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Pakistan’s Happy Taxpayers 
Category: Taxation
People have been discussing and debating many aspects of the recently presented Federal Budget 2021-22. One aspect which has come to my mind is the issue of taxes and tax payments. One read more...


Growth Amidst Debt? 
Category: Debt And Circular Debt
The federal budget for the year 2021-22 was presented to Parliament last Friday. With severe austerity and stabilization measures having featured prominently in previous budgets by the PTI government, the nation was praying read more...


Tax Gap, Compliance Cost and Optimal Taxation 
Category: Growth and Development
The government announced Finance Bill 2021-22 as a growth budget, where it keeps its focus on enhancing output and productivity. Ideally, the required revenue needs to be read more...


Budget 2021-22: Where Do We Stand? 
Category: Growth and Development
Federal Budget 2021-22, announced yesterday by Shaukat Tarin, our Finance Minister, is the best financial possibility, given the resource availability. During the last fiscal year, the country has read more...

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Budget: growth-debt trade-off 
by Karim Khan
Tribune, 22 June, 2021

Remittance bonanza from the West 
by Junaid Ahmed/Mazhar Mughal 
Tribune, 19 June, 2021

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