PSEs: a reform agenda
Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways are Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) just like our national flag carrier - the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Apparently, the ownership structure of PIA and these…
The need of the hour
The disclosures about the latest negotiations between IMF and the ministry of finance suggested that, given the steady decline in Pakistan's exchange reserves, Pakistan had sought fresh credit facilities under…
Germany to try neo-Nazi group for immigrant murders
Germany plans to launch a mammoth trial this spring over a racist killing spree by a neo-Nazi terror cell that claimed 10 lives and shocked the nation. The execution-style killings…
Indonesian helps turns page for literacy with library
Kiswanti went to great lengths to get people to read in Indonesia, a nation addicted to social media but with a lackluster interest in books. For six years, as she…
Pakistan’s unmourned Bouazizi
It was a cold and clammy winter’s evening in Mexico City, but this did not seem to matter. It was a season of mirth and merriment, of mistletoe and chiming…
Pakistan’s currency crisis
Once again, the State Bank, the guardian of our financial system and watch dog over currency dealers, has been caught napping on the job. Asleep and blissfully unaware at the…
Economic space for women
At the recent South Asia Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium in Dhaka, 120 women participants from 11 countries came together to create cross-border linkages between women entrepreneurs and leaders in South Asia.…
Over 30 villages may be affected by lake breach
Deadly storm kills more than 140 in Central America Islamabad: Army engineers have ruled out any possibility of a natural lake in Hunza suddenly bursting its banks, but conceded that…
SBP
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is one of the premier national economic institutions legislated to play a key role in macroeconomic management, control on inflation, conduct of monetary policy…
VAT
It seems that the stage has been finally set to replace the existing Sales Tax Law with the VAT with effect from 1st July, 2010 as the World Bank experts,…
