economy of pakistan

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan needs to swiftly transition from withholding taxes to advanced income tax mechanisms, emphasized Dr Nadeem ul Haque, the Vice Chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), on Tuesday…

News Desk Islamabad: An inclusive political economy shall be the top priority of the incoming government without any political fiddling by any of the stakeholders. Politicians shall sit in the Parliament to do the legislation and…

News Desk Islamabad: By working together, we can attain the economic festival’s aims of fostering meaningful dialogues and generating insights into the economic challenges facing Pakistan, said Pakistan Institute of Development Economics…

APP Chitral: The Trich Mir Mountain in Pakistan recently received its first snowfall, creating a serene atmosphere with cold breezes and chirping birds. This mountain is the highest peak in Pakistan outside of the Gilgit-Baltistan…

Ishtiaq Ahmed There are many damaging aspects of the current political malaise in Pakistan but perhaps the most damaging is the loss of public faith in politicians and the political institutions- the supposed agents of democracy. The…

Ishtiaq Ahmed The ‘tit-for-tat’  politics of Pakistan reaches new heights. Whilst the PTI seems to be on full charge, the government is doing everything possible to put legal shackles on Imran Khan, determined to have him disqualified and…

News Desk Islamabad: In the wake of the acute need for preparing qualified architects, the recent restriction on intake for the Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch) program has cast shadows over the sector as well as aspiring architects’…

Pictorial Editorial Shazia Mehboob: The young man in this picture is Saifur Rehman, a 2nd-year student at a technical institute in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The youth had a dream to become a software engineer but the inability of his…

Mohammed Ajeeb London: A very dear friend of mine asked me if I would write a short article sketching the economic and political challenges for Pakistan in the year 2023 and the directions the country may choose to travel to achieve its…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: We are about to say goodbye to 2022 and a warm welcome to 2023, in hope and in trepidation. 2022 has been perhaps the most tumultuous year for both countries of my residence – Pakistan my country of birth and…