The crime of energy
The global energy scenario is undergoing profound changes on several accounts. First, the oil prices have dropped, making it relatively uneconomical to invest in new oil shale oil and gas…
Taxes for growth
Devising an efficient tax model for corporate growth requires an analytical study of irritants in tax codes, procedures and implementation processes Unfortunately, no serious effort has ever been made in…
Sindh’s LG woes
There has been much fanfare about the recently elected local governments. However, the newly elected chairmen of Sindh’s municipal committees, town committees and union councils will regrettably be taking over…
An undefeatable enemy?
We have heard about the new set of ‘heroes’ at the Bacha Khan University, the young men and women who were felled by bullets and their teacher who took up…
Gaps in responses
THE wounds of last year’s terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar are still fresh and cause for renewing our resolve to finish the job of securing Pakistan’s…
It’s time to blame the PM!
I give up! In all fairness I can no longer blame the Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for his flawed economic policies that have finally come home to roost two…
LNG pricing mechanism
Pakistan is going to sign a lopsided LNG Sale-Purchase Agreement (SPA) which protects the rights of Qatargas-2 more than the people of Pakistan. Anticipating the LNG price dynamics and analysis…
‘2015: the year of accountant’: MoF’s response
This refers to an article published in Business Recorder titled "2015: the year of accountant". The article is more political than economic and financial, but the language is uncomplimentary by calling the…
Fair taxation
"The Laffer Curve, by the way, was not invented by me; it has its origins way back in time. For example, the Muslim philosopher Ibn Khaldun wrote in his fourteenth-century…
Conglomerate controlled by Iran’s supreme leader a winner from nuclear deal
The historic nuclear deal reached between Iran and major world powers has yet to be implemented, but one clear winner has emerged: Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.…
