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Dead end budget

DOES anyone even take the finance ministry seriously anymore? With each passing year, this question becomes less and less rhetorical, as our...

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Dawn

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

Facts about 1971 tragedy of East Pakistan

Facts about 1971 tragedy of East Pakistan DISINTEGRATION of Pakistan in 1971 was a great tragedy. Apart from bad governance and egocentrism of the...

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Pakistan Observer

Prof Dr Muhammad Khan

Elderly challenges

THE significance of older people has been recognised by the UN, which has declared 2021-2030 as the Decade of Healthy Ageing, seeking to lessen...

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Dawn

Jan-E-Alam Khaki

Is Pakistan a victim of debt diplomacy?

Pakistan’s external debt stock of over $125 billion dollars has brought it to the brink of default. With its economy heavily dependent on imports,...

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The Express Tribune

Syed Mohammad Ali

What makes the US exceptional?

Late last month Henry Kissinger celebrated his 100th birthday. Kissinger of course served as US national security adviser and secretary of state...

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The News International

S Qaisar Shareef

Social media’s 3D role in contemporary politics

Social media’s 3D role in contemporary politics OVER the years, digital advancement has transformed the manner in which political process is...

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Pakistan Observer

Khansa Qureshi

Tech-driven growth

Several players in the nascent domestic information technology (IT) industry have been calling for increased government support through tax...

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune Editorial

Retribution

May 9 vandalism is under the scanner. Army’s top brass has once again reiterated its resolve to bring to book culprits who stormed national and...

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune Editorial

Can PTI survive the stress test?

Last week I wrote of the possible triggers which led to the rise of Imran Khan and where all and how he seemed pushed into making strategic errors...

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The Express Tribune

Shahzad Chaudhry

RLNG prices reduced

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Thursday notified a reduction in the prices of Regasified Liquified Natural Gas (RLNG)...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

SBP reserves dip to $3.9bn

KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) further fell by $179 million due to external debt servicing during the...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Cash-strapped govt doles out Rs2.2tr in tax discounts

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) tax exemptions reached an all-time high of Rs2.239 trillion in the outgoing fiscal year, up 51 per...

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Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

PARTLY FACETIOUS: But there is no revolving door with The Khan

“Oooops.” “It was the unkindest cut of all I tell you.” “Ali Zaidi and Imran Ismail at Tareen’s…but the question is which Tareen?”...

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Business Recorder

Anjum Ibrahim

Public debt piles up

ISLAMABAD: The economic survey for 2022-23 showed on Thursday the country’s total public debt reached Rs59.24 trillion at the end of March, with...

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Dawn Business

Amin Ahmed

Dip in exports, remittances offsets gains of low imports

ISLAMABAD: The fiscal year 2023 was not very different from the previous many years as the external account recorded a dismal performance owing to...

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Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

Pakistan committed to environmental protection

By Sardar Khan Niazi The figures are not on the side of environmental protection. Human activity has wiped out 60% of the vertebrate animal...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Investment-to-GDP ratio drops to lowest

ISLAMABAD: The investment-to-GDP ratio in the outgoing 2022-23 stood at 13.6 per cent, lowest among the regional countries, according to the...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Reporter

Productive summers

A COUPLE of years back, a friend’s son spent the summer interning at a bank. Over the eight weeks he was there, he updated a couple of ‘industry...

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Dawn

Faisal Bari

Climate change, debt, and inflation

“If you’ve been feeling confused and as though everything is impacting on you all at the same time, this is not a personal, private experience,”...

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Business Recorder

Dr Omer Javed

Let voices of sanity resonate

Every society is an amalgam of ideas, interests and proclivities which are not always similar in nature. In fact, more often, they reflect the vast...

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The News International

Raoof Hasan

Early shutter down

The government’s decision to close markets and commercial centres at 8pm daily to conserve energy has sparked opposition from traders. Energy...

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The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune Editorial

Agriculture processing, knowledge streams

Away from the scramble for the illusionary budgetary resources, there are some creative, innovative and futuristic initiatives happening...

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The Express Tribune

Dr Pervez Tahir

CARTOON

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The Nation (Editorials)

The Nation Editorial

Economic Survey 2022-23: Inflationary pressure intensifies amid global headwinds

ISLAMABAD: The government conceded on Thursday average inflation will surpass its budgetary target and remain at 29 per cent for 2022-23 owing to...

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Dawn Business

Mubarak Zeb Khan

Tapi project to strengthen regional cooperation: PM

ISLAMABAD: Calling acquisition of energy a real challenge in the present era, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed confidence that...

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Dawn Business

The Newspapers Staff Reporter

Economic survey silent on job losses

KARACHI: Amid contraction in big industry production, a large number of direct and indirect workers lost jobs mainly in the textile and auto...

