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Commitment To Poverty Alleviation

Commitment to poverty alleviation

Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in his budget speech 2015-16 maintained that the PML-N government's focus on poverty alleviation is greater than that of the PPP-led coalition government and, as…

Poor Government, Lavish Expenses

Poor government, lavish expenses

Ishaq Dar, on assuming charge of Finance Ministry on 7th June 2013, promised that the PML-N government would not bring any mini budgets. He violated his resolve with impunity by…

Present Split Authority Best For Pakistan

Present split authority best for Pakistan

This is not a land of heroes, messiahs, riders on horseback or tinpot Kemalists. The climate is not suitable for this. Nor does history lend any support for the birth…

The Elusive ‘same Page’

The elusive ‘same page’

Government functionaries hardly miss any occasion when the ‘same-page’ mantra about harmony of thought between the civil and military leadership on Fata and Karachi operations is not repeated. But recent…

Repeating History

Repeating history

The Nawaz League’s third government at the centre will be completing its two years by early June. Having replaced arguably the most corrupt dispensation that ran the roost for a…

The Grandmother Of All Embarrassments

The grandmother of all embarrassments

Even when we suspected the worst but did not know all the facts, the Abbottabad raid on the Bin Laden compound was the mother of all embarrassments…for the army and…

‘Not A Perfect World’

‘Not a perfect world’

Expressing dissatisfaction over Pakistan’s latest ranking in the Corruption Perception Index, President Mamnoon Hussain told the National Accountability Bureau some time ago to “net the big fish involved in corruption”.…

Big Things In ‘small’ Packages

Big things in ‘small’ packages

Summer in Pakistan brings with it budget season with a total of seven budgets to be presented before parliament and the provincial assemblies for debate and approval. Starting with the…