Flawed policies amid ‘chaos’
The coalition government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), assumed power as a result of no-confidence resolution against premier Imran Khan on April 9, 2022.…
Two flawed policies
The Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar, continues to come under considerable criticism from all sources, including the business community - the PML-N's critical political support base - and post 2015-16 budget…
A flawed approach
THE government and disaster management agencies at both the national and provincial level have been severely criticised as Pakistan experiences one of the most devastating floods in recent years. This…
Power tariff – a flawed business model
Power tariffs have recently been in the limelight – not for any other issue but for unaffordability of the same. The steep rise during the last two years is of…
Policies and their implementation
Policies in Pakistan’s multiple sectors are well researched, many compiled with donor funding which enables international and national sector experts to take account of international best practices as well existing…
The politics of economic policies
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on 8 June, two days before the budget was presented in parliament: “coalition government has taken some difficult decisions to stabilize the economy. We didn’t…
Flawed power sector strategy
The government is focusing on wrong policy initiatives due to which the circular debt is ever increasing. In fact the recoveries of past years have been shown as increased collection…
Tweaking policies need of the hour
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is at pains to point out the unprecedented rise in unemployment and inflation during the nearly seventeen month tenure of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI)…
Flawed tax reforms agenda — II
In fiscal year 2018-19, total payment, as per budget documents, on account of debt servicing, was Rs 1,987 billion against the budgeted figure of Rs 1,620 billion. Allocation for the…
A flawed fiscal policy
The financial year 2018-19 began with an unprecedented move when an unelected finance minister presented the incumbent government’s sixth full-year budget in a five-year term. Other than the apparent scorn…
