FBR, IMF & revenue targets
The federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 assigned an ambitious target of Rs. 7.470trillion to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), which includes both direct and indirect taxes. The…
Hindu extremists target Muslim sites in India, even Taj Mahal
Thirty years after mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya, triggering a wave of sectarian bloodshed that saw thousands killed, fundamentalist Indian Hindu groups are eyeing other Muslim sites —…
Budgetary targets for 2021-22
The Federal budget for 2021-22 is currently under preparations. The date for presentation to the National assembly has been announced as the 11th of June. This may, of course, be…
Economic targets for 2021-22
The Annual Plan Coordination Com-mittee has set the target for GDP growth of 4.8 percent for 2021-22 and the rate of inflation at 8.2 percent. This implies a significant increase…
2019-20 fiscal targets in IMF programme
The year, 2018-19, has come to a close with a very different outcome than was originally anticipated. The budget for the year was presented initially in May 2018 by the…
A target of missiles
Guam doesn’t feel like a target. When I have visited the island over the course of the past several decades, it has struck me as one of the most wildly…
Is terrorism the real target?
After the 21st Amendment in January 2015, the Rangers operations ongoing since 2012 in Karachi went into overdrive with a significant decline in incidents of terrorism and targeted killings. The…
The softer targets
Friday is supposed to be a holy day, but in Pakistan it is now often associated with bomb explosions and suicide bombings. It is obvious that militants on a suicide…
The softer targets
Friday is supposed to be a holy day, but in Pakistan it is now often associated with bomb explosions and suicide bombings. It is obvious that militants on a suicide…
Counterfeit medicine trade targets Africa’s poor
From Cameroon to Ivory Coast, Kenya to the DR Congo, traders in counterfeit drugs do a thriving business, sometimes at the cost of human lives. "Street medication kills. The street…
