Essential tax reforms: Budget proposals 2015-16-VIII
16. Income tax in respect of the Net Annual Income of a firm, or an association of persons, or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, where the individual…
Obama struggles with Wall Street to woo Democrats over broker rules
The Obama administration is battling Wall Street to win the support of dozens of Democrat lawmakers over rules that could rein in brokers who handle trillions of dollars in retirement…
Oppressive taxes and unabated outflows
In Budget 2014-15, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was assigned target of Rs 2810 billion, which is now reduced to Rs 2691 billion despite levying 22% sales tax on…
View Point; It’s a governance failure
They all acted as if caught by surprise as an unprecedented petrol crisis hit Punjab. The prime minister upon return home from an aimless trip to Saudi Arabia ordered, right…
Linguistic clashes
WHILE the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was trying to spot the new moon, another phenomenon was brewing on social media. Pakistanis took to their Twitter accounts and Facebook status updates to call…
Trying times for MQM
Going by the optics of the raid at MQM’s famed HQ Nine Zero and its aftermath the exercise was as much about enforcing the law as it was to demonstrate…
Systemic crisis
It is quite obvious that our health system is in deep crisis on all fronts. No wonder it is unravelling in full public view, unable to cope with growing demands…
Trying times for MQM
GOING by the optics of the raid at MQM’s famed HQ Nine Zero and its aftermath the exercise was as much about enforcing the law as it was to demonstrate…
Haunted by new relationships
Islamabad has for the first time shared evidence with the United States of America about its accusations that India has been supporting terrorism in Pakistan. According to information revealed during…
Tax, lies and red tape
At a time when Pakistan is facing the worst ever political standoff, the federal information minister in a press conference on November 27 accused the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,…
