Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq The central government’s debt, excluding its liabilities, increased to Rs. 34.48 trillion by the end of May 2020—Central GovernmentDebt, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). In the midst of fighting economic toll of Covid-19 endemic,…
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…