In the recently released report ‘Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia’ by International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of its comments on Pakistan’s economy was ‘For… Pakistan, policy interest…
The Audit Oversight Board (AOB) established under the SECP Act, 1997 to regulate audit profession in the country and the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) recently formed under the control of…
Globalization has recently come under attack for having given rise to excessive nationalism and protectionism. Excessive nationalism and protectionism carry the potential to hamper global economic recovery. For this reason,…
Beware the things we tell ourselves, because it is the little lies that help us get through the day which come back to haunt us in one big go at…
The December 22, 2008 issue of Newsweek featured an article on the downside of Chinese state reform. Entitled ‘Why China is too scared to spend’, the article drew attention to…
There is a protest going on outside the University of Balochistan (UoB). Since there is a ban on protests inside the university campus, the protesters, including teachers and other staff…
The government has finally decided to privatise Pakistan Steel Milles (PSM). Though it is late by two years under the incumbent government, it is a welcome step. The government spent…
Pakistan today is a country wherein each day begins with revelations of bad governance that shock its citizens. Yet the country's in-power politicians are focused only one thing: holding on…
The recent admission by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) regarding discrepancies in trade data and its subsequent efforts to reconcile figures through the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Pakistan…
Human dignity is a universal concept. From religious theologies to Kantian ideas of freedom and ethics, there is an inherent dignity that forms the foundation of all laws and regulations.…
