Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on May 21, 2025 ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday claimed that the economy grew by 2.7% in the current fiscal year, driven by an unexpected 4.8% growth in the industrial sector — despite earlier concerns over contractionary policies and the high cost of doing business. Throughout the year, the […]
By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on May 21, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Information Technology (IT) sector has asked the government to bring the remote workforce working for companies abroad into the tax net because it disincentivises those working for Pakistani companies and paying heavy tax on their earned salary income. Extending warning to the government for[…]
