Direct Link Between Taxes and FDI
Unfortunately, this truth is very hard to explain to our politicians and bureaucrats because their livelihood depends on their not understanding the truth.
Derailed Society?
Until the state wakes up to take steps, it is society itself that has to break the chains of such abuses and harassments, by fostering child–parent dialogue, raising awareness of child…
Departing MNCs
MNCs strove to comply fully with applicable laws.
From Tape To Timeline
To romanticise the present as a golden age is misleading, yet dismissing it as a crisis of saturation is equally reductive.
Fixing Grid Woes
These examples demonstrate that effective storage integration requires both technology and market design reforms, an area that the Pakistan electricity system still needs to address.
Weight of Unspoken Words
It’s strange, the things we hold back. A simple ‘I’m sorry’. A ‘thank you’. A message that says, ‘I was thinking of you.’
Tax Opacity and GDP Disconnect: Feudal Immunity, Sectoral Aversion
Contrary to government rhetoric, Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio is not that abysmal in regional terms (easily enhanced by Feudal taxes).
Radio Pakistan: The Unsung Hero
The 3 PM children’s program, normally featuring folk tales, was repurposed to broadcast lists of survivors arriving at refugee camps – a heartbreaking roll call of the displaced that often ran for hours without interruption.
Protectionism Vs Competitiveness
Overhauling the tariff structure will benefit the industrial sector, as it will not only ensure access to cheaper unfinished and capital goods but also reduce the time-consuming and costly documentation procedures and processes associated with international trade.
Political Economy of Floods
Karachi, in the end, is not defined by monsoon rains, but by how governance continuously fails to repair its cracked systems.