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Thursday September 28, 2023
Shahid Sattar

  • July 31, 2023

    Cotton crisis

    Stagnation in Pakistan's rural economy has been ongoing over the last decade for a multitude of reasons. The lackluster performance of cotton has...

  • July 07, 2020

    What ails exports

    In the previous year’s federal budget, withdrawal of SRO 1125 and imposition of 17 percent General Sales Tax on the export oriented sectors has...

  • July 06, 2020

    What ails exports?

    In the previous year’s federal budget, withdrawal of SRO 1125 and imposition of 17 percent General Sales Tax on the export oriented sectors has...

  • September 02, 2019

    T-axing the golden goose

    With the imposition of general sales tax at 17 percent on the previously zero-rated textile sector, Federal Board of Revenue is looking to collect...

  • April 16, 2018

    Devaluation benefits

    The rupee plunged over eleven percent against the dollar in the last months. Following this currency devaluation, the impact assessment of the...

  • March 14, 2018

    Disappearing textiles

    In the contemporary world, the only constant is ‘change’. The world is transforming and consumer preferences are changing across a wide range,...

  • January 03, 2018

    Poor policy response makes textile industry uncompetitive

    There is no denying the fact that Pakistan’s textile industry has become regionally uncompetitive, but it is not because of the industry’s...