Pakistani nation & resilience!
Huzaima Bukhari “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived”—Robert Jordan If asked to name one nation in the world that surpasses all levels of resilience, one usually comes up with “Japanese”…
Mitigating climate change risks
Huzaima Bukhari, DR. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) represent a major hazard and can result in significant loss of life. Globally, since 1990, the number and size of glacial lakes has grown rapidly along…
FBR, IMF & revenue targets
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 assigned an ambitious target of Rs. 7.470 trillion to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) which includes both direct and indirect taxes. The…
Prudent fiscal management
Dr. Ikramul Haq Undoubtedly, Pakistan is presently facing the worst multidimensional economic crisis of its history. From serious dollar crunch to monstrous debt burden, historic high inflation to exorbitant discount rate, widening fiscal deficit to unsustainable debt servicing, vulnerabilities on…
Of assets declaration & IMF bailouts
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “Priority measures include the establishment of an asset declaration system with a focus on high-level public officials (including federal cabinet members) (end-March 2022 SB) [SB is structural benchmark], reset to end-September 2022), and…
Lethargic economic management
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori About 84 % of countries are expected to have lower headline (consumer price index) inflation in 2023 than in 2022. Global inflation is set to fall from 8.8 % in 2022…
Public Manifesto—III
Road to prosperity Dr. Ikramul Haq A fair and just tax system is at the core of social democracy. Funds contributed by taxpayers should be expended for meeting state expenses and providing social justice to all citizens. This perspective is…
Defying defiance!
Huzaima Bukhari “Dominance. Control. These things the unjust seek most of all. And so it is the duty of the just to defy dominance and to challenge control”—Robert Fanney The meaning of the word ‘defiance’ according to the Oxford Dictionary…
Need for prudent economic diplomacy
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Our foreign policy is one of friendliness and goodwill towards all the nations of the world. We do not cherish aggressive designs against any country or nation. We believe in the principle of…