VOLUME 14 ISSUE # 22 - National

National VOLUME 14 ISSUE # 22

Pakistan’s HIV problem

Once Bill Gates said, “AIDS itself is subject to incredible stigma.” The Sixty-ninth World Health ...
National VOLUME 14 ISSUE # 22

Budgetary allocations show education not a priority

The financial year 2019-20 budgetary allocations for the education sector in the centre as well ...
National VOLUME 14 ISSUE # 22

The taxation conundrum

Contrary to the prevailing perception, Pakistanis are not undertaxed but overtaxed. Millions of Pakistanis are ...
National VOLUME 14 ISSUE # 22

Balance of payment – a never ending crisis

Pakistan’s balance of payment crisis has no ending. Despite receiving loans from friendly countries, the ...
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Dissenting voices

There was no surprise when the opposition asked the government to present a new budget ...
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The charter of economy

The government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again offered the opposition to sign ...
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The opposition’s options

Months after confrontation with the government in the parliament, the opposition has decided to launch ...
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Politics of confrontation

All indications are that things are moving towards a major confrontation between the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ...
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Budgeting on ambitions

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PT) government has set ambitious tax revenue targets to stabilise a faltering ...
National VOLUME 14 ISSUE # 22

Pakistan: In need of qauasi-socialist economic system

Pakistanis are now facing a two-faced sword; high prices and joblessness. Unless we take some ...