ISLAMABAD – Pakistan could lose up to 20 percent of its GDP by 2050 as a result of escalating climate change, recurrent floods, and worsening air pollution, the World Bank Country Director warned during a session organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) on “Sustainable Development in an Emerging World.” The World Bank official […]
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Govt without out of box ideas on widening tax base: experts
Government lacks a robust strategy for expanding the tax base, which could make the attainment of tax collection target for next year challenging, experts noted on Monday as they warned against overburdening the existing taxpayers. “The government does not appear to be having any out of the box ideas for expanding tax base,” analyst Hussain […]
Govt to introduce panchayat, alternative dispute resolution systems: Fatyana
The Chairperson, National Assembly Standing Committee on Law & Justice, Riaz Fatyana on Tuesday said the government was trying to introduce panchayat system in the country and alternative dispute resolution laws in the parliament which will reduce burden on courts and provide transparent, cost effective and speedy justice to the people, especially to women and […]
France’s yellow vest movement in France adrift?
French accounts of the popular movement that led to the fall of the monarchy can be divided, at the risk of over-simplification, into two. The first, favoured by many historians of the left, is generous, not without a dose of romanticism, a people anxious to build a new world based on justice and equality. The […]