For Lebanon
The August 4 explosion at the Port of Beirut not only killed more than 170 people, injured thousands of others, and left at least 300,000 people homeless, but it also…
Industrial revival and loan write-offs: Chronology of government packages – II
SBP initiative of issuance of Circular No. BPD 29 October 2002 for one time cleaning the banks' balance sheets: Based upon the foregoing experiences and study of best banking practices…
Selection for tax audit – I
Selection for and conduct of audit is not ex facie detrimental to the interest of taxpayer, however to exercise such powers; the discretion needs to be structured by framing rules…
Our anti-corruption strategy
Being on the same page with all state institutions, the PTI government is well positioned to lay the foundation of a single anti-corruption agency with broader political and bureaucratic ownership…
Legal eye: The ticking bomb
The foremost conspiracy theory doing the rounds is that a government of technocrats is in the offing, and will be installed by utilising the Bangladesh model. The Bangladesh model is…
Keeping mothers safe
The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is a reflection of the health and developmental status of a country. Women in developing countries like Pakistan are 97 times more likely to die…
Selection for tax audit – II
It is important to highlight that in USA, UK, Euro zone, Scandinavia, Japan, Singapore and many other developed tax administrations, the main emphasis is on selecting cases for audit on…
A question of judgment
The recent judgment issued by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in the case of Khadija Siddiqi, the young woman who was stabbed 23 times in May 2016 when she had…
Swiss prosecutors seek widening of secrecy law to bankers abroad
Swiss prosecutors are seeking a court ruling that would make it easier to convict whistleblowers for breaking the country's bank secrecy law wherever they are in the world, legal documents…
Regulating the stock market
An interesting series of developments is taking place around the stock market these days. I believe this is the first time we are seeing the regulator getting tough with brokers…