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Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

IT sector posts limited growth

ISLAMABAD: The telecom sector remained a significant source of revenue generation for the national exchequer contributing Rs327 billion in the...

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Dawn Business

Kalbe Ali

Pakistan’s AI Policy Draft Is Missing A Few Essentials

The Ministry of IT & Telecom (MoITT) recently made Pakistan’s first AI policy available for public consultation. The policy document offers a...

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The Friday Times

Hassan Waqar Raja

Stuck in the past

FINANCE Minister Ishaq Dar could have kept the Pakistan Economic Survey 2022-23 unveiling ceremony quite short. ‘We blame everyone and everything...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Early closure

ON the face of it, closing shops early is a sound idea. Not only would the move help save energy during the stifling summer heat, it can also bring...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

Pakistan’s polycrisis

THE recent, turbulent political and economic events are manifestations of Pakistan’s once-in-a-generation polycrisis — multiple crises...

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Dawn

Aqdas Afzal

Towards industrial policy 2.0: Part - V

Infrastructure: Pakistan’s unending energy crisis and high-end user costs have enormously damaged industrial growth and diversification,...

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The News International

Ishrat Husain

Dangerous consequences of using religion in politics

Dangerous consequences of using religion in politics AS a fifty-one-year-old female Pakistani-origin journalist residing in the UK, I have seen the...

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Pakistan Observer

Tariq Aqil

Unequivocal message

AN unmistakably forceful message has been sent out that puts to rest any notion of a house divided. The military top brass appears to be of one...

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Dawn

Dawn Editorial

A fiscal disaster

The National Economic Council has set an economic growth target of 3.5 per cent for the upcoming fiscal year, while also acknowledging a population...

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The News International

Ammar Habib Khan

Election timeframes: A constitutional perspective

Election timeframes: A constitutional perspective CONSTITUTION is the supreme document of the land. All state departments derive their authority...

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Pakistan Observer

Ghaneem Irfan Warraich

What does Economic Survey lack?

Economic Survey 2022-23, unlike previous surveys, raises more questions of competence as opposed to credibility, with poor quality of economic...

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Business Recorder

Anjum Ibrahim

Economic Survey 2022-23: Report card of a tempestuous year

• Industry contracts by 3pc, GDP growth a mere 0.3pc • Finance minister hints at expansionary measures in today’s budget • Dar says political...

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Dawn Business

Khaleeq Kiani

The decline of democratic legitimacy

The decline of democratic legitimacy IN Pakistan, the process of state building and nation building has been a complex endeavor, closely...

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Pakistan Observer

Dr Muhammad Akram Zaheer

Watched by IMF, govt to present budget for new fiscal year today

The government is set to present its annual budget to Parliament later today, aiming to meet the requirements of the International Monetary Fund...

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Dawn Business

Reuters

Stakeholders expect tough budget under IMF shadow

KARACHI: Amid 38 per cent inflation and uncertain exchange rates, stakeholders have ruled out a pro-consumer budget for 2023-24. The government...

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Dawn Business

Aamir Shafaat Khan

Elections to be held on time

The Supreme Court has praised political parties’ attempts to come to an agreement on holding national and provincial assembly elections on the...

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The Patriot

The Patriot Newsdesk

Everyone is Equal Before the Law

Living in an age of hyper-connectivity, news about things happening in one part of the world travels within seconds to the other part. France is...

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Daily Times

Noman Bacha

Are We Ready for Monsoon?

Pakistan is still rebuilding from massive floods that killed over 1,700 people and ruined over two million homes. Many communities are still...

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Daily Times

Qamar Bashir

The Problem of Plastic and Coal

In our current era, the well-being of our planet hangs in the balance, making it imperative to discover creative solutions to combat plastic...

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Daily Times

Dr Khalid Waleed

Forgotten and Flouted

While repeatedly failing in my attempts to tell an untold tale and finish a book that I have always wanted to write and make public, for the past...

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Daily Times

Dr Rakhshinda Perveen

US-China arms control talks would be a heartening development

https://arab.news/vrtgs The Americans and the Chinese faced off last weekend at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore. They...

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Arab News Pakistan

Dr. Amal Mudallali

Community-building and grassroots change

Come winter, Lahore swaps its yellow-green hues for a decided, suffocating grey. Since 2018, smog has become characteristic of the city and its...

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The Nation

Urooj Rishi

US’ provocative moves will not solve its problems

Liu Qiang The United States has been putting immense pressure on China by imposing economic restrictions and increasing military presence in and...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

Europe’s technocracy is killing its global dreams

Katerina Kolozova Since December 2019, the European Union has been defining itself and the broader continent as “geopolitical”. Arms of the...

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The Frontier Post

The Frontier Post

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