Opinion
Beyond Borrowed Modernity
“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet” is among Rudyard Kipling’s most quoted lines. Less remembered is the reversal two lines later: “there is neither East nor West”…
The Scoop / Authors
Dr. Ikramul Haq
Dr. Ikramul Haq, Advocate Supreme Court, writer, literary critic, Adjunct Faculty at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), member Advisory Board and Visiting Senior Fellow of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), holds an LLD in tax laws. He was full-time journalist from 1979 to 1984 with Viewpoint and Dawn. He also served Civil Services of Pakistan from 1984 to 1996.
Opinion
Taxing views, not income: now the rules are final
FBR invited objections to its proposed social-media tax regime in April. The final September rules retain its central structure: deemed remuneration based on views, a 30% ceiling on expenses and a parallel withholding regime…
Economy
A trillion-dollar Pakistan needs a different state
Arithmetic is possible. The existing economic machinery makes it difficult. Pakistan’s real test is whether it can transform productivity, exports, human capital and governance before 2035. A trillion dollars is an attractive number. It…
