Lahore is Lahore
Everyone knows the love that Lahoris have for their city. It is similar to that of Parisians for Paris, Istanbulites for Istanbul and Emiratis for Dubai. Even when praying in…
Sordid story of tax frauds – III
During 2003-2007, one tax official used different techniques to issue illegal refunds in several cases without any check by any agency. It was found that the accused official during his…
Elections in Fata
The Joint Committee on Fata Reforms represented by 10 major political parties submitted its recommendations to the Election Commission of Palcistan (ECP) for holding fair and free elections in the…
Tax amnesty schemes as introduced by Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012
Prelude: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance on January 05, 2013 cleared "Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012" aimed at bringing 3.1 million potential individuals into the tax net with a…
Latin America offers EU shelter: ‘Welcome to summer’
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Spanish Primer Minister Mariano Rajoy are among the leaders coming together Saturday and Sunday in Santiago for a summit of…
Uncorrupted society?
Will Pakistan ever be an uncorrupted society? The cynics will point to the fact that the world is still unable to develop a system that rewards honesty and discourages corruption.…
The extent of cooperation
Some days before CIA chief John Brennan’s confirmation hearings, the Open Society Justice Initiative released a report saying that 54 countries around the world aided the Central Intelligence Agency in…
Seize Kashmir
he recent developments in Kashmir and India offer Pakistan a fresh opportunity to redesign policy. We put Kashmir on the backburner for a decade, with very little return. The Indian…
From high to low politics
The American presidential elections have always suffered from a dichotomy. They are won and lost on the basis of the domestic agenda. However, the president’s legacy is shaped by foreign…
Manufacture of the militant discourse
Following an embedded visit to the terrorism-hit Waziristan last December, an Islamabad-based journalist broke a story about cracks appearing in the leadership of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Claiming an…
