Stories from Dr Pervez Tahir
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Millennium Development Goals 2030
The selection of goals and targets for 2030 needs to be more focused than they were for 2015.
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A terrible flight from London
Throughout the flight, passengers kept on moving here and there, with noise levels that kept other passengers awake.
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Three marketeers disagree
For the moment, it will be earning on the one side and losing on the other.
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Pakistan’s fudged GDP figure
As fiscal data is produced by ministry of finance, not PBS, other means will have to be found to ensure transparency.
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A visionless budget
"Funds are nothing compared to the enormity of the energy crisis and the criticality of its resolution"
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Tax policy versus collection
With tax collection and tax policy mixed up, the outcome is a tax-to-GDP ratio frozen in time.
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Rolling back the NFC award?
Despite the devolvement of 17 ministries to provinces, federal expenditure has risen instead of decreasing.
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Righting land rights
Structural reform in rural economy, especially ownership structure, is crucial to reduce poverty, improve productivity
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Balochistan’s sad state of affairs
Instead of delivering public services, cabinets in the province have focused on distributing spoils among themselves.
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K-P blues
There is much that the K-P government can claim credit for, but the economy is not one of them.