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Shahzad Tahir
Shahzad Tahir

The writer is a chartered accountant

  • January 07, 2026

    Will PIA finally be able to fly?

    The representational image shows a PIF plane taking off. —...

  • March 29, 2024

    Our energy quagmire

    Pakistan’s per capita electricity consumption remains amongst the lowest regionally and globally

  • June 20, 2019

    Where’s the change?

    Even after seven decades of existence, Pakistan stands as a nascent and...

  • July 08, 2018

    A different tune

    In the legend of ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’, the Pied Piper had an...

  • May 23, 2018

    A flawed fiscal policy

    The financial year 2018-19 began with an unprecedented move when an...

  • March 22, 2018

    Responsible expansion?

    The recently proposed country-wide expansion of the Azad Jammu and...

  • January 13, 2018

    Neither lies nor deceit

    Apart from the 63,000 people killed during the last one-and-a-half...

  • July 17, 2017

    Vulnerabilities and extremism

    In the seventh decade of its independence, our homeland faces an array of...

  • June 15, 2017

    Barriers to deliverance

    Every year, the finance minister undergoes the hassle of incessantly...

  • May 11, 2017

    Inefficiency and the power crisis

    The promise to end loadshedding in 30 days, six months, a year or even...

  • April 07, 2017

    Redesign the filter

    History bears testimony to the fact that education is the most sustained...

  • March 17, 2017

    To potential legislators

    In a democratic society, the stance of the contenders for the...

  • March 11, 2017

    The cost of coal

    It is understandable that in times of paucity, the utmost and, perhaps,...

  • March 02, 2017

    The forgotten rights

    Having learned from the atrocities and human rights violations committed...

  • February 12, 2017

    Remembering Calvin

    It was a cold November night. I was trying to light up the negligible...