Why Pakistan needs IMF on November 19, 2018IMF (International Monetary Fund) and Pakistan has been in a long term relationship for almost fifty years. Developing nations like Pakistan do occupy loans from the IMF, for the purpose of financial management and deal with the problems like debt financing and current account deficit. Pakistan signed last SAP (Structural Adjustment Program) in the year […]
IMF and Pakistan: the good, the bad and the ugly comparatives on October 17, 2018Finally Pakistan is going to seek another bailout package from IMF (International Monetary Fund). The current government is facing a lot of criticism due to this decision. One way or another the PTI led federal government has provided a valid ground to the political and economic critics. Since, last year everyone has been anticipating a […]
A mini-budget with minute transformations on October 6, 2018The incumbent government has remained successful in its first constitutional test, as the supplementary budget has been passed for the financial year 2018-19. The government has taken taxation measures worth Rs 183 billion and cut the Public Sector Development Program by Rs 125 billion. The government has claimed that a mini-budget would help in restricting […]
Old religious dynamics in Naya Pakistan on September 12, 2018Religion has always been a hot topic in Pakistan. It is very relevant to the social infrastructure of our society. Religion and religious belief is something which can make and break any vital socio-economic decision. In 1947, the founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah appointed Sir Zafarullah Khan as his foreign minister. It […]
Rescuing our agrarian nation on August 17, 2018As Pakistan is still an agrarian country- the role of the agriculture sector is vital in its economy. Moreover agrarian products provide raw material basics for our industrial sector is as well- making it a vital source of national income. The agriculture industry provides employment to a large portion of the labour force in Pakistan. […]
Naya Pakistan: A long-awaited dream of Imran Khan on August 4, 2018The process of election 2018 has finished with some post-poll miniature discrepancies. The turnout of people in the electoral process on polling day indicates that democracy is flourishing in a country where dictators had ruled for more than the civilian rulers. The PTI (Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf) has emerged as the majority party by wining more […]
PTI ticket holders are the ‘right’ choices on June 16, 2018The 2018 General Elections are only one-and-a-half month away. For many people, the upcoming polls are one of the most anticipated and awaited elections in the history of Pakistan. The reason behind this anticipation is very clear: it will be the last elections form any old political players. If things continue like this until2023, many […]
PTI’s 100 days roadmap: expecting the unexpected on May 29, 2018Political parties formulate their respective election manifestoes by bringing up hopes and dreams to develop solutions to the entire social, economic, and regional problems. In most of the developed countries, these manifestoes play an integral role. The leaders of the respective parties discuss and compare their previous performances with respect to their manifesto. The developing […]
Sharif’s distraction card: a deliberate but desperate move on May 22, 2018A lot has happened in last couple of days at the political front. Former prime minister and supreme leader of the PML-N Nawaz Sharif, who has been in the limelight since the Panama scandal and facing a corruption trial at NAB court, gave a controversial statement about the past and closed transaction of Mumbai Attacks. […]
The political gimmick of economic sovereignty on May 11, 2018The incumbent government of PML-N has made the history by presenting the sixth finance bill in a single tenure of five years. The government hasn’t given any importance to the other political stakeholders, who requested and tried to convince the government that a supplementary finance bill of four to five months will be a better […]