Pakistan. These were established under various enactments passed by the National and…
