Editorial: Budgeting on hope

Editorial: Budgeting on hope

The govt must perform the high-wire act of keeping its balance while adhering to its budget targets.
Published 13 Jun, 2019 07:51am
Deciphering the budget

Deciphering the budget

How is the deficit larger than the gap between revenues and expenditures? Have income tax rates gone up?
Published 12 Jun, 2019 07:50am
Looming budget pains

Looming budget pains

Now is the time for the wealthier classes to take the hit of these adjustments with abolition of tax exemptions....
Published 10 Jun, 2019 06:49am
Not a perfect remedy

Not a perfect remedy

The long-term solution to Pakistan’s economic problem lies in strengthening its industrial sector that is ...
Updated 30 May, 2019 07:32am
The fall of the rupee

The fall of the rupee

Even if we add home remittances to exports earnings, total constitutes less than 82pc of our merchandise import bill.
Updated 30 May, 2019 07:32am
Hafeez Shaikh’s budget

Hafeez Shaikh’s budget

The finance adviser will be resuming a task he had left unfinished in February 2013: introduction of the value-added tax
Updated 30 May, 2019 07:31am