Learning from China
On October 24, 2019, a very special function was held at the Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in the city of Changsha, in the Hunan province of China. A beautiful…
Shadowed by trade war, Malaysia says 2020 fiscal deficit target a ‘challenge’
Malaysia will find it challenging to meet its 3% fiscal deficit target for next year due to uncertainties around the US-China trade war, the finance minister told Reuters in an…
Urgency to fulfil FATF action plan
The success of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package depends on several factors however one that is not under much discussion domestically at least (though one would hope this…
Avant-garde budget proposals-III: Tapping the real potential
A country's tax gap is measured by the amount of tax that remains uncollected due to non-compliance with tax laws. 'Pakistan Tax Gaps: Estimates by Tax Calculation and Methodology' (http://aysps.gsu.edu/isp/files/ispwp0811(1).pdf),…
Shadowed by trade war, Malaysia says 2020 fiscal deficit target a ‘challenge’
Malaysia will find it challenging to meet its 3% fiscal deficit target for next year due to uncertainties around the US-China trade war, the finance minister told Reuters in an…
Still not in the know?
As soon as the PTI came into power, it realized it had made commitments that were simply unrealistic. With pressure mounting for service delivery, the team soon realized that the…
Equanomics: Part – I
Equanomics is what this nation might need to address its woes. However, what has sustained over decades as the economic order of this society can only be termed Unequanomics. Let…
Cashing out: The end of Hong Kong’s historic trading floor
In its heyday in the 1980s, more than a thousand brokers dressed in signature red blazers made deals on the trading floor of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in what…
Need for new income tax law – I
When the then government of General Pervez Musharraf decided to promulgate a new income tax law in 2000, many opposed it strongly. The main objection was that his regime had…
CPEC: some facts
This article is in response to the article, ‘CPEC’, by Dr Farrukh Saleem, October 08, 2017). Here are some facts regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Fact 1: There exists a…
