Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The International Monetary Fund has agreed to lower Pakistan’s tax collection target for the ongoing fiscal year from Rs. 12.97 trillion to Rs. 12.35 trillion, a move that…
Budget & Ashrafiya
Dr. Ikramul Haq Pakistan is controlled and ruled by ashrafiya (elites)—comprising indomitable military brass, top civil bureaucracy, higher judiciary, landed upper crust and their cronies in politics, industrialist-turned politicians, religious and so-called spiritual leaders (sic), media tycoons…