Asad Tahir Jappa

Resulting largely from the excessive consumption of fossil fuels, global warming not only poses a serious threat to economic security but also affects resource, energy, ecological, and food security, among other fields, and poses a severe challenge to human survival. In recent decades, the international community has begun paying close attention to global warming, aiming […]

Millennium development agenda figures larger than life on the table of the UN while the whole world is strengthening strenuous efforts to mobilize, conceive, execute and expedite smart solutions to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The critical significance of active and meaningful participation by all actors is being rightly emphasized throughout […]

It is reassuring to witness that the proposed Federal Budget for the Financial Year 2022-23 is based on the principles of a progressive taxation system with a visible emphasis on direct taxes. These include increasing income tax & capital value tax, taxing the unproductive assets and those who make exorbitant profits, protecting the productive assets, […]

Chasing a staggering revenue collection target of Rs. 6.1 Trillion, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has persistently kept its steady march and has thus grown from strength to strength. As the current financial year approaches its end, the country’s premier revenue collection organization has already created history by surpassing the Rs. 5 Trillion mark in […]

Man is blessed with a variety of inherent ways and means of communication that distinguish him from the rest of the creatures on the planet earth. Undoubtedly, he is the most expressive creature in the world, though, at times, also the most introverted. He makes use of both spoken and written words to convey the […]

In this age of information overload, the pivotal role of media in influencing human psyche and public opinion cannot be over emphasized. It is quite reassuring to witness that there are multiple ways to reach out to taxpayers and thereby raise public awareness about tax compliance. That is precisely why tax administrations across the globe […]

To the utter shock of the many across the world, on April 06 2022, all the members of the 26-member Sri Lankan cabinet resigned apart from the President and the Prime Minister following mass public protests over the ever increasing cost of living and worsening economic crisis. For understandable reasons, debt servicing had become unsustainable […]

A crisis, be it natural disaster or man-made, can emerge at any time. It may leave an organization unprepared and, at times, paralyzed by its onset. These unforeseen internal and external events can easily drive an organization to assume a defensive stance and turn the most proactive business into a reactive entity as it moves […]

Although the two terms are often used interchangeably, a crisis management theory is clearly distinct from a crisis management model, as models seek to represent the structure or application of crisis management, while theories are more abstract concepts. Some of the most well-known crisis management theories include attribution theory, situational crisis communication theory, stakeholder theory, […]

Beyond the shadow of any doubt, centralized social media has become an integral part of our lives. We regularly use it to form social groups, foster relationships, build bonds, evolve synergies, and keep in touch with our long-distance family and friends. We also use it to share our hopes, our fears, our vacation photos, our […]