Budget: identifying defects and proposing corrections
The Federal Budget was presented on June 12 which was followed by the provincial budgets. Pakistan is a Federation and there is a clear distribution of roles and responsibilities of…
Russia’s South Asia challenge
The visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to Islamabad in April was the first such top-level engagement in almost a decade. The visit underscored the importance of the bilateral…
Will PIA take off?
When in the opposition, political parties vow to privatise loss-making state-owned enterprises (SOEs) if given the chance to come into power. These parties quote mindboggling losses public-sector organisations, especially PIA…
Restructuring SOEs
Pakistan has a state-owned enterprises (SOEs) problem. The country has had it for a long time. No military or civilian government has been able to resolve it. The question is:…
Testing times for government
The year 2016 started with some tough rides for the federal government in power. The first one being the unprecedented strike by unions at PIA, which paralysed the aviation sector…
Privatisation and issue of transparency
Privatisation is the process of transferring ownership of a publicly owned business enterprise, agency, service, or property to the private sector. The true owners of the public business and its…
In the line of politics
RETIRED Gen Pervez Musharraf passed away over the weekend in Dubai, where he had lived since he left Pakistan in 2016. It has been nearly 15 years since he resigned as…
A future of innovation
Rapid socio-economic development is now only possible if national innovation policies are directed at the development and export of high-tech products. For Pakistan to progress, we need to change tracks…
‘Charter of Economy’
Major political parties and the business community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa agreed to sign a "Charter of Economy" to work for the country's economic development. Spearhead by the PTI, the concept…
‘Charter of Economy’
Major political parties and the business community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa agreed to sign a "Charter of Economy" to work for the country's economic development. Spearhead by the PTI, the concept…
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