IMF and NFC award
Criticism of the press release uploaded on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) website on 12 May 2019, amongst other considerably more socio-politicaly challenging prior conditions, also focused on the mention…
Wither new NFC Award?
Budget in Brief, the official document explaining highlights of budget 2016-17, while stating the obvious that "presently 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award is in practice", says "the 8th NFC…
NFC award: a challenge
The four provinces have appointed their representatives for negotiating the eighth NFC award however there are credible reports that indicate that the seventh NFC award would be extended for another…
The much-awaited NFC Award
The much-maligned and presently operational NFC Award on the distribution arrangements of the national pool of resources between the provincial and federal governments is finally up for negotiations by a…
The much-awaited NFC Award
The federal government frequently modifies the rules of the game through tortuous revisions of legal and related definitions to suit its version of what constitutes constitutional role, mandates, distribution and…
NFC Award – a reflection of political maturity
The agreement on the distribution, both vertical and horizontal, under the seventh National Finance Commission (NFC) award is a landmark achievement that simply must not be underestimated. It is the…
Beyond the NFC Award
The National Finance Commission (NFC) will be announced by the Prime Minister in Gawadar today. Felicitations are due not only for the amicable coming to fruition of a process fraught…
The much-awaited NFC Award
It is interesting that the Rs6 billion paid to the NWFP annually as its share of profits on Tarbela (that it demands more than Rs12 billion for it is another…
The NFC transfers
The President of Pakistan has constituted the 11th National Finance Commission. The task before the Commission is to come up with a new NFC Award on the sharing vertically of…
NFC: Which way the change?
Ministry of Finance held a preparatory session on the National Finance Commission (NFC) award earlier this month followed by concerns voiced by the leadership of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP)…
