‘The fundamental injustice of consumption taxes, relative to income taxes, is that the well-off can postpone them by saving, while the poor pay cash on the nail. “Justice too long…
Because of Covid-19 we have already started spending a lot more on health cover than what we have been budgeting for this sector annually for most of the past 73…
That the state has to act as a benevolent provider is the logic behind the idea of a welfare state – and it seems that the current government has taken…
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to transform Pakistan into a welfare state after winning the general elections, declaring that public welfare and poverty alleviation would be his government’s top priority.…
Faced with some tough questions about the variegated political notions of the welfare state propounded by Imran Khan, an economist ventured into discussing Keynesian economics on a TV talk show…
Of this we are certain: in PM's pantheon of dreams the chief god is welfare state. What we are less certain of is if he knows what transforming a security…
The debate that is going on in Islamabad at the moment is about the viability of the political state of Pakistan. That political economics plays a big part can be…
The forthcoming federal budget will focus on accelerating the pace of economic growth, although in the ongoing global economic debate, emphasis has been shifted from growth to green growth, a…
The concept of a welfare state is the product of the modern age. Its historical roots can be found in the Industrial Revolution, which produced a working class that worked…
Sensitive to its threat perceptions and evolving geostrategic environment in the Indian Ocean, and cognizant of the resource constraints, the Pakistan Navy has been steadily developing its combat capacity. This…
