Need for financial reporting council
There is dire need to establish Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Pakistan as an autonomous regulator to promote corporate governance and reporting to safeguard the interest of all stakeholders. The…
There is dire need to establish Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Pakistan as an autonomous regulator to promote corporate governance and reporting to safeguard the interest of all stakeholders. The…
The top MQM leadership is in thick soup these days. While the startling statements made by the party’s self-confessed ex-hit man Saulat Mirza, the MQM seems to be knee-deep in…
Drug czars and terrorists could find their operations tougher - or at least their gym bags heftier - if proposals to eliminate high-value US and European banknotes gain traction. The…
Sergei Kulik slowly hoists a cage from the Black Sea off Russian-annexed Crimea and looks on in admiration. Beyond the slimy layer of mud are oysters - and Kulik's dreams…
Pakistan's justice system - the investigation branch (police/rangers), state prosecutors and the judiciary - has dealt with hundreds of thousands of cases of corruption and nepotism but no more than…
As we work to recover from a financial meltdown and near economic collapse the threat posed by economic crime is fresh in the air. These crimes emerge as a result…
Private investment in Pakistan is low. What are the factors behind such a low rate of private investment? One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the…
The National Accountability Bureau Ordinance (NABO) under Section 5 describes a "public office holder' as an individual holding, or have held, an office or post in the service of Pakistan…
A woeful decline in the political order, deteriorating economic conditions and expanding underground economies have created conditions for profitable activity outside the legal framework in Pakistan. Organised criminal groups having…
The year 2014 was all set to be the year of Afghanistan and its impact on the stability of Pakistan and the region. However, for the time being at least,…