Policies in Pakistan’s multiple sectors are well researched, many compiled with donor funding which enables international and national sector experts to take account of international best practices as well existing…
The State Bank of Pakistan has recently granted five licences for Starting digital banks that would provide the whole range of banking services through digital platforms or electronic channels from…
This writer has been writing following in response to the news that the Government of Pakistan is considering disposing of LNG Terminal to Qatar. The decision is said to be…
For policies to be effective, they must always be a by-product of research and debate. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, the policymaking process is either under the heel of the political elites…
Rapid technical breakthroughs have astounded the world during the last several decades. It has influenced and left an everlasting mark on anything and anything that humans can quantify. The banking…
The continuously declining dismal share of income tax in overall tax collection during the last many years testifies to the lack of judicious balance between direct and indirect taxes, resulting…
Taxes are share of state in income, production and consumption and never liked by individuals or corporate bodies. However, they have very important role in economic development and income redistribution.…
In this new world order, the key for rapid socio-economic development lies in the ability of nations to manufacture and export high-technology and high value-added goods. Successive governments have failed…
Most of the 2.1 billion strong workforce in Asia and the Pacific are denied access to decent jobs, healthcare and social protection but there is an array of policies and…
Every government comes up with a mantra of documenting the undocumented, and taxing the untaxed, but due to lack of imagination, inability to take decisions, and unavailability of political capital…
