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Farhat AliBusiness Recorder |
Tax-to-GDP ratio in Pakistan is singled out as the principal devil in the fiscal regime of Pakistan and termed as unsustainable. IMF, time and again,...
The Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari is reported to have informed the National Assembly this week that the government would stop purchasing...
Driven by rejuvenated public sentiments for a change, the Bangladesh’s incumbent government is gradually but consistently moving out of the Indian...
The year 2025 starts with many carry-forward challenges from last year’s and further add to new challenges in the years ahead. The plight of the...
The tragedy of migrants losing life on the high seas has become a sad phenomenon repeated one after another. In June 2023, hundreds of migrants...
Once again the World Bank (WB) is reported to be currently working with the government to invite private sector participation in the distribution...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme under the Extended Fund Facility rolled out this September has spurred some elements of country’s...
The Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb reaffirmed this Wednesday at the ‘International Affordable, Green & Resilient...
Perturbed by the ongoing political uncertainty, the trade and industry leaders met and expressed concerns that the rising political uncertainty,...
At the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) performance review meeting called this week by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning,...
That SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) has been facing since 2016 a situation in which any progress is impossible is a fact...
It is heartening to note that a multinational company operating in Pakistan has successfully showcased and set an example that the challenges faced...
What should not have happened has happened. Iran has moved the International Court of Arbitration in Paris against Pakistan for not completing its...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Islamabad provides a once in lifetime opportunity to Pakistan to regain and showcase its relevance...
Nathan Porter, director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) mission for Pakistan, in a recent interview with the Voice of America,...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), upon securing all pre-conditions, announced this week the approval of the 37-month Extended Fund Facility...
The Chief Executive Officer of K-Electric (KE), Monnis Alvi, while speaking at the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) this week,...
The grant of subsidies and tax incentives by the government are two measures that never escape a reprimand by the International Monetary Fund...
A damming report by the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) says it all insofar as the massive mess-up in the domestic power sector, the consequences...
Although much steam out of CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) has been let out, the unquestionable positivity demonstrated on it by Pakistan...
Pakistanis, having systematically moved their capital overseas and invested $ 11billion in properties in Dubai, there is now a flow of business...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is all about country perception and country perception is all about political and economic stability of the...
“Our hand has now been forced because we have reached a level that if we don’t expand the net and bring the under-taxed, untaxed sectors into...
The Pakistan budget 2024-25 appears to have largely satisfied the IMF (International Monetary Fund), prompting it to move on with the 25th IMF...