The international community must end its double standards
The attack launched by Israel on Iran in the early hours of Friday has brought the world to a dangerous turning point....
Taxing e-business
E-commerce is being taxed for roughly the same reason as the sales tax exemption on solar panel imports has been removed: protectionism....
Post-budget press conference
It almost seemed as if the decline in inflation, and thus in interest rates, and thus in the government’s own debt servicing...
Taxation proposals bring relief for salaried
The main taxation proposal was expected, and it came in the form of relief for the salaried, who have taxes withheld at...
Growth on paper, stagnation on ground
Pakistan’s Economic Survey 2024-25 paints a picture of recovery, boasting a 2.7% GDP growth rate and a path toward medium-term expansion. Yet...
Water wars
The sole remnant for India of the Pehelgam false flag attack has been the holding in abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty,...
Too high a target?
That Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had set ambitious targets in his Uraan Pakistan initiative is undisputed. It could be argued that flight...
Leading from the front
The PTI had seemed a little out of it recently, but now it seems that it is trying to shake off the...
Development spending cut
The budget has already taken shape, but it is also gaining substance. While taxation measures have yet to be finalized, the development...
Austerity measures and development priorities
The government's decision to prioritize high-value projects in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 is a pragmatic response to the...
Cat out of the bag
Indian Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan’s admission that Indian aircraft had been shot down is the first admission by an...
No compromise on IWT
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has told the three-day International Conference on Glaciers’ Preservation that Pakistan will not allow the crossing of a...
Trying not to let go
The sheer venom India holds for Pakistan can be judged from how it has delayed the approval of an ADB loan of...
The world gets hotter
The World Meteorological organization has said that the global temperature is expected to increase by 1.5°C by 2029. This is it. There...
Need for revision?
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal put his hand well and truly in the proverbial hornet’s next on Tuesday while addressing the launch of...