The writer is a columnist based in Islamabad.
The World Bank and the IMF define corruption as “the abuse of public office for private gains”. Dr Robert Klitgaard, the established guru of...
September 1913: The Karachi Electric Supply Company was formed to meet the electricity needs of Karachi, a growing port city. In 1952, the...
Record-breaking increase in public debt and liabilities. On the 18th of August 2018, Imran Khan took the oath of the prime ministerial office. As of...
In June, there were around 220,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Pakistan. No one is driving around much. Public transportation is not...
Why are ‘military pensions’ of Rs359 billion not included in the ‘defence budget’? Answer: Generally accepted accounting principles are a...
Myth number 1: The defence budget eats up the lion’s share of our total budgetary expenses. Not true. In Budget 2020-21, ‘Defense Affairs and...
There’s a bloodbath going on in our so-called Public Sector Enterprises . PSEs are taking on additional debt of around Rs700 billion a year. The...
