Burgeoning debts & fiscal challenges
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Challenges emerging from the Russia-Ukraine conflict are posing significant risks to the world economy. The cascading effect of…
Challenges on fiscal front
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan’s economy is undergoing a challenging phase after the alliance government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has undertaken…
World Toilet Day
Is hygiene important? Huzaima Bukhari “Pakistan is in fact the third largest country, behind India and Indonesia, where people are forced to defecate in the…
FBR: dismal collection of income tax
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The continuously declining dismal share of income tax in overall tax collection during the last many…
Right to “peaceful” protest
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this…
Political labyrinth!
Huzaima Bukhari “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it…
Sino-Pak talks: Mutual trust grows
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan and China share a decades-old legacy of cordial relationship that over the years has further consolidated into…
Confiscation and recovery of assets
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Countries should consider adopting measures that allow such proceeds or instrumentalities to be confiscated without requiring…
Passive-aggressive behavior
Huzaima Bukhari “Every social situation is fraught with ambiguity, knee-deep in complication, hidden meanings, veiled power-struggles, passive aggression and paranoid confusion”—Kate Fox (Watching the English:…