Some estimates suggest that middle-income group pays nearly three times more in taxes than business sector
Internationally, there have been misleading theories propounded about so-called slowing of Chinese economy
He was passionate about agriculture development, mitigation of rural-urban income inequality, absorption of new entrants to job market
Infrastructure: Pakistan’s unending energy crisis and high-end user...
Provinces contribute only one per cent of GDP to national taxes
The end purpose of an industrial policy for Pakistan should be to achieve...
Instead of choosing the winners and losers which was the case with the...
The foreign exchange earnings from jute exports which originated from...
Recent developments in the Western countries have reopened the discourse...
Pakistan will have to develop a unified market linking the farms to...
Mechanization, technology and advisory services: one of the major...
Import substitution and export promotion: agro-based exports fetch 75-80...
At present, the canal irrigation management system recovers only a...
The question we have to address is: what can be done to boost the...
Agriculture forms the backbone of Pakistan’s economy as it provides...
The rules of business have to be changed accordingly. It would be...
Proposed governance system for local governments: In light of the...
The fragmentation of development projects into small schemes catered to...
This article is divided into three parts. The first part deals with...
The journey in pursuit of the vision started in the early 2000s when the...
The State Bank of Pakistan has recently granted five licences for...
Pakistan faces two serious problems in education. Twenty million children...
A major departure has to be made in the deployment of civil servants....
The frequent takeovers by military regimes and the consequential...
An economy is driven by the contributions and interactions of state,...
Among many compelling reasons for further devolution to the third tier is...
One of the pernicious side-effects of a large dose of the federal...
Studies on sectoral incidence show that industry bears more than...
Very few people outside the economics profession realize that fiscal and...
Coming to the third structural reform: investment rates have lingered...
The short-term measures described in Part I will not have the desired...
The future of any economy is closely linked with its present and the...
What needs to be done? One of the main reasons for the flooding due to...
On top of the adverse global and national developments in a post-pandemic...
Sindh has a population of around 50 million. There is an equal division...
Gulf States: Pakistan has enjoyed very friendly relations with the Gulf...
China: there are several areas where the ongoing cooperation between...
The 2021 National Security Policy has made geo-economics its main pivot....
The recent initiative taken by the Gilgit-Baltistan government to...
Community organizations have built bridges, irrigation channels and other...
This article is part of a series to raise general awareness about the...
Despite impressive achievements since 1991, India is facing several major...
India’s success factors may be many but three salient features need...
The recent devastating floods which have displaced or affected 30 million...
India was considered by its colonial rulers as the brightest jewel in the...
A large majority of Pakistan’s population was born after the country...
Most of the discussion and discourse on public finances has remained...
Importers are keen to pad up their normal demand for Dollars to avert further losses arising from future depreciation.
Sri Lanka recorded a rapid increase in public debt-to-GDP ratio to 119...
