Sixty nine years after independence, Pakistan is a nuclear state, the only Muslim country to have the potential. It’s powerful and professionally battle hardened military is fully capable of defending land, air and sea frontiers. Pakistan appears in several global and regional organisations including International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and as recently as ...

Dear Editor While discussing the budget, we need to look at the limitations of our veteran Finance MinisterPakistan is enmeshed in debt over head and ears. Every yearthe country has to pay a heavy amount in foreign currency to the donors. Regrettably the amount of loans, in-spite of debt servicing, is rapidly increasing instead of reducing. In fact, the major reason for increasing the debt burden every ...

It is highly irrational to fix the blame only at FBR. In fact, the lack of political will to collect taxes and the absence of taxation culture in Pakistan is equally responsible for low tax to GDP ratio

The traditional concept of sovereignty is being replaced by responsible sovereign whereby the rulers must have the authority and the will to collect the taxes from the people. These, ta...

Commercialism, in its worst form, has taken over our lives and values. Pre-paid laughter, post-paid love, easy-loaded smiles, hallow talks, shallow jokes, discomfited appearances, unfamiliar dances and show-off on every step invite me to think about the people living below the poverty line

22 years ago, I found some topics quite 'orphan'. Most of the columnists did not like to touch th...