Privatisation and issue of transparency
Privatisation is the process of transferring ownership of a publicly owned business enterprise, agency, service, or property to the private sector. The true owners of the public business and its…
Privatisation is the process of transferring ownership of a publicly owned business enterprise, agency, service, or property to the private sector. The true owners of the public business and its…
Taxation should serve as a catalyst for industrial expansion and economic growth. In Pakistan the ill-directed, illogical, regressive and unfair tax regulations are causing a dampening effect on the industrial…
The government’s refusal to join the debate on its plans to privatise a large number of enterprises is only strengthening doubts about the soundness of the policy and the correctness…
The Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) promulgated in the third week of October 2013 amended in January 2014 has fuelled accusations by members of the opposition that the amendment was…
The biggest problem faced by millions across Pakistan is unemployment. I am constantly bombarded with requests to get a son or nephew a job, preferably in a government department. Recently,…
National financial integration can best be evaluated through the progress of two principal processes: the share of the SME sector (the dominant national business employer) in national credit, and the…
The federal government has announced its policy decision aim of privatisation of state-owned entities. This decision has been rejected by all major political parties, who have threatened to launch a…
In politics as in business enterprises there is an inventory of issues, some making their appearance, others climaxing to take center stage while yet others make their exit after resolution…
For countries like Pakistan, the privatisation argument is mostly based on two elements. First, the fiscal argument that governments improve their financial positions by selling public business enterprises. Second, that…
In the current budget, the government has proposed to levy a wealth tax by proposing to enact a new law.1 The object of the tax is to provide financial assistance,…