Budget 2015-16: Another ritualistic exercise! – II
In budget 2014-15, FBR target was fixed at Rs. 2810 billion, which was later reduced to Rs. 2605 billion. The worthy Finance Minister is full of praise for FBR's bosses…
All creatures big and small
There has recently been intense debate over social media on a photograph that has gone viral. It shows a family eating at a restaurant, while a pair of young maids…
Taxing the rich
Easier said than done; taxing the rich, based on modern history, is perhaps an impossible dream. After all the rich foot the bill for election campaigns all across the globe,…
The role of regulators
On account of government failure to manage state enterprises the phenomena of privatisation, deregulation and globalisation of businesses and economies is in practice all over the world expecting efficient allocation…
Peshawar tragedy and Benazir’s assassination Wages of appeasement-I
December 27, 2014 marks the seventh death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, who sacrificed her life courageously resisting the agenda of fanatics who are bent upon pushing Pakistan to a theocratic…
Overcoming fiscal deficit
Pakistan is in serious fiscal difficulties. The politics of sit-ins creating instability is bound to worsen the already pathetic economic situation. In fiscal year 2013-14, the original tax target of…
The Imran doctrine
The envisioned T20 match in Islamabad has turned to be a long test match of nerves with too much frustration as well as arrogance on both sides. Both sides seem…
Resilience and hope
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now,” Marc Antony exhorted fellow Romans over the death of his friend. We do not need any exhortation to shed tears for…
Not the turning point we needed
My friend was grief-stricken when we spoke, "We are now used to seeing death, but this was savagery we have not seen before”. The 21st century in particular and the…
The imperialism of language
Learning English will make you rich, and learning Arabic will make you holy. No one ever says these things out loud in Pakistan, but their premises under gird many decisions.…
