Institutions also need attention on October 19, 2019Number of institutions are established and created at the federal and provincial levels from time to time. Such institutions are given and assigned specified and specialized tasks and responsibilities. Such institutions so established and created enjoy priorities of the respective federal and provincial governments. But such priorities diminish with the passage of time as Initial […]
Buddhists Heritage in Pakistan on September 23, 2019Pakistan is endowed with a large number of ancient sites and historic structures. Indeed, these historic assets are our link with the past. In an age when globalization is all pervasive, it is Pakistan’s ancient linkage that provide us with a distinct identity. Lest we forget, since this seems to be our best kept secret […]
Pakistan turns 72 on August 26, 2019Pakistan has just turned 72 as the people living and breathing in its width and breadth celebrated yet another Independence Day quite enthusiastically on August 14, 2019 with the continued blessings of Almighty Allah. This was indeed a great occasion which the Pakistanis celebrated both individually and collectively , officially as well as unofficially. Lot […]
Federal Budget 2018-19 In Retrospect on July 14, 2019PML(N)’s federal government had stepped down on May 31, 2018 on completion of its stipulated 5 years constitutional tenure. But prior to doing that, it had created a record of presenting six budgets in the five years period. It had presented the federal budget for financial year 2018-19 as early as on April 27, 2018 […]
Pakistan’s foreign assistance on July 8, 2019Every country particularly the developing countries like Pakistan need foreign assistance in one or other form for its development and accelerating pace of economic growth and undertaking projects, programmes and policies for the welfare and well-being of its people. External resources or foreign assistance mainly comprise project loans and grants, programme loans and other loans […]
Supreme Judicial Council is a constitutional body on June 4, 2019Supreme Judicial Council is in the limelight for some days after President Arif Alvi has sent references to it against 3 judges of the superior courts including Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Justice K.K.Agha of Sindh High Court. It is better as well as advisable to know bit more […]
Celebrating Youm-e-Takbir 2019 on May 28, 2019With the continued blessings of Almighty Allah, the living nation is celebrating another Youm-e-Takbir signifying Pakistan’s becoming a nuclear power and thus attaining a strong defence deterrent. It was on May 28,1998 that Pakistan had become the first nuclear power of the Islamic world and 7th in the world on the whole after USA, Russian […]
Global compression on the taxation system on March 18, 2019The prevailing and somehow persisting global compression and slow down is having an adverse impact on the taxation system of many developing countries including Pakistan for varying reasons around the world. Declining oil prices as well as of other commodities in the international market have largely contributed to slowing down imports which in turn are […]
Money laundering and its impact on Pak economy on February 16, 2019Lately, there has been a lot of talk about money laundering in Pakistan as well as in different parts of the globe. Frequent calls are being made to check and curb the menace and improve legislations so that we can bring back money stashed abroad. Though a lot is being said about the issue, there […]
Tragic demise of a newspaper on December 24, 2018This article intends to mourn the sudden and unceremonious demise of the only surviving English eveninger “Daily News” published from Karachi, under the auspices of one of the leading media groups; Jang Group. Previously, the two English eveningers “The Star” of Dawn Group and the “Leader” had ceased their publication in 2007, and “Leader” was […]