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No End To Tax Amnesties – II

No end to tax amnesties – II

Since November 1990, when Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the first time, the culture of loot, plunder, corruption, tax evasion and money laundering has been legalised and…

Ruin Comes When…

Ruin comes when…

Ruin comes when the trader, whose heart is lifted up by wealth, becomes ruler-Plato in Republic Since November 1990, when Muhammad Nawaz Sharif became Prime Minister of Pakistan for the…

Built to expire

Many of you will relate to what I am about to say: in our house, we still use the old blender and grinder appliance that, according to my mother, was…

Chinese appetite for Australian barley is back

Three years after steep Chinese tariffs halted imports of Australian barley as tensions between the two countries ratcheted higher, the grain is once again flowing freely. Barley is not only…

US chip curbs trip up China’s AI-hungry tech giants

US restrictions on advanced computer chips are forcing China’s tech giants to rethink their ambitious AI-powered projects, analysts say. E-commerce titan Alibaba on Thursday became the latest Chinese firm to…

When the chips are down

When the chips are down, the going gets tough and as a consequence taking hard and strategic decisions becomes inevitable. The incumbent government took two policy decisions this week with a…

We just can’t compete

Distortions caused by a distraught policy landscape — from high energy costs to an industry-wide liquidity crisis — have made it next to impossible for Pakistani exporters to compete in…