Overseas operations of Pakistani banks
The Pakistani banks are operating outside Pakistan. The major share of their presence comes from National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Habib Bank Ltd (HBL) and United Bank Ltd (UBL) while…
Elite finance ministers
“I COMPLETELY empathise and sympathise [with the people],” remarked Pakistan’s finance minister as the tax-loaded Finance Bill 2024 was passed by the National Assembly. In a country where more than…
The way forward for Pakistan
“Rather than going cap-in-hand asking for new finance, the new government and its backers in the establishment and business would need to design first their own plans worth investing in,…
A fresh start
The unimaginable has happened. Ishaq Dar, the architect of clumsy choices at Pakistan’s finance ministry, has finally been replaced by a new finance minister. But the removal of Dar who…
Challenges before the new finance minister
President Asif Ali Zardari has taken oath from the newly-inducted Federal Cabinet headed by second time Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif. Among the 19-member cabinet, 13 are members of…
The net must go on
Pakistan votes today. In a record year for elections, Pakistan joins the nearly four billion people across the world who will vote for their representatives. When the last general elections…
Is investor’s fright an investment’s flight?
Pakistan is nestled in the southern part of Asia, sitting precariously between Afghanistan, India, Iran, and below China, with the Arabian sea lapping on its southern shores and the Himalayas…
FBR’s Tax Directory 2018 Analysis — II
The province- and region-wise collection is in percentage without mentioning from which sum these percentages have been worked out. The percentages are as under: Punjab 35%, Sindh 45%, Balochistan 2%,…
Tarin versus Sheikh
The appointment of Shaukat Tarin as federal finance minister is generating considerable controversy particularly in the social media where he is being viciously attacked for how he performed during his…
The ills of microfinance
The conventional wisdom of according an unquestionable role to microfinance in poverty alleviation has recently been challenged partly because there is no strong empirical evidence to establish this simplistic claim.…
