There were no fireworks in the parliamentary debate on Budget. The treasury was as disinterested as the opposition. Lack of quorum had to be pointed out during the Accountant's winding-up…
The Finance Bill 2016, presented on June 3, 2016 along with annual budget, by the Finance Minister, is the worst one can think of in terms of imposing oppressive taxes…
In the Portuguese town of Almada, Communist activists are handing out leaflets that bear the hammer-and-sickle logo and triumphantly proclaim: "Government destroyed, victory for the workers' struggle". It seems like…
I am in Middletown Pennsylvania. Three Miles Island nuclear power plant is visible from my bedroom window. There is always a plume of white steam rising up its tall chimneys…
Winning contestants of grand constitutional shrines are consistently in a quest since decades. Their biggest fantasy is to discover unique techniques for a successful economical term just like every citizen…
New grounds are being broken that promise a bright future after all, for the struggling people of Pakistan. Strategically paramount, Pakistan has remained a chess board for superpower rivalry and…
On this Independence Day, the nation must unite and force the rulers for crack down on tax evaders. Our rulers and tax officials, corrupt and inefficient, go after small fry…
Pakistan has one of the highest energy tariffs in the world. Due to high line losses and a poor energy mix, it is caught in a vicious cycle of extensive…
The Economic Survey 2014-15 contains, in common with last year, a clear and distinct bias in favour of the government''''s performance making the document largely irrelevant for policymakers. It has…
As world markets declined or at best showed a mixed trend due to not only the Iraq Syria Islamic State (ISIS) advances towards Iraqi oilfields, the massacre in Gaza and…
