Tax on undistributed reserves
This is not the first time that there is a proposal to tax undistributed reserves of a company. Such imposition has been attempted at least twice before under sections 12(9A)…
Riphah University joins THE’s Digital Universities Asia
Riphah International University (RIU) participated in the prestigious event organised by the Times Higher Education (THE) under the title of ‘Digital Universities Asia 2023’, says a press release. The event…
RIPHAH joins Digital Universities Asia as a technology leader
Riphah International University participated in the prestigious event organized by the Times Higher Education (THE) under the title of “Digital Universities Asia 2023”. The event was organized in Hilton Kuala…
Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight
The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). According to these estimates, the GDP…
FY23: Uncovering drivers of economic performance
The National Account numbers for FY2023 have been published and, unfortunately, they paint a truly dismal picture of economic performance. Under the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) government, economic activity has…
REITs: understanding the private market
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have emerged as a popular investment avenue for individuals seeking exposure to real estate without the complexities of property ownership and management. While publicly-traded REITs…
Mobile Etiquette: Which Are The Unique Guidelines?
Mobile devices tend to be modifying how we correspond with others. Texting is just about the new standard, consequently people are conversing with one another less and less. How often…
Why UNSC reform is elusive
THE world has seen sweeping geopolitical changes over the past 70 years. The international landscape has been fundamentally transformed by the dispersion of power more widely among states. This redistribution…
Crunch time for Indian politics
IT’S crunch time for Indian politics. It became inevitable after the Karnataka verdict hit the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the solar plexus. The BJP’s rout in the crucial southern…
Forums under law
THE Industrial Relations Ordinance (IRO), 1969, is meant “to amend and consolidate the law relating to the formation of trade unions, the regulation of relations between employers and workmen and…
