Stories by Khurram Husain
Yet again, the authorities are trying to incentivise retailers to self-register using yet another fixed tax scheme.
Published 24 Sep, 2026 07:52am
After consolidating their control on Hormuz, they will next turn their gaze to the riches of the Gulf monarchs.
Published 17 Sep, 2026 07:21am
Once the trajectory peaks and the reserve decline kicks in, confidence drains out of the government.
Updated 10 Sep, 2026 08:50am
If regulators can’t detect malpractices until a company’s solvency is in doubt, then why would investors feel safe putting their money in the country?
Updated 03 Sep, 2026 08:22am
Burning your buffers to fuel growth is a little like burning your furniture to heat your house.
Updated 20 Aug, 2026 07:42am
Both democracy and the market are designed to harness the worst motivations of individuals — towards the pursuit of the common good of all.
Updated 13 Aug, 2026 07:41am
Underlying the whole affair is the struggle over resources and who gets how much.
Updated 06 Aug, 2026 08:41am
The confidence with which they are now moving ahead to roll out incentives suggests something has changed.
Published 30 Jul, 2026 07:35am
The movements are now unmistakable. The preparation for bringing in large quantities of dollars are underway.
Updated 23 Jul, 2026 09:24am
With rising discontentment at home leading to the spread of disaffection, the leadership is stuck in a quagmire.
Updated 16 Jul, 2026 09:03am
Pegging the next generation of revenues that the state requires urgently to enhanced powers of enforcement and audit is a mistake.
Updated 09 Jul, 2026 10:49am
A new report shows how our fiscal-federalism problems are not, at root, technical failures to be fixed with better systems.
Updated 02 Jul, 2026 07:48am
The shift to digital means the largest money flows in the economy now leave trails.
Updated 25 Jun, 2026 07:52am
Whether Tehran remembers us kindly and whether Washington decides to reward us handsomely are matters beyond our control.
Updated 18 Jun, 2026 08:15am
The budget offers relief today, but its revenue targets rest on a level of tax collection the government has yet to prove it can achieve.
Updated 13 Jun, 2026 02:38pm
One has never seen the political class of this country as out of ideas as they are now.
Updated 11 Jun, 2026 08:58am
A little more than a decade and a half ago Pakistan finally abandoned its last attempt to try and get serious tax reform through.
Updated 04 Jun, 2026 08:23am
Real reform is political and requires building agreement for change and explaining the costs and benefits to the public.
Updated 21 May, 2026 08:12am
You cannot grow your economy while the state is busy bleeding it to fulfil its own expenditure requirements.
Updated 14 May, 2026 07:57am
The inability of the economy to supply and safeguard livelihoods is the real testing ground of this government.
Published 07 May, 2026 07:56am
