Mahmud Ahmed
A more durable solution lies in home-grown strategies to tackle persisting major problems that stand in the way ...
Published 22 Aug, 2016 07:05am
What is disturbing is the emerging trend towards centralisation as witnessed in the delay of the new NFC award, and the
Published 08 Aug, 2016 06:22am
For the last six years, financially robust large companies, according to the SBP, have opted for deleveraging.
Updated 01 Aug, 2016 07:47am
Growth may come from a variety of sources: better utilisation of existing capacity, industrial and business
Published 11 Jul, 2016 06:48am
The provinces which have always struggled for ‘participatory federalism’ are denying the district govts their autonomy.
Updated 23 May, 2016 07:46am
Eradication of poverty offers an enormous opportunity for a wide range of economic activities
Published 09 May, 2016 06:49am
An unfair tax structure is eroding its social acceptability.
Published 02 May, 2016 06:40am
The tax relief system has to be anchored on the need of many rather than on the interest of a few.
Published 25 Apr, 2016 06:49am
PPP is shying away from a fair taxation policy within the province it has ruled for the last eight years.
Published 14 Mar, 2016 06:45am
With unabated resource transfer from rural to urban areas, the industry and the service sector have grown much faster.
Published 29 Feb, 2016 06:38am
Focus on domestic commerce will help remove disparities between regional and household incomes provided
Published 02 Nov, 2015 07:05am
'Weakening currency values against the dollar are failing to boost export performance.'
Published 26 Oct, 2015 06:41am
The PPP exchange rates are relatively stable over time. In contrast, the market rates
are volatile.
Published 19 Oct, 2015 06:57am
A vigilant civil agency can nip the trouble in the bud before it assumes monstrous proportions .
Published 12 Oct, 2015 06:02am
The exporter’s gain is limited if the rupee depreciates or if export subsidies are doled out.
Updated 21 Sep, 2015 09:04am
Traders are now trying to evolve a parallel banking system while resorting to cash transactions.
Updated 14 Sep, 2015 09:31am
“Pakistan’s fiscal deficit is overwhelmed by a wider, and in the longer run, much costlier gap ─ a social one”
Updated 31 Aug, 2015 10:51am
An agreed programme could be more efficiently implemented by the joint wisdom and efforts of the borrower and the lender
Updated 17 Aug, 2015 09:33am
Yielding some key positions to outsiders who are treated equally, some family groups have recorded tremendous growth.
Updated 10 Aug, 2015 10:28am
The path to higher economic growth lies in self-reliance to the maximum possible extent.
Updated 03 Aug, 2015 10:16am
