Migration crisis
By Arif Azad Published in DAWN on October 11, 2023 MIGRATION has been in the media and policy spotlight lately. Several international migration-related developments have refocused attention on migration and asylum issues. Recently, the small Italian town of Lampedusa received a sudden surge of new migrants. The surge, though small, […]
Migration crisis
By Arif Azad Published in DAWN on October 11, 2023 MIGRATION has been in the media and policy spotlight lately. Several international migration-related developments have refocused attention on migration and asylum issues. Recently, the small Italian town of Lampedusa received a sudden surge of new migrants. The surge, though small,[…]
World Bank urges Pakistan to eliminate tax exemptions
By Khaleeq Kiani Published in DAWN on October 10, 2023 • Advises bringing agriculture, real estate and retail sectors into tax net, collecting more revenue up to 4pc of GDP • Urges simplifying income tax structure • Focuses on taxing untapped wealth within provincial jurisdictions • Current tax-free threshold stays[…]
Pervez Tahir: A tryst with economic justice
By Rashid Amjad Published in Express Tribune on October 06, 2023 Dr Pervez Tahir (or ‘PT’ as he was affectionately called), a life-long friend, was among the generation of midnight children, born at independence and graduating in the radical, heady years of the late 1960s when, in Pakistan, as in[…]







