Bandwidth and microfinance
Upfront, this article is not about the telecom sector, the internet or the likes, or for that matter on grey traffic; which frankly is one of the biggest mysteries this…
Revenue policy and administration: Building capacity
The government expects FBR collects Rs 2.8 trillion plus taxes in the next 12 months and substantially expand its tax net. Given the challenges FBR faces during the year beginning…
Sberbank says Hungary ‘very difficult market’ in CEE
Russia's Sberbank considers Hungary a "very difficult market" due to government policies, including tougher-than-expected new measures on foreign currency loans, a senior executive said. Russia's largest lender operates in nine…
Desperation, isn’t it?
The National Assembly (having PML-N majority) has passed the Finance Bill 2014 legalizing several taxation measures that ignore their moral and operational flaws. As the stakeholders visualise the impact of…
Rampant extortion
INCREASING incidents of extortion are an added challenge law enforcers are confronting. It’s an organised crime and a parallel taxation mechanism administered either by non-state actors or organised criminals. Extortion…
The piety of politicians
Pakistan is at war but its all-powerful prime minister, Mian Nawaz Sharif, is nowhere around. Last Sunday he flew off to Saudi Arabia where he and his family will spend…
Matter of interest
“And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” This is the…
More trade options
PAKISTAN’S commerce minister Khurram Dastgir Khan says that a trade deal between Pakistan and India appears likely this year, even though matters between prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi…
The illusions of Imran Khan
Indeed, all politicians crave power. But power, as the Quran says, is a sacred trust and entails responsibility: “Verily, We did offer the trust (of reason and volition) to the…
The builder of sandcastles
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a dreamer of unreal dreams. He believes that he has the ability to resuscitate the comatose economy and transform Pakistan into an Asian tiger. The…
