The writing on the wall
The major problem facing Pakistan for the last several decades is the fact that our exports are confined to low value-added goods, whereas the major opportunities lie in high technology…
Transforming the justice system
Delays in clearing court cases are a serious challenge in Pakistan. There were 1.5 million pending cases and 2.6 million new cases were filed in our courts in the year…
We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system — III
This is the third part of a series of articles on the subject ‘We seem to have no understanding of what ails our taxation system’. Like the preamble to Part…
FBR & tax appellate system
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is allegedly interfering in the quasi-judicial functions of Commissioners of Appeal Inland Revenue. A report published in an English daily, not this newspaper, on…
More on writing skills
In response to my previous column ‘Enhancing writing skills’ (July 5), there have been even more emails from readers asking various types of questions. Before closing the discussion in this…
The system & rape survivor
“Normally people in our social set-up are unwilling to take cases of rape to courts because of the belief that publicity in the case will attract and would affect the…
System working
The recent tight win of Joe Biden over Trump shows that the American system is working to absorb the forces that have been left marginalized due to populist politics since…
Writing history
It is assumed that American society is a melting pot which assimilated and integrated all immigrants who arrived in the new world. It appears that the assumption is not wholly…
Gaming the system
An Oxfam America study released in April this year found that for each dollar America's 50 biggest companies paid in federal taxes between 2008 and 2014, they received $27 back…
Joy of writing
Carol Loomis, an American financial journalist, who retired in 2014 as senior editor of Fortune magazine, once wrote, “Writing itself makes you realise where there are holes in your thinking.”…
