Bilawal to air budget grievances with PM M Haris
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: As the upper and lower houses of parliament commence debates on the federal budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 today (Thursday), tensions are running...
Bottled water boom exploits thirst for clean water M Haris
KARACHI: Pakistan’s ongoing quest for pure drinking water has fuelled a powerful informal bottled water market. There has been an extraordinary hike in prices across...
Privatising DISCOs is agenda item number one. Maybe it shouldn’t be M Haris
It seems of all the debates that are constantly raging in the corridors of ‘power’, the one issue that seems settled is the privatisation of...
Govt imposes hefty tax on milk consumers M Haris
The PML-N-led coalition government has introduced a significant tax burden of over Rs250 billion on milk consumers by proposing an 18% general sales tax (GST)...
Pakistan budget to significantly reduce government debt, rating agency Fitch predicts M Haris
Fitch forecasts Pakistan’s FY25 budget to significantly reduce government debt, which is projected to decline to 68% of GDP by the end of FY24. This...