India has been investigating how Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, funds local non-profit groups for anti-tobacco lobbying, government documents show, making it the latest foreign non-government organisation to…
When Boeing Co, General Electric Co and other companies wanted to show Congress last February the dangers of closing the Export-Import Bank, they turned to a time-tested Washington ritual: knocking…
Corporate lobbyists have become a menace to democracy in India. Recent developments, including the release of the intercepts of a telephone conversation between a member of parliament and a well-known…
BY all accounts a world is ending and we don’t know what is going to replace it. For Pakistan this is particularly troubling because despite what we like to tell…
IT is expected that the train hijacking incident in Balochistan will trigger a robust response from the state — quite likely in the form of military action on several fronts. Nevertheless, discussions…
Tax compliance in Pakistan has been dismal for decades, and every increase in tax rates or the imposition of new levies - whether GST, income tax, or withholding tax (WHT)…
IT’S been a good week for the government. It truly has. It completed a year with great fanfare (and advertising). There seems to be no immediate threat on the horizon,…
Introducing new policies may appear straightforward on paper, yet their true value lies in effective and timely implementation. Pakistan’s experience serves as a reminder: the Higher Education Commission introduced a…
British Airways-owner IAG is likely to be a frontrunner to buy a stake in Portuguese carrier TAP, valued at about $1 billion, bankers and analysts said, marking the next phase…
‘WELL left’ is a term used in cricket when a batter judges the line and length of a potentially problematic ball correctly and, rather than taking the risk of playing…
