Omer Zaheer Meer

Omer Zaheer Meer

The writer is Director of the think-tank “Millat Thinkers’ Forum”. He is a leading economist, a qualified chartered accountant and anti-money laundering expert with international exposure who is helping reshape businesses at Millennium Law Company. He can be reached on Twitter @OmerZaheerMeer or [email protected].

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Iqbal the economist – Part III

His solutions for Pakistan Having already addressed the steps required to correct the economic imbalances and trade deficits as proposed by Allama Iqbal and discussed in the first two

Aug 10, 2019
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Imran Trumps Trump

He succeeded in charming the whole USA Even before Prime Minister Imran Khan sat foot on US soil, his charm offensive began. Undoubtedly it was a difficult trip. The USA and Pakistan

Jul 27, 2019
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Iqbal’s the economist – Part II

His solutions for PakistanContinuing from the last week, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the sage of the nation, further pointed out the key problems as well as their workable solutions as outlined bel

Jul 19, 2019
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Iqbal the economist – Part I

And his solutions for Pakistan Allama Muhammad Iqbal is known to us as a marvel of excellence in all the fields he worked in. He is the visionary who dreamed of Pakistan, the famous P

Jul 12, 2019
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Tax amnesty results

Challenges faced and follow-up requiredWith the deadline for declaring undisclosed assets, sales and expenditures under the Asset Declaration Ordinance 2019 (commonly referred to as Tax Amnest

Jul 5, 2019
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Fiscal reforms needed

Key taxation trends in Pak in need of reform With the ongoing budget debate, there is increased focus on the need for fiscal reforms to be achieved chiefly by a turnaround in the taxa

Jun 22, 2019
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The cherished dream of Budget 2020

Seeing dreams of the future  “I have a dream”. These were the famous words which led to a drastic change in the USA, uttered at a key junction of history. With the budget pending

Jun 14, 2019
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Avail the amnesty

And sleep peacefullyThe PM’s Counsel: In a pre-recorded message released on social media and elsewhere, Prime Minister Imran Khan, while addressing the nation, said that only one percent of

May 31, 2019
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Prescription for increasing tax revenues

Reforms are needed in the tax sector Taxation is an extremely important source of funding for any state to finance the running of the Governmental functions. Even the oil rich Arab st

May 24, 2019
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Past facts and the path forward

Amnesties past and present The first tax amnesty scheme in Pakistan was launched under Ayub in 1958. It resulted in a collection of approximately Rs1.12 billion, ($0.24 billion approx

May 18, 2019
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Technocrat crises in PTI government

Problems and solutions The economy of Pakistan is in a quagmire with many naysayers painting a doomsday scenario. They’d like you to believe that rock bottom has been hit and there’s no<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/05/11/technocrat-crises-in-pti-government/" title="Read more" >...</a>

May 11, 2019
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Learn from history It was a harsh winter, like winters in Russia are. The mighty advancing army was not only unaccustomed but also ill-equipped to deal with the extremities of climate. The offi

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