The crushing fiscal constraints currently facing Islamabad are forcing moves in various directions to tame the deficit. A number of options can be...
Budget 2023-24 can be celebrated for its bravado or mourned for its lack of seriousness. The economy is in deep trouble; with the Economic Survey...
Imran Khan has forwarded a 10-point agenda to steer the economy out of the existential crisis that Pakistan faces. This is welcome, since the...
Pakistan is not new to contentious politics. However, the last decade has seen the rise of a politics of abuse and violence, with no one and no...
The ousted PTI government, claiming that it had inherited an economic mess, has left behind a situation bordering on disarray.Two headline variables...
The political turmoil around the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the Imran Khan government is unlikely to be a short-lived affair. If...
The National Finance Commission is locked in a stalemate. Constitutionally mandated to give an Award for distribution of federal tax revenues, it...
The Taliban victory in Afghanistan has elicited strong reactions. At one end, Islamists the world over are celebrating.; at the other end,...
The first part of this article spoke about how it’s time the state reengineered its economy. Here are some of the measures that the state can...
The dramatic developments in Afghanistan can possibly land Pakistan in a repeat of the post-Soviet withdrawal scenario. The US and the West can...
The emerging situation in Afghanistan is indicative of a political and military meltdown, with serious multi-pronged security consequences for...
Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen’s May 5 press conference was a breath of fresh air after a decade of fuddling and muddling on the economic front,...
The federal government has called for acceptance of the 2017 Census results “in the national interest” and promised a fresh census at an early...
The four-party agreement on Karachi — encompassing the PPP, MQM, PTI and NDMA — is a welcome development. Reportedly, the agreement is limited...
The writer was Sindh’s non-statutory member of the 7th NFC and Balochistan’s non-statutory member of the 9th NFC.The 10th NFC has been...
Amidst the daily grind of grim news relating to Covid-19 infections and deaths has come one welcome development, showing that life goes on.The news...
The sugar subsidy controversy is swirling around Jahangir Tareen, Khusro Bakhtiar and others for receiving a rather hefty subsidy for exporting...
Our governments have been in the habit of announcing packages whenever a crisis hits. This government is no exception, even in the midst of a life...
With the recent steps taken by the government regarding the Benazir Income Support Programme, there are fears that the 120 billion rupees annual...
Mushtaq Rajpar’s opinion piece, ‘Fiscal federalism’ is a welcome addition to the debate on the subject. Admittedly, the matter relating to...
Pakistan has faced recurrent balance of payments problems for the last three to four decades. Every round of crisis leads to knocking at the doors...
The article ‘Poverty and social protection” by Amir Hussain in these pages touches upon some fundamental aspects of the development debate,...
