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Legality Of Withholding Of Sales Tax Refunds

Legality of withholding of sales tax refunds

A claimant who was engaged in the manufacture and subsequent export of textile products filed application for refund of his input tax. In order to produce these marketable goods he…

Port Development In Pakistan

Port development in Pakistan

Port benefits are increasingly distributed across different actors and concern a geography that transcends the local community. This trend skews the assessment of the benefits of port investments, where the…

GSP Plus: Opportunities And Challenges

GSP Plus: opportunities and challenges

Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, in his article ‘Why free trade matters’, says: “Contrary to what sceptics often assert, the case for free trade is robust. It not only extends to overall…

Renewable Energy

Renewable energy

Pakistan is facing numerous challenges, topmost of which is the shortage of electricity as it is affecting every walk of life in the country. The businesses are unable to function…

Government, Gas And Winter

Government, gas and winter

The slogans of pessimism and dialogue of criticism have almost become nature of Pakistani society due to the charged atmosphere by the media and the general environment prevailing around us.…

On The Slide

On the slide

The competitiveness of Pakistan’s economy is on the slide. In 2007-08, the country`s position on the global competitiveness index (GCI) drawn up by the World Economic Forum was 92nd, which…

The Path Is Through The Village

The path is through the village

The rural landscape in Pakistan has witnessed profound economic changes since the Green Revolution of the 1960s. Consequently, most of the traditional village occupations became redundant due to fast-paced socio-economic…

Power Policy

Power policy

Thirty percent of the new power policy makes sense. Seventy percent of the new power policy is poppycock. The PML-N wants to deliver. Delivery has three pre-requisites: intention, planning and…

Countering Terrorism

Countering terrorism

The many reasons that Pakistan is now the 'ground zero' of terrorism are well known. It is mostly our own fault for giving this threat time and space. We allowed…