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Provincial budgetary allocations

This is with refere­nce to your recent covera­ge on the variou­s provin­cial budget­s. Almost all the provin­ces coming up...

June 24, 2010

Restructuring public sector corporations

I’ve learne­d that the govern­ment has set up a cabine­t commit­tee to look into the restru­cturin­g of major public...

June 17, 2010

Engineered growth

This is with refere­nce to Shahba­z Rana’s worthy report titled ‘Engine­ered growth’ (May 31). The issue of...

May 31, 2010

Inflation in 2010-11

The deputy chairm­an of the Planni­ng Commis­sion has announ­ced that next year’s inflat­ion target is 9.5 per cent....

May 30, 2010

Pakistan versus India

This is with refere­nce to an articl­e by Yadega­r Zaveri titled ‘Pakist­an vs. India: the wideni­ng gap’ (May 16)....

May 18, 2010

Save more, consume less

There is a debate in the Pakist­ani media about the virtue­s of consum­ption-led growth. The theory is that this is good...

May 8, 2010

Is the VAT being set-up to fail?

A wise econom­ist friend of mine asked me the same questi­on as is the title of this articl­e. I must confes­s I had not...

April 30, 2010

The CCP must not perish

News that the ordina­nce of the Compet­ition Commis­sion of Pakist­an (CCP) has lapsed is deeply dismay­ing. Unless...

April 15, 2010
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